base talk Was Lady Gaga ahead of her time for this song?

[NOW]

 

Now that we know Dua Lipa's comeback single is helmed by Kevin Parker, can't help but feel like Gaga was once again lowkey ahead of the curve by working with him all the way back in 2016. Today, pop artists like Dua and even Madison Beer are emulating his signature psychedelic sound...

 

Love PI but my only gripe is that she really should've kept the demo production and maybe even explored it more on Joanne because whew...

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by NOW

[GraceRandolph]

Yes, but ATRL is not the place to expect Gaga to get any credit. 

[Abracadabra]

Yeah, but she's usually ahead of the curve and doing things that become trendy in the following years so that's nothing new

[ThousandMiles]

No, still unlistenable 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

ATRL calling every awful flop song "ahead of its time" never fails to amuse me 

[DAP]

Well that explains why I didn’t like that Houdini snippet

 

[Chaos Angel]

It's divisive for a reason The ones that get it get it

[dawnettakins]

Most definitely.

 

It's aged like fine wine and that instrumental is 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Horrible song

[shookspeare]

the eurovision'd key change kills it for me

[Dystopian]

Kevin should've kept it. His dreamy vocals over that production 

[Reginald]

Not me expecting Scheiße but getting Perfect Illusion

 

[perfectillusion204]

Obviously. It’s one of her best songs. I think it helped that I was going through a breakup when this song came out. So I related to it in every way possible. I agree that the demo production would’ve been better, and no key change.

 

I also feel like Perfect Illusion was a very last minute addition to Joanne. They needed a “smash” for the lead single and didn’t have one yet. However, no matter what she released back then wouldn’t have been a smash hit anyways. 

[Janet]

She needs to go a bit more low fi. She does too much sometimes I feel 

[Dula Peep]

yes she walked so Dua could run  

[LatinFreak]

What Dua does has class to it... I'll say that. 

[BigBangStan]

The instrumental is so good 

[vuelve88]

Eet wersss a purrfekt eelooshun 

[Mikeymoonshine]

I feel like PI aged really well and it grew on me a lot even though Joanne is still my least fave Gaga album. 

[Kevin Parker]

Not really.

[RideOrDie]

[ScorpiosGroove]

if she kept the demo yes, but bloodclot and her ****** up the song so no 

[Punky Rooster]

OP has a perfect delusion  

[Hephaestus]

Stop trying to make PI happen, it's not gonna happen

[getBusy]

No. And i like PI a lot. But be serious.