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The Pootga in the background?!?!

something glamorous

I ended up having a work thing but I saw the fireworks as I was leaving my work thing... I stg if this isn't released in a timely manner on an appropriate and fitting streamer

I wouldn't read into this but the press coverage is somewhat unusual for a standard radio update... like guys, she's gay! but........ maybe......

And that's frankly a very revealing projection from little mangers who are never satisfied lol. If Gaga wanted to release a project like Renaissance sonically and (most importantly imo in this context) aesthetically, she could but Chromatica was not an attempt just because they're both inspired by house music. For me, aptly enough, it all comes down to their interpretations of alien superstar. While there's clearly a lane for being hot and a little weird in the club, Gaga is like "ok sure but what if we're literally alien superstars?" and that's how it's always going to be imo.

I cannot stress enough if you don't have rights, you do not have rights. In lieu of master rights, artists need to fight for post-term consent and shares of the publishing as a safeguard. And it goes w/o saying artists who respect other artists should not touch third rail tracks.

When I build my time machine, I'm killing h*tler, seeing the spice girls and convincing Interscope that Replay is the motherf*cking lead single.

I feel like Gaga has clearly woven all of these concepts together to illustrate her inner mental health journey via highly-theatrical externalized wonderland-esque environments. Plus, these concepts are all pretty transferable. Is the alien planet SL or ROM? Is the dystopian future ROM or TCB? What if everything was in her head? LOL imagine if in 2009 fans were like "uhhhh, Gaga, you're not being very consistent. Are you a hooker, rosary-eating priestess or a bisexual boyfriend killer?"

I'm not worried about the HBO Max concert special

We used to pray for times like this

I love the austere presentation of Chromatica and find it a welcome return to everything I love most about Gaga visuals... a museum of brutality I was immediately reminded of the recent LV show at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla

WELL LETS CELEBRATE THAT People love to compare him to Trump but he was really a George W. Bush figure. He was so properly educated and connected, the party and the press rose like a wave to deliver the premiership. Being a buffoon was just a bonus. But, how you win it is how you lose it and he is really so odious, he could only hold on for so long.

A horse on a dance floor is fortunately my favorite genre of music

Netflix should fire whoever gave that quote because it does a real diservice to the ~new approach~ which is actually, it seems, "Netflix will release blockbusters like the big boys" (still lmaoooo ok sure, easier said than done). Frankly, I don't think studios can resist oscar bait since studios derive so much meaning from award season... it's like saying a football team doesn't care about the Super Bowl. Sure. Netflix simply wants to release Don't Look Up esque oscar bait. Fine, whatever.

Survivors and loved ones should feel welcome to share whatever they feel comfortable sharing about their experience. While I don't think it would lead to mass action, educating the public about gun violence in a visceral way is probably good. I read this article a number of years ago and it really stuck with me: https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/gun-violence/ That said, I do find the media's appeal to parents for photos very distasteful since they are in such a vulnerable position. I'm sure the parents would do anything to feel a sense of control over the situation but we shouldn't expect all survivors of random mass violence to become anti-violence advocates overnight and we shouldn't treat activism like a therapeutic for this very unusual form of mass violence. Personally, I would be so p*ssed if my loved one was killed and people expected me to devote my life to ending gun violence when it could never bring them back, y'know? However, if I had experienced gun violence myself, I would probably want to talk about my experience and particularly my road to recovery. It's really so subjective!