Ok, so to those of you who know me personally, know that I LOVE Lady Gaga. She is my favorite artist, she's given me confidence to just be myself despite what anyone else says. Her music is addictive and just plain awesome, but this is my opinion. Once again, just by reading the title of this post, I know you already have an opinion of Lady Gaga, and as with Nicki Minaj, I'm going to safely assume that you probably don't like her. I'm definitely used to it by now, by it hurts everytime I hear people shit talking her. Here's a little story before I start my epic rant:
When I was a senior in high school, I made the foolish decision of taking Psychology. I actually liked the subject, but the teacher, who we'll call Mr. B, did about 1% teaching, and 99% Lady Gaga bashing. Seriously, that's all he would ever talk about is how much he throws up whenever he thinks about her and how she's untalented. My whole class was filled with Lady Gaga haters as well so they all went for hours it seemed on a whole Gaga bash fest. Needless to say Mr. B quickly became the teacher I despised the most at my high school, and as far as the rest of the class, I'll just say didn't know what they were talking about because their heads were all up their asses. At least when it comes to Lady Gaga, because I wondered the entire time if they ever got to know her outside of the radio. An artist may come across a certain way when you listen to their music as it is played on the radio, but that's not by any means a totally accurate picture of who they are. But even so, I was already dealing with the hatred long before that class. At lunch, even though my 'friends' knew that I loved her, they all decided to go on bash fests as well. And my sophomore year I was subjected to listen to another teacher and his students talk about how she doesn't deserve to be famous or what not.
I've wanted to do this for a while because, quite frankly, all of the people mentioned and anyone else who keeps dissing her are just jealous and catty. I've heard many insults thrown around, so it was quite difficult to try and condense them into only a few main points, but I'll try anyway. So, this is why I like Lady Gaga, and why people need to stop hating on her.
People hate Lady Gaga because:
1. She can't sing and she's untalented
DON'T YOU EVER CALL LADY GAGA UNTALENTED!!! First of all, she writes ALL of her songs, produces all of her albums, and makes all of her crazy outfits. She's got more talent in her pinky that a normal person has in their entire body. And don't even start to diss her singing abilites. Have you ever heard her live? That answer is no because I know that people who hate her don't take the time to do any research on her or hear her on other outlets besides the radio. The radio does not do any artist justice, I don't care how good your system is. But Lady Gaga has an AMAZING voice, she can manipulate it to fit the sound of any given track, her vibrato is sick, and her voice is always jam-packed with emotion. Vocally, I think she's even better than Madonna. Madge has a great voice as well, but it's also not as powerful in the higher range and she can't belt notes quite like Gaga can. Anyway, bottom line is that in the mainstream of the modern day, Lady Gaga has talent oozing out of her talent and we are lucky to have musicians like her save the music world from crumbling under the talentless weight of Lil Wayne, Drake, Juicy J, 2 Chainz, YC, YG, Future, Flo Rida, Tyga, and many many more. Her voice is superb, and she's genuine. Also, did you know that Julliard, yes THE Julliard school for performing arts in New York, accepted her when she applied for colleges? Yeah, she's SO untalented...NOT.
2. She's a slut
Gaga has the same problem as Nicki Minaj. She wears these outlandish and revealing outfits that either assault our eyes or don't leave much to the imagination, but I have never seen Gaga pick up a guy on the street and get money for fucking him. So she's not a 'slut'. Her crazy outfits are more of an artistic statement and prove her passion for fashion, as with Nicki Minaj. If anything, Gaga's clothes prove how bold she is, unafraid of what people would say about her. Lil Wayne has never worn a shirt and his pants sag to his knees, but nobody yells at him or calls him a man-slut. Same thing with all the other rappers who think they're the shit; they act more slutty than Gaga, and that's actually their intention, to pick up women and fuck them. Gaga's intention is to wear whatever the hell she wants so she can make a statement about an issue that concerns her, or pay homage to a designer that has inspired her. Or she wears an outfit that was made for her fans. Her behavior isn't slutty. I know she has songs like "LoveGame" and "Government Hooker", but those songs aren't about Gaga, the person. In fact, they are pointing out the slutty behavior of young girls and the infidelity in the current goverment (or the past government). Once again, if you would have done some research, you wouldn't just brush those songs aside as slutty, no would you?
3. She copies Madonna and is unoriginal
Go find my other blog entry about how "Born This Way" and "Express Yourself" DO NOT sound alike. That's really all I have to say here.
4. She's TOO out there and outspoken
Yeah, because whenever we here Madonna tell her lover to fuck her, or Liz Phair doing the same thing, as well as how Katy Perry will melt your pop-sicle, Flo Rida wants you to blow his whistle, or how Lil Wayne, Drake, 2 Chainz, Future etc. all rap about fucking bitches, THAT is not out-there at all. All of those artists are coy and subtle...NO THEY ARE NOT. I'd rather listen to Lady Gaga sing about the paparazzi and bad romances than any of that other shit I just mentioned. Everything she does is for a purpose. Most often it's to promote individuality and confidence. If she can mock the mainstream and get away with wearing meat-dresses, than the rest of us aren't so weird after all. And plus, you have to be a bit outspoken to get your point across or you'll just get stepped all over. Where do you think LGBT rights would be right now if Lady Gaga wasn't so aggressive about equality? Let's face it, "Don't Ask Don't Tell" was repealed because of her. Would people be unafraid to be themselves if she didn't help the populus be okay with themselves? I highly doubt it. Like it or not, she IS the voice for all the bullied, the outcasts, and the odd-balls. No one has ever been so open with their personality quite like she has.
5. She wasn't born weird like she sings, she's just pretending and she's fake
DON'T YOU EVER CALL LADY GAGA FAKE!!! Also, she HAS gone through some tough times in her life. She got thrown in a trash can by her classmates, she was called a 'germ' and she never quite fit in with her classmates. I know she was brought up by wealthy parents, but even rich people can be cruel. Actually, we all know rich people are mean, especially rich kids who are spoiled brats and don't care about anybody but themselves. Do you think someone as unconventional as Lady Gaga could just blend in with the rest of her school-mates? Uh, no. She's always been real and honest, even now, she's admitted that while she hasn't had the hardest life by any means, she also doesn't like seeing other kids be bullied to the point of suicide and harming themselves. And I'm actually getting a little upset as to how can you hate somebody as selfless as that. How can you hate Lady Gaga when she has opened the door for all of us geeks, freaks, and off-beats? How can you hate her when she's given so many people a voice?! I still think she's a wonderful role model (yeah she smokes and drinks but we will overlook that).
Lady Gaga is not a selfish, talentless barbie doll that so many people are calling her. She does a lot for her fans, for society, and if she wants to wear crazy outfits, why can't she? What is so wrong with her breaking the mold and being different than everybody else? Even if she wasn't born the odd-ball we know her as today, what is so wrong with her trying to help people? So yeah, I don't want to hear shit about her anymore, because none of it's true. I LOVE her, I can't wait for "ArtPop", and that is that. If I still haven't convinced you that Gaga is a credible artist, than once again, you can keep listening to how Justin Bieber and One Direction make promises we all know they won't keep, Lil Wayne and Drake fucking bitches, making money, and shoving it in your face, and how Katy Perry wants to see your "peacock". I'm always going to be a Little Monster, and there's nothing wrong with, what-so-ever!!! Lady Gaga FTW!!!
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