The album is titled Joanne, after her late aunt, and what
we’ve seen so far of this album seems to be more of the same old Gaga that we
already know: overdone, messy, and directionless. In her own words:
“As I returned to my home life and spending time with my friends and family and getting out of the mainstream limelight for a minute, the experiences of our family and our challenges that make us who we are.”
Umm… what?
The album’s lead single, Perfect
Illusion, has only been out a few weeks, but it’s already struggling hard to
stay on the charts. It debuted at a lukewarm #15 (even with her Little Monsters
promoting it like crazy by pretending to be a bunch of soccer moms requesting the song at every radio station they could possibly tweet at)
and it’s been falling steadily ever since.
I have a feeling that statement is
going to be repeated over and over again by a lot of people over the next few
months.
With its flopping singles and weird,
cheap-looking Dive Bar Tour, the
Joanne era looks like it’s shaping up to be a disaster already.
Some sources speculate that since this is Lady Gaga’s last contractual album with Interscope, the label isn’t bothering to do anything to help promote it, which is why the two lead singles are failing… but that sounds, to me, like yet another excuse being made for someone whose entire career so far has been nothing more than... well, a delusion.
Some sources speculate that since this is Lady Gaga’s last contractual album with Interscope, the label isn’t bothering to do anything to help promote it, which is why the two lead singles are failing… but that sounds, to me, like yet another excuse being made for someone whose entire career so far has been nothing more than... well, a delusion.
Joanne will be released in just a
few days on October 21st.
I would warn everyone to cover their ears, but judging by the radio play of the first two singles so far, you probably won’t need to bother.
I would warn everyone to cover their ears, but judging by the radio play of the first two singles so far, you probably won’t need to bother.