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[Trigger]

I miss Austin.

 

[<+)O Robido O(+>]

On Saturday, it was revealed that Interscope, Lady Gaga's label, has spent $25 million dollars to promote her flop album "ARTPOP," which is set to sell around 250 thousand copies in its first week -- that's a 75 percent drop from the first week album sales of "Born This Way" only two years ago. This weekend, plenty of Lady Gaga's little monsters prostituted themselves online, offering gay sex for people who buy at least 30 copies of "ARTPOP."

"She originally was going to have the album ready by last Christmas. They made her re-record it. When her tour wasn't selling, they invented a hip injury and told Gaga to go away for months so the public could be interested in her 'comeback.' After the lead single 'Applause' didn't get such a great reception, they made her re-record the album again. I hear that they allegedly paid radio stations in order to put the song at the top of their playlists," Jacob laughs.

 

[botty]

^source.


Also, apparently Donatella is being used for promo on an new E! show.

:duca:

 

[Reckoner]

I'm finally listening to Katy B's last song. I like her so much. Her songs are always good.

 

[royalan]

Actually, I know this story is largely a joke, but I've been wondering for a while about the legitimacy of her hip injury. Long story short, hip injuries are serious. People rarely have the same level of dexterity in their legs afterward, and the way she's been throwing herself around stage this era (like, literally throwing herself around the stage) really makes me question if her serious hip surgery was really all that serious.

 

[Fey]

um what did i just read

 

[cory64]

Actually, I know this story is largely a joke, but I've been wondering for a while about the legitimacy of her hip injury. Long story short, hip injuries are serious. People rarely have the same level of dexterity in their legs afterward, and the way she's been throwing herself around stage this era (like, literally throwing herself around the stage) really makes me question if her serious hip surgery was really all that serious.

She said her hip is BETTER than before. Like how is that even possible?

 

[Trigger]

She said her hip is BETTER than before. Like how is that even possible?

Her hip could be anything.

 

[<+)O Robido O(+>]

Her hip could be anything.

You are flawless Trigger!

 

[Wafflecakes]

Not that anyone cares, but 1D's album has leaked.

 

[xaosslug]

Actually, I know this story is largely a joke, but I've been wondering for a while about the legitimacy of her hip injury. Long story short, hip injuries are serious. People rarely have the same level of dexterity in their legs afterward, and the way she's been throwing herself around stage this era (like, literally throwing herself around the stage) really makes me question if her serious hip surgery was really all that serious.

jewels & DRUGS...

 

[botty]

Not that anyone cares, but 1D's album has leaked.

I heard one song and....

 

[You Know Nothing]

First there was hasBeyn's pregnancy gate. Now there's Gaga's hip gate.

 

[Wafflecakes]

I heard one song and....

As usually I don't care for the singles, but I like a bunch of the other songs.

 

[Dr. Malik]

Swift hopes to collaborate with new songwriters and producers. But she planned to begin, she said, by heading back into the studio with Max Martin and Shellback. “I want to go in with Max and Johan first, just to figure out what the bone structure of this record is going to be.

“I have a lot of things to draw from emotionally at the moment. But I have to draw from them with a different perspective than on Red. I can’t say the same things over and over, you know? I mean, I think it’s just all the more important that I don’t ever allow myself to coast.

“At the same time, there’s a mistake that I see artists make when they’re on their fourth or fifth record, and they think innovation is more important than solid songwriting. The most terrible letdown as a listener for me is when I’m listening to a song and I see what they were trying to do. Like, where there’s a dance break that doesn’t make any sense, there’s a rap that shouldn’t be there, there’s like a beat change that’s, like, the coolest, hippest thing this six months—but it has nothing to do with the feeling, it has nothing to do with the emotion, it has nothing to do with the lyric. I never want to put things in songs just because that might make them popular, like, on the more rhythmic stations or in dance clubs. I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.”

http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/taylor-swift-reigning-queen-of-pop.html

 

[cory64]

They were too scared to even put the name of the true queen on the cover.
They better live in FEAR

but also
>IKWYT's chorus

 

[You Know Nothing]

That picture of Taylord is giving me serious Milla Jovovich teas.

 

[Styles]

In before the Rihanna stans point's out that their fave's name is absent on the cover.

Edit: lmao.

 

[You Know Nothing]

You weren't quick enough, sis.

 

[Artemisia]

but also
>IKWYT's chorus

yes, what kind of point was she trying to make when she did the exact same thing with that song?

I mean it works, but still.

EDIT: but wait

You could hear Martin and Shellback&#8217;s touch in the bright, punchy sound of those songs, &#8220;We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,&#8221; &#8220;I Knew You Were ­Trouble,&#8221; and &#8220;22.&#8221; Yet the songs are unmistakably Swiftian; unlike other Martin songs, you can&#8217;t imagine them being recorded, interchangeably, by Katy Perry, or Pink, or any of the other usual suspects. Listen to a key line in &#8220;22&#8221;: &#8220;We&#8217;re happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time&#8197;/&#8197;It&#8217;s miserable and magical.&#8221; It&#8217;s a classic Swift lyric: purple but precise, self-involved yet self-aware&#8212;all in all, about as spot-on a description of a young woman&#8217;s turbulent inner life as you&#8217;re likely to hear on hit radio.

The tea.

 

[tali'zorah84]

"If you ever say the word aphrodite again I'll shove rocket #9 up your garden panty"
"Mrs Clorox Show"
not nekci menij slaying me again

 

[Styles]

yes, what kind of point was she trying to make when she did the exact same thing with that song?

I mean it works, but still.

Don't know if this answers your question, but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iYyBhisa5TY#t=31

I think the tour version better illustrates the emotion She wanted to convey through the song.

 

[Supermanisdead]

That picture of Taylord is giving me serious Milla Jovovich teas.

does that make gaga, miley and katy fleshless psycho zombies?

food for thought

 

[cory64]

The tour version that goes 3/4 of the way to Skrillex?

 

[Styles]

The tour version that goes 3/4 of the way to Skrillex?

More like half way, but yes, the mix is a lot more "chaotic". Personally, I like it far more than the album version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_fd-7bCFnk

 

[RobotChant]

Actually, I know this story is largely a joke, but I've been wondering for a while about the legitimacy of her hip injury. Long story short, hip injuries are serious. People rarely have the same level of dexterity in their legs afterward, and the way she's been throwing herself around stage this era (like, literally throwing herself around the stage) really makes me question if her serious hip surgery was really all that serious.

She also said the hip injury made her swollen all over. Hitting the gym hard didn't resolve the problem. LOL. Christina must've had a hip injury too.

 

[cory64]

It is better than the studio version.
Here's the extremely similar televised version

But have the other girls put on a performance like that in the past year?

 

[Bladenic]

Perhaps the hip injury was exaggerated, who knows? There's nowhere near enough evidence to support this conspiracy theory. Certainly not the level of evidence that proved Bernard had a baby mama.

Edit: thank sweet Allah that Royalan finally removed that hideous creature as his avi

 

[Styles]

It is better than the studio version.
Here's the extremely similar televised version

But have the other girls put on a performance like that in the past year?

The absence of strings during the second verse saddens me.

Swift told me she could imagine a time when she&#8217;d stop performing and just be a writer. &#8220;When I&#8217;m 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I&#8217;ll be, like: &#8216;Cool, I&#8217;ll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.&#8217; It&#8217;s looking like a good pension plan.&#8221;

Please don't.

 

[Bladenic]

She already writes songs for kids though... She just sings them herself.

 

[Wafflecakes]

The new One Direction album is so different..... not sure how I feel.

Need a few days to digest.

 

[Dr. Malik]

I wanted their sound to evolve but not like this

better luck next year I suppose

 

[Wafflecakes]

There are still a few tracks I love... but I tend to agree.

I do like it more than Up All Night, but it lags behind Take Me Home.

 

[Partition]

Can you please stop it with your Tumblr receipts because all of that is complete bullshit

 

[Dr. Malik]

There are still a few tracks I love... but I tend to agree.

I do like it more than Up All Night, but it lags behind Take Me Home.

this must be how Rihanna stans feel every other year

 

[Wafflecakes]

this must be how Rihanna stans feel every other year

Poor them.

I still like the album, I am just not blown away. I kind of expected them to go this route, but I am not a huge fan of rock throwback tracks in general.

At least it all isn't Folk Rock. SOML was more than enough of that for me.

 

[Dr. Malik]

Alien leaked

miles better than Work Bitch and Perfume
tho I kept waiting for a bigger chorus since the
"not alone, not alone" sounds like a build up

 

[You Know Nothing]

Dammit, I need to go to bed.

But let me listen to Alien before I do.

 

[Dr. Malik]

But the stars in the sky look like home
Take me home
And the light in your eyes lets me now
I'm not alone
not alone not alone not alone

 

[Artemisia]

that was the chorus? i was perched for one after that part but the song just goes into the second verse

 

[You Know Nothing]

I can't find a working link.

Fuck this shit. I'll worry about in the morning.

 

[Crumpet Trumpet]

It's beautiful.

But the tracklisting is so whack. I just listened to Alien ---> Work Bitch ---> Perfume in that order and it is just

 

[Artemisia]

It's beautiful.

But the tracklisting is so whack. I just listened to Alien ---> Work Bitch ---> Perfume in that order and it is just

perhaps the messiness and disorder of the tracklisting is intentional. Britney Jean is a personal album, after all.

 

[Crumpet Trumpet]

perhaps the messiness and disorder of the tracklisting is intentional. Britney Jean is a personal album, after all.

I'll let you have that one.

 

[You Know Nothing]

OMG, I FINALLY GOT A WORKING LINK.

And I don't care for it.

Why did I waste all this time looking for it instead of sleeping?

 

[Dr. Malik]

OMG, I FINALLY GOT A WORKING LINK.

And I don't care for it.

Why did I waste all this time looking for it instead of sleeping?

 

[Koodo]

And to think just a few months ago we all thought this album would be an urban banger. Jean, you were the last one I expected to jump aboard the borewagon.

I use Alien though.

 

[Zutroy]

Not alone, not alone, not alooone

 

[Styles]

All the tracks from BJ have been trash. None have piqued my prostate thus far. Alien might grow on me, but we'll see.

 

[Wafflecakes]

All the tracks from BJ have been trash. None have piqued my prostate thus far. Alien might grow on me, but we'll see.

I agree.

I know I drag everyone, but there is nothing appealing about the tracks. The music is just damn awful. Normally I have to side step and drag sales.... but not this time.

This time... I can have both.