I won't be right without you vs My heart would break without you
and I might break without you vs might not awake with you

I'd rather be poor and happy than rich and alone vs been hurting low from living high for so long

i'll write hit songs about you vs I'm sorry and I love you

no matter how we'll get through vs sing with me 'bell bottom blue'

I'll keep on singing for a living but i wanna be in love vs I'll keep on searching for an answer cause I need you more than dope

and I wanna be with you vs I need you more than dope

 

IWBWY gets too much hate. It was a perfectly average ballad. Dope is more specific, but I find it kind of overwrought and cringe.

Dope is so much better and more raw than IWBWY

 

The latter is Disney’d and cheesy. Plus the deep muddy baseline that Rick Rubin gave us on Dope >>

Edited February 11, 20233 yr by Chaos Angel

Dope feels out of place in ARTPOP, since the rest of the songs are energetic and crazy and this one's just a ballad 

her leaving out Brooklyn Hymns and inserting Dope, I will never forgive

 

3 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

Dope feels out of place in ARTPOP, since the rest of the songs are energetic and crazy and this one's just a ballad 

I think it totally fits in, especially with its placement on the tracklist. It makes a lot of sense coming after high energy songs like Swine / Donatella / MJH. It’s like the morning after a night out where she has crashed and realizes how she is running away from her problems and is honest with herself. Plus the production and theatric vocals compliments Artpop more so than her other albums.

3 minutes ago, Erotic said:

her leaving out Brooklyn Hymns and inserting Dope, I will never forgive

 

Mary Jane Holland was the one that took Brooklyn Night's spot.

7 minutes ago, Chaos Angel said:

I think it totally fits in, especially with its placement on the tracklist. It makes a lot of sense coming after high energy songs like Swine / Donatella / MJH. It’s like the morning after a night out where she has crashed and realizes how she is running away from her problems and is honest with herself. Plus the production and theatric vocals compliments Artpop more so than her other albums.

I agree, the tracklisting on AP is perfect tbh. 

4 hours ago, PoisonCandy said:

No point, Dope wins all of these for me. IWBWY is just corny through and through. Sounds like something a 12 year old would write in their diary.

 

 

15 minutes ago, Chaos Angel said:

Dope is so much better and more raw than IWBWY

 

The latter is Disney’d and cheesy. Plus the deep muddy baseline that Rick Rubin gave us on Dope >>

 

8 minutes ago, Chaos Angel said:

I think it totally fits in, especially with its placement on the tracklist. It makes a lot of sense coming after high energy songs like Swine / Donatella / MJH. It’s like the morning after a night out where she has crashed and realizes how she is running away from her problems and is honest with herself. Plus the production and theatric vocals compliments Artpop more so than her other albums.

The girlz that get it get IT

 

I love the Swine performance and the whole SXSW adventure. Like, when have we ever seen a pop star do that? It's unheard of, and we'll probably never see anything like it again. AP was low key the best thing that ever happened to Gaga, and to experience those lowest of lows with her is something we shouldn't take for granted.

21 minutes ago, Chaos Angel said:

I think it totally fits in, especially with its placement on the tracklist. It makes a lot of sense coming after high energy songs like Swine / Donatella / MJH. It’s like the morning after a night out where she has crashed and realizes how she is running away from her problems and is honest with herself. Plus the production and theatric vocals compliments Artpop more so than her other albums.

I never looked at it that way, i guess it does fit in, but i still don't like the song

 

 

26 minutes ago, Erotic said:

her leaving out Brooklyn Hymns and inserting Dope, I will never forgive

 

The way her songs about Luc outshine the Taylor songs. She knew she couldn't add that masterpiece on the album because it would put the corny slur song to shame. 

The way her relationship with Luc gave us some career highlights, maybe they should get back together (sorry Michael)

me when everyone complains about Dope or IWBWY and I have them both on my playlists and treat them like two separate but equal songs

 

She seems to be in a happy and stable place w/ Michael. He'll be the subject of LG7 and it will be her best album mark my words.

 

12 minutes ago, Marry Illusion Glory said:

She seems to be in a happy and stable place w/ Michael. He'll be the subject of LG7 and it will be her best album mark my words.

 

i wish we could still be remembering your words by the time LG7 is released

I forgot she has an studio in her house and we won't know about a possible new album recording till she goes to electric lady to finish the album. 

the way we are coming up on 3 years since Pandemica

 

11 minutes ago, truthteller said:

i wish we could still be remembering your words by the time LG7 is released

2026 ain't that far away, just 3 years

 

1 hour ago, nick4bty said:

I love the Swine performance and the whole SXSW adventure. Like, when have we ever seen a pop star do that? It's unheard of, and we'll probably never see anything like it again. AP was low key the best thing that ever happened to Gaga, and to experience those lowest of lows with her is something we shouldn't take for granted.

ARTPOP was such a fun era despite all of the chaotic mess going on. I still get nostalgic thinking about the era. 

28 minutes ago, Marry Illusion Glory said:

She seems to be in a happy and stable place w/ Michael. He'll be the subject of LG7 and it will be her best album mark my words.

 

Didn't he inspire Stupid Song tho?

 

 

3 minutes ago, Marry Illusion Glory said:

2026 ain't that far away, just 3 years

 

not when she decides to take another movie shooting gig after jFAD to pursue her butt in seats actress career

a Tony-winning jFAD musical on Broadway

2024-2026

1 hour ago, GraceRandolph said:

 

It's too late for that.

 

How the **** did that movie escape my mind omg I literally forgot about it

 

1 minute ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

Didn't he inspire Stupid Song tho?

 

 

Don't think so, considering they started seeing each other by the end of 2019 and Stupid Noise and rest of the alberm was mostly done by that time. 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, truthteller said:

not when she decides to take another movie shooting gig after jFAD to pursue her butt in seats actress career

Welp, 2030 it is then.

 

The drop when LG7 gets released in September