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Originally Posted by Callum

Not always it doesn't. Just look at LoveGame, that had a video out before it's release and it only scraped the top 20. Born This Way has had plenty of airplay, it's on the radio a lot and I always see the video on TV. She may not have promoted it over here apart from radio interviews, but the song has been easily accessible through radio and TV. It's been hard to miss it. Some may have warmed to it but a large majority haven't, the general feeling was that it wasn't as good as her previous singles. Die hard fans love it of course but the general buying public didn't warm to it like they did Poker Face, Bad Romance, Paparazzi and Bad Romance. She's already lost a load of fans with this era alone, she'll still have a big fanbase yes, but from the sound of this Judas video, it's likely she'll lose a lot more. She's pushing the boundaries with her religious fans. Singing about loving Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus Christ, is already appalling enough but portraying the Bible in the music video and giving religion more bad publicity is a bit much even for Gaga.

She's not singing about loving the man that betrayed Jesus Christ. Only thick Christian douchebags who don't understand metaphors think that. She's just using the namesake and Christian iconography to tell a seperate story about loving another man entirely.

People who cannot deduct metaphor shouldn't be let outside their front doors, nevermind be allowed access to mainstream entertainment.