Lady Gaga is ready for her return after a period of silence and absence due to her ongoing health issues. The singer just unveiled the release details for her upcoming new studio album "ARTPOP", which is due to be in stores on November 11.
The first single will be out on August 19, and both the album and app will be available for pre-order on September 1.
The new album is defined as a "rage of electronic passion and fury, defining each artistic process from beginning to end".
Being the Jazz legend that he is, Tony Bennett has made sure to surround himself with stars as bright as the sky to perform duets on his upcoming album, Duets II.
Not so long ago we heard the first snippet of his collaboration with late singer, Amy Winehouse, on their rendition of Body & Soul.
Today we bring you two more snippets. Click below to listen to his collaborations with Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey.
When Do The Bells Ring For Me with Mariah Carey
The Lady Is A Tramp with Lady Gaga
Are you looking forward to more music from this album?
Lady Gaga dropped by US radio station Channel 94 and spoke about her upcoming new music video for her next single, You & I, which she just wrapped up filming.
"The premise of the video is that I've walked all the way from New York City to Nebraska to get [my boyfriend] back. It's the idea that when you're away from somebody you love it's torture. It's a very powerful and awful and strange feeling when you're away from the person you love."
Gaga also took the time to comment on the recent passing of fellow artist, Amy Winehouse.
Born This Way was defined by Lady Gaga as "the album of the decade" way before its release. Revolutionary, groundbreaking, or phenomenal were some of the adjectives used to refer to the new music of an artist who´s been know to have her share of controversy.
So, is Gaga´s new album as epic as they made us believe? It´s not. Will it make an impact on the music industry as we know it? It won´t. Is it an album worth of our attention? Yes it is.
Hype is a very bad word. If this album was released today without all of the high expectations surrounding it, we would have probably payed more attention to the music because... lets not forget it. It´s not about the bizarre dresses or controversial videos... it´s really about the music.
Here is our track by track overview of the album:
Marry The Night: This song contains rock and pop elements from the 80´s with a powerful chorus. However it´s the dance section in the end what really makes it stand out. 7/10
Born This Way: The first single off the album was labeled by many as a Madonna´s Express Yourself ripoff. It is enjoyable but no as groundbreaking as it was conceived to be. 6/10
Government Hooker: This post-disco inspired track reveals one of the biggest retro moments of the record. The song is so good it just speaks for itself. 8.5/10
Judas: The second single feels sometimes messy with Gaga´s voice lost among synthesizers and digital effects. The melody is somehow reminiscent of Gaga´s old hit, Bad Romance. 6.5/10
Americano: Spanish is Stefani Germanotta´s failed subject. The song is almost a self-parody of what it is supposed to be. 3/10
Hair: An infectious chorus that unfortunately gets lost along the way of an overproduced track. All in all the drums and the saxophone riffs provide some authenticity to the song. 6.5/10
Scheiße: The real dance anthem of the album and our personal favourite. This commanding pop song is definitely single material. 9/10
Bloody Mary: The religious theme appears once again but this time the mood is quite different. Overall a decent track. 6/10
Bad Kids: A homage to teenage rebellion and adolescence. The rock intro paves the way for a more disco pop oriented sound and chorus. 7/10
Highway Unicorn (Road To Love): The melody in the beginning shares similarities with the chorus of her hit Poker Face. Not exactly our cup of tea. 4/10
Heavy Metal Lover: The song shares the exact same rhythm pattern of Born This Way only slower. Unoriginal, predictible and boring. 3/10
Electric Chapel: It incorporates 80´s elements with some rock flavour. Nice but not enchanting. 3/10
You and I: A nice change of sound. A Robert “Mutt” Lange-produced love song with some E.L.O. inspired background vocals. 7/10
The Edge Of Glory: The current single and a very good song choice for ending the album. 8/10
Click below to listen to Scheiße, our favourite track of the album!
What do you guys think? Is Born This Way worth of your attention?
Lady Gaga is promoting her upcoming album like crazy in the UK and just recently she appeared on The Graham Norton Show where she was interviewed and performed her hit songs Born This Way and Judas.
Gwyneth Paltrow was also a guest on the show the same night, and they both shared some bonding time together during the interview.
Click on the videos below to watch Gaga perform her hits live!
Here it is, a brand new track from Lady Gaga´s upcoming album, Born This Way.
The Edge Of Glory features E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons and was inspired by the death of Gaga´s grandfather in late 2010.
The song has a rock vibe and sounds really good, we particularly love the production on this one. It is definitely our favourite so far from the Born This Way era!
Lady Gaga is once again facing major criticism for her music as she is being accused of plagiarism over her recently released song Judas.
The controversy arised after fans of fellow electro pop artist Loli Lux claimed that Gaga´s new single, Judas, duplicates her song WannaBE which was written and produced by Loli Lux and Rob Uncles in 2009 and released & remixed later in 2010.
Another well known producer, Dr Luke, who has collaborated with artists such as Britney Spears or Kesha mentioned the similarities by tweeting this message:
"Damn, Did @Ladygaga swipe this song? Pretty damn similar to Judas"
This isn´t the first time Lady Gaga faces similar claims as just recently, many stated that her first single, Born This Way, borrowed elements from Madonna´s 90´s hit Express Yourself.
Unlike Madonna, singer Loli Lux hasn´t kept quiet and openly adressed the comparisons by saying:
“It’s sad when my work ripped off like that but I have more new and really great unreleased material that I will keep safely guarded for now.”
Lux stated through a press release that she already knew Gaga from back in the day when they both started on the same New York music scene.
“I have always crossed paths with Gaga through having mutual friends, it’s not the first time she has borrowed ideas from me. It was previously my DJ trademark to wear military hats but I had to stop that after Gaga started doing the same.”
According to Lux she contacted producer Red One through a mutual acquaintance and forwarded her WannaBE music video. Instead of continuing with the initial interest, Lux woke up one morning to find out that the Red One produced track Judas was suspiciously familiar to her.
She tweeted the following messages to express her anger after the song surfaced:
"I wonder what´s next? Stealing my worn panties?"
"Oh the irony of the song being called "WannaBE" hahah"
There is no word yet from Gaga or her team since these accusations first surfaced.
In the meantime, click below to listen and compare a snippet of both songs!
What do you guys think? Do you spot a resemblence between the two?
Lady Gaga has premiered her anticipated new music video for her new single, Born This Way. The video was directed by Nick Knight and features choreography by Laurie Ann Gibson.
Lady Gaga appeared last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, just a day after she performed on the Grammy Awards and finally adressed those Madonna comparisons regarding her latest single, Born This Way.
The singer also spoke about her work as a gay rights activist, her new album and the meaning behind her music. Check out the whole interview on the video above! (Gaga speaks about Madonna at minute 8:30 aproximately).
Lady Gaga graces the cover of the new issue of Vogue magazine and has revealed inside information about her next album, Born This Way.
The Bad Romance singer, who will debut her latest song tommorow, also revealed the title and style of some of her new tracks, including one called Judas, which will serve as the second single from her forthcoming album: "Judas is like it was written for the Ronettes, but it is set to a sledgehammering dance beat and is about falling in love with backstabbing men of the biblical variety."
Another song included in Born This Way is Americano, which she defines as "a big mariachi techno-house record, where I am singing about immigration law and gay marriage and all sorts of things that have to do with disenfranchised communities in America."
As far as the style of the record is concerned, Gaga reveals: "It sounds like a pop record, but when I sing it, I see Edith Piaf in a spotlight with an old microphone. There are some very rock-’n’-roll moments on the album, too: There’s a Bruce Springsteen vibe, there’s a Guns N’ Roses moment. It’s the anthemic nature of the melodies and the choruses."
"It is much more vocally up to par with what I've always been capable of," she explains. "It’s more electronic, but I have married a very theatrical vocal to it. It's like a giant musical-opus theatre piece."
Sounds promising! What do you think? Are anxious to listen to Gaga´s latest effort?
UPDATE: Lady Gaga took her Twitter to inform her fans that "Vogue misspoke. The second single has NOT been confirmed yet, Little Monsters."
