Only gods are worshipped unconditionally. People have to earn their love.
And Lady Gaga is only human - without question both deservedly famous and polarising, talented and fallible.
She attracts more fawning fanboyism than any artist with only two albums deserves, and just as much uninformed criticism from those who underestimate her.
So welcome to the middle - where we want the best from her... but good or bad, we'll take everything for what it is.
I'm 20, straight and Australian; part-time metalhead/pop fan, full-time music obsessive. I'm writing about every Madonna single here:
The comparisons aren't entirely valid, but no one is more important than Madonna in understanding what Lady Gaga could be.
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anthagio replied: Her intentions aside, the MTV VMAs are all about who can get the most attention, and damnit, I think Gaga won that competition.
The wider public definitely paid more attention to Kanye, and he deserved it - his song and performance were incredible! People’s expectations were high after the Taylor Swift incident, and he easily surpassed them. But the thing is, I found Gaga singing a mere 10 seconds of Born This Way equally moving, even though she didn’t even perform. Not an entirely fair contest, but I’ll call it even!
