79. The Cure // non-album single // 2017
Lowest-ranked single
I remember waking up on that April morning in 2017 and being both stunned and frilled that Gaga had debuted a new single at Coachella. I adored the breezy, summer sound, and thought it was like nothing she'd done before. I had it on repeat for days, I even had it on loop for my 5k in the park
It was also nice for Gaga to have a single with longevity in the UK after PI/MR totally failing at that - The Cure lingered around number 20 for six or seven weeks. However, within weeks I was bored. And here I am, two years later, and for me it's a bottom-ten Gaga song, and certainly the worst single she's released.
Apparently it's a reject from ASIB, but without the narrative and story that each song from the ASIB soundtrack obviously has, The Cure is completely vapid and dull. It's not even a good song, I can't lie. The chorus is very trudgey, the lyrics are excruciatingly plain, and the sample of her near-whistle tone singing that repeats through the chorus is annoying.
I just don't know what she was trying to do here... The Joanne era was going smoothly, so I guess it was just a gift to the fans, and a taste of things to come from the ASIB era. But as a Gaga single, it feels completely devoid of soul.
20-03-2019, 12:15 PM
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