Lagerfeld Posted August 7 Posted August 7 I feel like lyrically and sonically it is such a polarizing song that I could not imagine it going #1 in 2024. Especially with the general public's view on the LGBTQIAA+ community changing for the worse. Thoughts? 5 3
Funnyfatty Posted August 7 Posted August 7 It was for sure risky. Weirdly i also feel people are extremely homophobic now thanks to elon and trump. 1
Popular Post Sheep Posted August 7 Popular Post Posted August 7 What's risky is you making yet another thread to get Gaga dragged when what's really going to get dragged is you off this website if you don't stop or at least make it less obvious. 36 1
Lagerfeld Posted August 7 Author Posted August 7 1 minute ago, Sheep said: What's risky is you making yet another thread to get Gaga dragged when what's really going to get dragged is you off this website if you don't stop or at least make it less obvious. How is this negative in any way whatsoever? Name risky #1s since then. 1
Lagerfeld Posted August 7 Author Posted August 7 2 minutes ago, CherryBay said: WAP was much much riskier and it paid off People have been rapping about their Hello Kitty since the '90s, so I disagree. 6 2
Orsay Posted August 7 Posted August 7 It definitely was risky, daring and iconic but idk about the last risky #1 from a main girl. Rih's Work is pretty out there sonically, I didn't think it would click first time I heard it. Same with Billie's bad guy. Break My Soul was kinda a surprising direction for Beyonce. That's just off the top of my head
GraceRandolph Posted August 7 Posted August 7 13 minutes ago, Funnyfatty said: It was for sure risky. Weirdly i also feel people are extremely homophobic now thanks to elon and trump. People were much worse in 2011. 2
Darkgalord Posted August 7 Posted August 7 I know you love to troll but you highkey ate with this one. I have to agree and say yes.
fememeist Posted August 7 Posted August 7 (edited) the last risky Billboard US Dance Club #1 Edited August 7 by fememeist 2 1
Sheep Posted August 7 Posted August 7 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Lagerfeld said: Name risky #1s since then. We made it 3 posts into the thread before you dropped the front and openly admitted the real question you were asking here. You need to do better than this. Gaga had one of the most explosive peaks in the history of recorded music and staked her career prospects entirely on a much more popular than not, but still divisive stance. It was not an overwhelming majority who supported our community in 2010 when the record was announced like it is today, and the population who didn't support us was MUCH more openly vitriolic than they are now. In embarking on this campaign(which releasing the song in question was a part of), Gaga made current and future generations of queer people feel just a little more comfortable in their skin and also threw her weight behind affecting real legislative changes in the US. The song isn't risky in the way a bjork track would be but at the time the press and the entire industry including her peers who would later go on to become bitter rivals were calling her the bigger and more talented Madonna. Gaga didn't emerge as a flop but she took a very noticeable career hit in the name of doing what's right. She was given the gift of celebrity and tried to find purpose for it instead of trying to wring as much personal gain out of it that she could. Edited August 7 by Sheep 3 1
Bubble Tea Posted August 7 Posted August 7 It was definitely very risky and low key the risk paid off in that, at the height of her career and the peak of her fame, she opted to elevate and empower LGBT+ people from around the world. However it also polarised a lot of boring conservative GP members who didn't check got her until ASIB when, in their coke zero and ultraprocessed food comas, they'd completely forgotten about her controversies and commented on Facebook pages saying "we miss the old Gaga!" when in fact they thought the meat dress was disgusting, SXSW performing gross and her Superbowl performance too tame. 1 1
itshyolee Posted August 7 Posted August 7 19 minutes ago, Lagerfeld said: People have been rapping about their Hello Kitty since the '90s, so I disagree. True, but Cardi and Megan even had the politicians mad
GraceRandolph Posted August 7 Posted August 7 4 minutes ago, itshyolee said: True, but Cardi and Megan even had the politicians mad Gaga did too 3
Punky Rooster Posted August 7 Posted August 7 It's never risky releasing a cover of a well known song, it's an obvious way to get an easy hit. 4 6
babyforlife Posted August 7 Posted August 7 (edited) yes it is. i cant name any other #1 single that really risky Edited August 7 by babyforlife typo
Princess Aurora Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Well, she spoke for us and I'll always be grateful for that 1 1
kexin Posted August 7 Posted August 7 "Risky" as if Ellen wasn't airing on daytime television every day 💀💀💀 1 1
JO1s Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Do you have a humiliation kink or something? What's with all these embarrassing troll threads. 1
єѕℓαм Posted August 7 Posted August 7 some ppl acting dumb in the replies anyways yes it was the riskiest #1 I don't think there's a song that went #1 with lyrics about Transgender, Gay, lesbian, bisexual, lebanese etc
FailSafe Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Plenty of explicit sex songs went #1; sex sells, plenty of songs about self-acceptance also went #1; but BTW is the only song explicitly went to the point. No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, Transgender life... Lady Gaga didn't blanket BTW with vague lyrics. She went straight to the neck and put the LGBT+ community in her lyrics. No artist was as daring as she was to release that type of song especially when they were at their absolute peak, the biggest artist at that time. And the lead single at that. 7
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