15 Things We Learned About Lady Gaga’s ‘Artpop’
Last night, Lady Gaga hosted a short, but very informative fan Q&A on Twitter, where she revealed a slew of details about her highly anticipated fourth studio album, Artpop. Here’s 15 important takeaways.
1. Gaga is obsessed with Artpop.
@BornthaScheisse I LOVE SEXXX DREAMS VENUS AND DOPE G.U.Y ARTPOP. actually im obsessed with the whole album
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
2. “Swine” was hard to write. Rage happened.
@HausOfMarcela yes, very personal song but it became very freeing. Put a lot of rage into this album. Its been hard to part from it.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
3. Is Artpop part of a trilogy?
@sweetm0nster no maam it the beginning of ARTPOP TRILOGY ENDINGS TO COME!
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
4. Gaga’s been sick over Artpop.
@behindthealan i think the studio is actually just a hospital and i am a very sick person
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
5. Artpop‘s sound will be all over the place.
@atemyhe4rt dope, gypsy is a ballad/electronic song. But there is a lot of hard funky midtempo + a space rock electronica explosion of beats
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
6. Artpop is for the junky in all of us.
@atemyhe4rt i made a happy album with a lot of energy to pick up my spirits and keep my adrenaline pumping. MUSIC FOR MUSIC JUNKIES
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
7. So what does “artpop” mean anyways?
@stewcrack_ It is an exchange between to artists, one from the sphere of pop, the other of art, that results in a true meeting of the minds
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
8. Artpop is without boundaries.
@BadKidOscar but some songs sound like robots, and others like a chorus. Depends on the song. ARTPOP knows no bounds.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
9. The Artpop cover is a sculpture of Gaga.
@lavender_gold the gazing ball is the point of creation. I view this as the sculpture of me, and my image as the representation of jeff
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
10. The song “Brooklyn Nights” will see the light of day.
@Raaaul_s it is. It will come out. don’t worry. I wanted to spend more time on it.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
@EastonAsEaston maybe its 15 im sorry im so tired bk nights will come out on the app sometimes during the album cycle
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
11. Artpop is joy.
@JaFr123 I explored different genres on ARTPOP. But the concept behind the album sonically is a throughline, everything relates through joy
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
12. Gaga might be doing something with NASA.
@metenessaputa Members of the TechHaus work as rocket engineers. We will premiering our newest invention VOLANTIS, for you in coming months.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
13. Waffle real talk
@SjalosVerified belgium with bananas and nutella help
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
14. Gaga’s a Deadhead.
@vincebellino pink flloyd, the grateful dead
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013
15. Gaga wants to perform Artpop front to back on tour.
Favorite part of tracklisting, that APPLAUSE ends the album. My dream is to do the entire album top to bottom every night at the show!
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 14, 2013