fan base Lady Gaga

[Mariano]

41 minutes ago, Sannie said:

i mean, tbf, most of this is based on complete conjecture and not facts. 

 

there's no evidence the album was supposed to come out sooner, and there's no such thing as "gaga being behind everyone's schedule" since everyone has their own schedules.

 

i do think they intended to strike while the iron was hot, but the iron in question here was joker 2 and it was never even pre-heated  

 

after joker bombed, i assume they had two choices: push everything back to 2025 or release disease now and then push forward with the album in 2025. they decided to release disease now (and maybe that was always the plan) and we're still mad.  we got a single, a video, multiple video performances, and, for better for worse, she's super active on the one social media site she does use, tiktok lol. we know of coachella and this brazil performance so it's clear something is happening in 2025 along with the album. the fact that she's willing to travel to do these festivals says to me that she's 100% back in the swing of things and is ready to "return". however, this fanbase keeps thinking we're in 2011 and old-school promotional tactics are going to work. 

 

i also think this fanbase struggles with object permanence.  like, there is this super prevalent myth among monsters that if gaga isn't spoon feeding them her schedule, it means she's at home sleeping or doing nothing when clearly there's **** going on that will culminate in 2025 and the album release.

 

edit: beyonce's album drops feel like an event because her fanbase helps make them into events. beyonce sure in the hell doesn't do much of anything, but her fans force it all onto people. monsters would never do that because this fanbase is a mess lol.

 

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying, obviously I can't know for a fact if the album was supposed to come out earlier this year, but It was definitely supposed to come out this year, pretty sure we got confirmation of that multiple times, no? I doubt they planned to release the album in February 2025 considering they finished it before Summer 2024 started. But it's all speculation I guess.

 

And yes you're right about JFAD it was the one time that she was prepared to strike when iron was hot only for it to.. bomb  

 

But I still think that she should be stepping away from the traditional usual type of release and moving towards more innovative ways of launching her projects. That's basically all I'm saying. Also it worries me a bit that LG7 sound might be a result of Bloody Mary smashing. At first I was excited and happy about the prospects of that... but I don't want Gaga to be trying to get a tik tok hit and to be forcing it and so on. I don't think that would work. To me it seems like they are relying too much on tik tok. 

 

 

36 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

The era isn't really messy though? It makes sense considering she was probably assuming she'd be in award season mode for Joker between the release of Disease and LG7. 

I mean in this case it's not that messy I just feel like it's a bit too traditional for today's day and age. And the fact that she might not be touring next year kinda makes it feel like she is always behind idk. She has toured once since 2017 that's kinda insane   Other artists have had multiple stadium tours etc. and I haven't complained about it until now, because if she isn't touring next year I just find that kinda weird that's all. 

 

 

[Konril]

POP

1. Stargazing: 15549 (+223) | 36.555 (+0.343) 

2. Die With a Smile: 15239 (-8) | 38.847 (-0.136) 

 

US Spotify Top 200

10. Die With A Smile (1,318,725)

N/A Stargazing

 

Oh wow, the radio payola is far too much.

 

Spoiler

POP

17. Disease: 5656 (+53) | 11.449 (-0.009) 

 

US Spotify Top 200

N/A Disease

 

[DonnieDarko]

Honestly they should push Disease on the radio to death. It's actually rising on call-outs. It's not going to do anything on streaming so yeah, radio it is.

[Jack!]

You could argue on paper Disease was an example of them striking when the iron was hot. Hype from a major movie release, hype from a current smash hit single and hype from a traditional album reminding people about her multi faceted skills as a musician. All of that on paper would scream inevitability that what she was going to put out would be done at the right time. But yeah, we all know things ended up going wrong. They relied too heavily on this tactic/roll out and in the end the metaphorical iron ended up never getting plugged in. I respect if things aren't ready there's nothing that can be done about this, but I'm imagining how if she released earlier in the year things might have been different. And the blow to these projects released around Joker wouldn't feel so impactful to what's happening now.

 

Although it's wishful thinking to even assume releasing earlier in the year would have made a difference. I'm beating a dead horse bringing this up again, but in the Taylor Swift streaming era, no one wants to wait 4+ years for a musical artist to "comeback". Unfortunately no one, or at least very few people are pedestaled enough for long musical breaks to be impactful. Her biggest enemy really is herself.

[opbranden]

@Mariano you are serving hot tea today 

[Aston Martin]

57 minutes ago, Konril said:

POP

1. Stargazing: 15549 (+223) | 36.555 (+0.343) 

2. Die With a Smile: 15239 (-8) | 38.847 (-0.136) 

 

US Spotify Top 200

10. Die With A Smile (1,318,725)

N/A Stargazing

 

Oh wow, the radio payola is far too much.

 

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17. Disease: 5656 (+53) | 11.449 (-0.009) 

 

US Spotify Top 200

N/A Disease

 

So what you're saying is that Disease has a chance of topping pop radio

[Miss Anthropocene]

25 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

So what you're saying is that Disease has a chance of topping pop radio

Disease isn't topping anyone/anything. She's a bottom 

 

[SmittenCake]

i am so dyslexic bc i read this as she sold 1million units in her career and was puzzled for a good 5 seconds 

 

 

 

 

[Aston Martin]

26 minutes ago, Miss Anthropocene said:

Disease isn't topping anyone/anything. She's a bottom 

 

Well if this Fartgazing song can top pop radio despite being OUT everywhere else, maybe Disease has a chance

[Colmillo]

Wth is Stargazing 

 

 

 

[Florence Belch]

32 minutes ago, Colmillo said:

Wth is Stargazing 

 

 

 

I think it's a song, I'm not so sure about it 

 

[Almodusa]

LG7 in 2 months

[BORNTOSLAY]

2 hours ago, Miss Anthropocene said:

Disease isn't topping anyone/anything. She's a bottom 

 

Not even a power bottom, just a lay there bottom. 

 

 

[DonnieDarko]

14 minutes ago, BORNTOSLAY said:

Not even a power bottom, just a lay there bottom. 

 

 

Yet it's better than some very prominent tops

[Andraslop]

I'm glad we have Coachella and Rio confirmed, and if they also manage to book Glastonbury, we'll have an April-May-June punch that will give LG7 some legs and longevity into the summer.

 

Now my only worry is the relaunch and the debut itself. 

 

Neither in January nor February, we have any big promo spot that could further decent debut numbers. And as seen with Disease, Gaga cannot just release solo material and hope for it to succeed: she needs promo.

 

I hope they're aware of this situation, and have something prepared for the 2nd single and the album release. 

 

The most realistic and effective way of building hype in January with the 2nd single, that could eventually lead to a big momentum into LG7 release week, is to give us small but constant content throughout all January and February. Since there won't be one big promo spot (and no, the Grammy are not what they used to be), Gaga needs to have us engaged (and eventually going viral), with explosive street-outfits, performances, interviews, podcasts, teasing, etc....Tik tok is just not enough, it's an important factor of course, but cannot be the only one.

 

It may sound unrealistic, but she literally doesn't have anything elso to do. Everything she had planned for JFAD campaign is gone, and now she just needs to focus on LG7. I'm only asking her to be really active and passionate for 3-4 weeks before the album release. That's all.

[Human Fly]

The way everyone's movie doing decent- good- excellent on box office except for gaga's 

Why they just couldnt go for basic crowd pleaser joker movie just like the first one? They could've done 1 big musical scene and call it a day, everyone would love it. 

[Human Fly]

4 hours ago, DonnieDarko said:

Honestly they should push Disease on the radio to death. It's actually rising on call-outs. It's not going to do anything on streaming so yeah, radio it is.

Well at least it will chart for like 9-10 weeks on Hot100 just like Stupid Love. 

Not bad for what it is. 

[Almodusa]

Glad to see her noms updated. Hope that picture changes next year.

https://www.grammy.com/artists/lady-gaga/3611

[HonourableVomit]

7 hours ago, Sannie said:

i also think this fanbase struggles with object permanence.  like, there is this super prevalent myth among monsters that if gaga isn't spoon feeding them her schedule, it means she's at home sleeping or doing nothing when clearly there's **** going on that will culminate in 2025 and the album release.

 

edit: beyonce's album drops feel like an event because her fanbase helps make them into events. beyonce sure in the hell doesn't do much of anything, but her fans force it all onto people. monsters would never do that because this fanbase is a mess lol.

 

this is so tea 

[viego]

1 hour ago, Human Fly said:

The way everyone's movie doing decent- good- excellent on box office except for gaga's 

Why they just couldnt go for basic crowd pleaser joker movie just like the first one? They could've done 1 big musical scene and call it a day, everyone would love it. 

It is painful, not only they decided to not please joker fans but also cut off a lot of Gaga scenes. And the whole situation just remembers me that she got SNUBBED from the Oscars last year. This was suppose to be her highest grossing movie by A LOT and another taste of how committed she is to her roles. 

[Azealia Banks]

1 hour ago, Andraslop said:

I'm glad we have Coachella and Rio confirmed, and if they also manage to book Glastonbury, we'll have an April-May-June punch that will give LG7 some legs and longevity into the summer.

 

Now my only worry is the relaunch and the debut itself. 

 

Neither in January nor February, we have any big promo spot that could further decent debut numbers. And as seen with Disease, Gaga cannot just release solo material and hope for it to succeed: she needs promo.

 

I hope they're aware of this situation, and have something prepared for the 2nd single and the album release. 

 

The most realistic and effective way of building hype in January with the 2nd single, that could eventually lead to a big momentum into LG7 release week, is to give us small but constant content throughout all January and February. Since there won't be one big promo spot (and no, the Grammy are not what they used to be), Gaga needs to have us engaged (and eventually going viral), with explosive street-outfits, performances, interviews, podcasts, teasing, etc....Tik tok is just not enough, it's an important factor of course, but cannot be the only one.

 

It may sound unrealistic, but she literally doesn't have anything elso to do. Everything she had planned for JFAD campaign is gone, and now she just needs to focus on LG7. I'm only asking her to be really active and passionate for 3-4 weeks before the album release. That's all.

doesnt' she have Grammys?

[Europe]

If disease is anything to go by, LG7 will be her most acclaimed album yet

[GagaTomFord]

Disease at Coachella is gonna be absolutely DELICIOUS

[Smarticle]

fanbase in shambles

 

[H34rtOfCharcoal]

Ok what have I missed? Do we have a tracklist, album title, or cover art yet?