The world let out a collective YAWN today, as Lady Gaga paraded around NYC in yet another one of her "unique looks". I'll admit that this one is certainly better than the rest of the looks she's been trying to pull off lately, but like most of what she's been doing this era, there seems to be something missing.
But what? Maybe in this case the answer is "a bra".
Any lower and those puppies would be on the sidewalk
In other news, an early concept demo of "Applause" has leaked online. It's... interesting?
From one source: "Is this demo better than the finished product
included on ‘Artpop’? Hell no. Gaga sounds wasted in this demo. However, there
is a certain ‘uniqueness’ in this demo that is quite appealing. It’s raw, it’s ‘different’,
and maybe… is this what ‘Artpop’ should have been about?. We all know ‘Artpop’
didn’t really work for Gaga, as it didn’t sell as expected. And when she said
she was going to do ‘artpop’ for her next record, the sound of this demo was
the first thing that popped into my head: weird music (or art)."
I think the whole world expected a little more from Gaga for ARTPOP, but what do you all think about the leak? Is this the sort of sound she should have gone with? Should Gaga have kept the more 'unique' sound for "Applause", or did she make a good decision when she changed it for the album?
From The Daily Mail: "Lady Gaga is hoping Usher can help her to win a plagiarism lawsuit filed against her. Vocalist
Rebecca Francescatti is suing the singer and claiming Gaga's song Judas
is a rip-off of her own 1999 tune Juda, filing a lawsuit in 2011 at
federal court in a bid to win damages from the multi-millionaire star,
but Gaga believes a similar lawsuit involving Usher could be the key to
her winning this battle.
"I'm the queen of the universe every day."
A source told RadarOnline
that Gaga filed documents this week arguing, 'if the title lyrics of
the two songs at issue are the same, and even if those lyrics are
repeated in a chorus, they are not eligible for copyright protection if
common phrases or words. 'The only
lyrical similarity that Francescatti alleges in this case is in the
title character – the repeating of "Juda" in her song and "Judas" in
Lady Gaga’s song (the expression of which in each work is entirely
different, in all events).' The
papers filed go on to mention Usher's case where Zacharia Edwards,
Mitch Moses and Vince McClean alleged his song Caught Up was written by
them. According
to Gaga's filing: 'As in Edwards, which found the lyrics "caught up" to
be unoriginal, the lyric "Judas," whether as a song title or lyric, is
too common to be protectable.' Gaga is asking that the lawsuit be dismissed based on the same ruling which led to the case against Usher being dropped. In
2011 Fancescatti claimed the similarities between the two songs are not
a coincidence because her former bass player Brian Gaynor was employed
by a music company that wrote 17 songs on Gaga's Born This Way album. Rebecca is seeking unspecified damages. Her
lawyer Chris Niro told TMZ: ‘Though the songs are different styles, the
composition is the same and the chorus is the same melody. "[Rebecca] is seeking recognition for what she created."
Rob Fusari is well known as the man who discovered Lady Gaga. He was a co-producer for her debut album "The Fame" and also helped pen "Paparazzi", "Brown Eyes", and "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" for the album, as well as bonus/unreleased tracks "Again Again", "Disco Heaven", "Vanity", "Glitter & Grease", and "Retro Dance Freak". He is also Lady Gaga's ex-boyfriend.
He is now the front man of his own pop project, Cary
NoKey, who released their debut single "B Who U R" on June 6th. The sound seems seems to have a similar style to "The Fame" era Lady Gaga. It's a "be yourself" anthem, styled as "power punk glam to the max".
As the sound is very "The Fame" Gaga, I'm sure the question on everyone's mind is: "will they ever collaborate"? Will Gaga go back to her Fame days since ARTPOP seems to be killing her career?
The answer seems to be a resounding NO. After Fusari sued Gaga in 2010 for $30.5 million, they have had an irreparable falling out. "There is not a relationship," he says. "[The settlement] was a real
parting ways. I’m a huge fan. I could still be a fan, but people say,
'Will you guys ever work together?' It was
that time! It was just that moment in time."
Note that in the interview he doesn't claim to have invented Gaga's look, nor does he take credit for it. Likely he is not allowed to admit to creating the Lady Gaga character, because of the sealed court documents. As Gaga has based her career around being "self-invented" it would potentially harm her career if he admitted otherwise - though he does say that she used to show up in loose sweatshirts and tights and he told her she needed to glam it up. I guess he's leaving it up to us to interpret that however we want.
But judging by his new look and sound, it was all Fusari.
Rob Fusari - then and now
What do you all think? Will Cary Nokey be a big new name in pop?
Lady Gaga postponed two of her stops on the artRAVE tour last week due to "severe bronchitis". Luckily she's aaaaall better 3 days later and back on the road. She's in San Diego, California today, playing at the Viejas Arena.
But wait, where's the fanfare? All I could find was ONE 85 word article about her arrival in CA, and it didn't even mention anything about how she was sick.
This is usually the sort of thing the media pounces on. What's going on? Is the media darling losing her appeal?
For anyone wondering if her bout of sickness would affect her ticket sales, the answer seems to be no. Her tickets for tonight's show do not appear to be selling any better or worse than before the cancellation of her last two shows.
According to The Hollywood Gossip, Gaga's shopping around for a new manager and has her eyes on Scooter Braun.
"If anyone can help Gaga now, it's Scooter," a source tells Huffington
Post. "He's one of the smartest blokes in the music industry and made
Bieber the biggest pop star on the planet. There are few options for her
right now, but Scooter is one of them."
"Gaga's next album will be make or break," says the insider. "At the moment she's still to decide who will manage her."
Gaga and her old manager Troy Carter split late last year, citing "creative differences" as the cause for their terminated partnership. She hired Bobby Campbell (who used to work for her original team) to replace him.
What do you think?
Could working with Justin Bieber's manager save Gaga's career? Or has that ship already sunk?
