An introduction.
I seem to come up with one good idea per year; 2009 was Iconography (which, mind you, is no less important to me). This is 2010.
During that year, something changed. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga’s performance felt alternately baffling and hysterical. But a mere three singles and an album later, the 2010 VMAs felt like a homecoming. In between collecting eight awards (and maybe even deserving some of them!), she belted out the chorus of her upcoming album’s title track Born This Way with a steak on her head, and it truly felt like - I hope! - a generational anthem in the making.
Just about every critic or fan of pop music has had their personal Gaga “conversion” moment. Even Pitchfork sees her potential. But I want to go deeper. Balanced by my hatred of the not-so-distant LoveGame (and most of The Fame, which I’ll justify later), maybe we can remain reasonably objective AND, Lady Gaga willing, deeply in love with what she does.
And update on a regular basis. Really.
(yeah, I like the blog’s design a little too much myself.)
Any ideas or questions? Fire away!
