[Scheisse]

Vogue writer Jonathan van meter asks Gaga what she thinks about the rise of "acoustic" music and 21's success vs. Born This Way's

Some of the letdown probably had to do with the fact that Born This Way happened to come out the same season as Adele’s juggernaut, 21, which shot to number one, won every award on planet Earth, and refuses to cede its spot at the top of the charts. The freak-of-nature success of that album has led to all manner of comparison: Adele, not Gaga, is the voice of their generation; acoustic music, soul music, real music—not Gaga’s wall of electronic sound—is what people yearn to hear. Despite the fact that electronic music has, at long last, ascended into the mainstream, it’s still not always taken seriously.

When I bring this up, Gaga says, “Well, I think we both know that acoustic music isn’t better than electronic music. Electronic music requires a tremendous amount of technical expertise—really knowing the mathematics and beauty of music. At the risk of sounding like a snob, if you don’t really understand how to make electronic music, it might be much easier for you to write it off as low-brow.”

Thoughts?

[MrPeanut]

No lies told.

[Wepamiso]

I don't know if I like the way that statement makes her sound, but I agree with her

[RihLORD's #1 Stan]

Good. We won't be getting any acoustic albums off her in the future then.

[Demise]

Gaga can make all her songs into acoustic effortlessly.

[Katamari]

It depends on the music tho

[MonsterMosama]

She's right. It takes less skill/time to just sing. It's more complicated to involve electronic sound. She spilled that hot ass tea right on Adele's face.

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by Jack.

Good. We won't be getting any acoustic albums off her in the future then.

That isn't what that means at all.

[Clump]

The interview is out? Source?

[TheOnlyOne]

Unpretentious, as always.

[jayyyxtee]

Gaga's acoustics **** though

Although she does bring up a good point.

[satellites.™]

Ok but Gaga said that as if she produces her own sounds when she doesn't. Acoustic music comes from the soul, especially when done correctly, and most of the time the person singing it has written the song word for word just like she does in her electronic music, I think the comment was a tad disrespectful tbh, especially with the mention of Adele being right behind it.

[Disco_Blisters]

spilling that tea

[Sloth]

At the risk of sounding like a snob, if you don’t really understand how to make electronic music, it might be much easier for you to write it off as low-brow.

[ryanpittman97]

But acoustic music is way better than electronic music

[Ainsworth]

I agree with her, although acoustic music can trigger more emotions for me.

[fabbriche]

Originally posted by Demise

Gaga can make all her songs into acoustic effortlessly.

But they won't sell unfortunately. It's all the props in her music and image that make her sell.

[Retro]

And not a single lie was told.

[Damien M]

Originally posted by MonsterMosama

She's right. It takes less skill/time to just sing. It's more complicated to involve electronic sound. She spilled that hot ass tea right on Adele's face.

How short-sighted of you.

[Monroe]

We know this already.

A better question to ask would have been what the public thinks about organic, low maintenance singers/artists and how they are viewed against highly conceptualized, image based artists like Gaga and what the merit is there. The real meat between this argument about Adele vs. Gaga is that they are completely different artists and they go for completely different things and it's worth arguing what makes them different and why one is perceived better than the other. I would have liked to hear her thoughts about that. It's clear Adele's image helped her she was not overly marketed as thin, overtly beautiful or model like but instead her figure was much along the lines of other regular "real" women and her voice was pure and not overtly digitalized. Adele's return to form music and scaled down torch songs lit something within the world. It's something that we haven't seen in years, arguably since the likes of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. It's worth asking why does Gaga think that happened and what does she think that means for her and her electronic music?