Lady Gaga - Dawn of Chromatica

drewsky

drewsky

superglowy said:
Why is there so much piss and shit talk in this thread recently?

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Mirwais Ahmadzaï

Mirwais Ahmadzaï

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chromatica said:
Everyone should stop being so cynical and just appreciate she’s actually trying her best to do something benevolent, uplifting, and most importantly she’s putting her money where her mouth is which she’s consistently done for the last decade.

she can be a bit kooky, I understand the Malibu mentality is sometimes out of touch or even a tad problematic, but you cannot deny the efforts here.

It made sense to be a bit skeptical when she postponed the record but clearly she was putting her energy into something else and will make an impact
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Forgive us negative Nellys who are feeling extra cynical in the midst of a pandemic. Perhaps consider that the problem might not have anything to do with an album delay or Gaga herself but our relationship with wealth and celebrity being tenuous in general. Some people might enjoy sitting down to watch this with their family. Some of us might find the idea extremely uncomfortable. Good for Gaga for using her A-list status to fundraise among the rich. I, however, cannot bear to watch any of the at-home-with-celebrities broadcasts these days. Maybe it hits differently when it hits close to home?

I'm glad some of you will like it. I'm glad Gaga has given you space to hold joy. I'm glad it will have such reach and be such a moment in Lady Gaga's career. I'll just be over here keeping up with the kiis, and that's fine! Focus on your joy and positivity and appreciation!
 
chasingthepast

chasingthepast

BlondUnicorn said:


Here’s her announcement, by the way.
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Serving local newscaster with dreams of making it in the big city.

But seriously I was as cynical as everyone else with her album delay announcement but this is genuinely good work that will make a difference. Proud of her (and her work ethic in the middle of this when I get tired after typing out a few emails).
 
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Andy French

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What stops me from being cynical here is the $35 million (and I’m assuming this number will rise in the coming days/weeks?) all going to the healthcare workers who are working around the clock and putting themselves at risk daily, coming directly from wealthy and privileged people who can more than afford it without being significantly financially impacted, instead of being asked of those of us little people who don’t have those means and have lost income either temporarily or permanently because of the pandemic. Do I find telethons in general a bit tacky? Sure. Has the obsession with “relatability” in celebrity culture shown itself to be flawed, out of touch and in its death throes? Definitely and thankfully. Will there be a few tone-deaf moments during this event? I’d be surprised if not. But again, I can’t see much fault in the way it seems to have been handled so far.
 
IMHO

IMHO

theelusivechanteuse said:
Why does this feel like a gross branding opportunity.
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But...she delayed the entire album campaign much to the exceedingly vocal chagrin of forum dot popjustice dot com so that she could focus on proactively putting her name, clout and resources behind a project like this and explicitly NOT have it be seen as promotion. So...how does that feel like a branding opportunity when this is literally why we're not getting the album Friday and why it still doesn't have a confirmed release date?

When she said in her original statement about delaying music that she wanted to focus her attention on solutions instead, it seemed hyperbolic to suggest that the two were mutually exclusive, but maybe she had a point in definitively separating the two projects, if she knew that this was the kind of bad faith reaction any large scale effort on her part was likely to inspire?

And if you just mean 'branding' in the more general sense then you must have been disgusted by her setting up an anti-bullying foundation named after her most recent album at the time or her advocating for sexual assault survivors while also having a song out tackling that subject matter.

Like she said, the money is already raised, this is just supposed to be a vaguely entertaining goodwill gesture and distraction for those who want it. She's not out here asking you to join her for a Lab Rat Cosmetics live stream, where she'll be showing us how we can Glam Attack the virus away, using discount code 'COVIDICA' for 10% off at checkout.

We love a healthy dose of cynicism - and I personally feel unmoved by the event, will unlikely even tune in to watch and would much rather we had a new Lady Gaga album to enjoy instead - but your take ironically feels a bit uncharitable in the face of the actual facts of the matter.
 
Aidan

Aidan

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IMHO said:
But...she delayed the entire album campaign much to the exceedingly vocal chagrin of forum dot popjustice dot com so that she could focus on proactively putting her name, clout and resources behind a project like this and explicitly NOT have it be seen as promotion. So...how does that feel like a branding opportunity when this is literally why we're not getting the album Friday and why it still doesn't have a confirmed release date?

When she said in her original statement about delaying music that she wanted to focus her attention on solutions instead, it seemed hyperbolic to suggest that the two were mutually exclusive, but maybe she had a point in definitively separating the two projects, if she knew that this was the kind of bad faith reaction any large scale effort on her part was likely to inspire?

And if you just mean 'branding' in the more general sense then you must have been disgusted by her setting up an anti-bullying foundation named after her most recent album at the time or her advocating for sexual assault survivors while also having a song out tackling that subject matter.

Like she said, the money is already raised, this is just supposed to be a vaguely entertaining goodwill gesture and distraction for those who want it. She's not out here asking you to join her for a Lab Rat Cosmetics live stream, where she'll be showing us how we can Glam Attack the virus away, using discount code 'COVIDICA' for 10% off at checkout.

We love a healthy dose of cynicism - and I personally feel unmoved by the event, will unlikely even tune in to watch and would much rather we had a new Lady Gaga album to enjoy instead - but your take ironically feels a bit uncharitable in the face of the actual facts of the matter.
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Andy French

Andy French

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IMHO said:
But...she delayed the entire album campaign much to the exceedingly vocal chagrin of forum dot popjustice dot com so that she could focus on proactively putting her name, clout and resources behind a project like this and explicitly NOT have it be seen as promotion. So...how does that feel like a branding opportunity when this is literally why we're not getting the album Friday and why it still doesn't have a confirmed release date?

When she said in her original statement about delaying music that she wanted to focus her attention on solutions instead, it seemed hyperbolic to suggest that the two were mutually exclusive, but maybe she had a point in definitively separating the two projects, if she knew that this was the kind of bad faith reaction any large scale effort on her part was likely to inspire?

And if you just mean 'branding' in the more general sense then you must have been disgusted by her setting up an anti-bullying foundation named after her most recent album at the time or her advocating for sexual assault survivors while also having a song out tackling that subject matter.

Like she said, the money is already raised, this is just supposed to be a vaguely entertaining goodwill gesture and distraction for those who want it. She's not out here asking you to join her for a Lab Rat Cosmetics live stream, where she'll be showing us how we can Glam Attack the virus away, using discount code 'COVIDICA' for 10% off at checkout.

We love a healthy dose of cynicism - and I personally feel unmoved by the event, will unlikely even tune in to watch and would much rather we had a new Lady Gaga album to enjoy instead - but your take ironically feels a bit uncharitable in the face of the actual facts of the matter.
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Suburbia

This would be sort of cool if the line-up was actually good? It reads like a bad Grammys show. I've said since day one we all need the escapism of pop music during this time but that poster is not giving it to me.
 
Mushroom

Mushroom

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IMHO said:
But...she delayed the entire album campaign much to the exceedingly vocal chagrin of forum dot popjustice dot com so that she could focus on proactively putting her name, clout and resources behind a project like this and explicitly NOT have it be seen as promotion. So...how does that feel like a branding opportunity when this is literally why we're not getting the album Friday and why it still doesn't have a confirmed release date?

When she said in her original statement about delaying music that she wanted to focus her attention on solutions instead, it seemed hyperbolic to suggest that the two were mutually exclusive, but maybe she had a point in definitively separating the two projects, if she knew that this was the kind of bad faith reaction any large scale effort on her part was likely to inspire?

And if you just mean 'branding' in the more general sense then you must have been disgusted by her setting up an anti-bullying foundation named after her most recent album at the time or her advocating for sexual assault survivors while also having a song out tackling that subject matter.

Like she said, the money is already raised, this is just supposed to be a vaguely entertaining goodwill gesture and distraction for those who want it. She's not out here asking you to join her for a Lab Rat Cosmetics live stream, where she'll be showing us how we can Glam Attack the virus away, using discount code 'COVIDICA' for 10% off at checkout.

We love a healthy dose of cynicism - and I personally feel unmoved by the event, will unlikely even tune in to watch and would much rather we had a new Lady Gaga album to enjoy instead - but your take ironically feels a bit uncharitable in the face of the actual facts of the matter.
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Syzygyz

Syzygyz

IMHO said:
But...she delayed the entire album campaign much to the exceedingly vocal chagrin of forum dot popjustice dot com so that she could focus on proactively putting her name, clout and resources behind a project like this and explicitly NOT have it be seen as promotion. So...how does that feel like a branding opportunity when this is literally why we're not getting the album Friday and why it still doesn't have a confirmed release date?

When she said in her original statement about delaying music that she wanted to focus her attention on solutions instead, it seemed hyperbolic to suggest that the two were mutually exclusive, but maybe she had a point in definitively separating the two projects, if she knew that this was the kind of bad faith reaction any large scale effort on her part was likely to inspire?

And if you just mean 'branding' in the more general sense then you must have been disgusted by her setting up an anti-bullying foundation named after her most recent album at the time or her advocating for sexual assault survivors while also having a song out tackling that subject matter.

Like she said, the money is already raised, this is just supposed to be a vaguely entertaining goodwill gesture and distraction for those who want it. She's not out here asking you to join her for a Lab Rat Cosmetics live stream, where she'll be showing us how we can Glam Attack the virus away, using discount code 'COVIDICA' for 10% off at checkout.

We love a healthy dose of cynicism - and I personally feel unmoved by the event, will unlikely even tune in to watch and would much rather we had a new Lady Gaga album to enjoy instead - but your take ironically feels a bit uncharitable in the face of the actual facts of the matter.
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