Lady Gaga - The Chromatica Era

[Loufoque]

I feel exhausted after the rush of this album. I don't know where it sits in her back catalogue, but I know I will enjoy it in a year where we need as much fun pop as we can get.

 

[Jark]

 

[Jark]

The imagery really belongs to a much more sonically adventurous album than this one. The entire Chromatica concept feels very stitched on in post production, like someone panicked and said "BUT HOW WILL WE MARKET IT"

 

[BoysForSeles]

I made the mistake of going on to Popjustice on a rare excursion and somebody actually did say in the Chromatica thread that they were “shaking” and that they “might cry”. Without a trace of humour. These kind of people are the ones I got banned for a week because of last time I visited for apparently “failing to read the room”.

 

[K.C.]

I made the mistake of going on to Popjustice on a rare excursion and somebody actually did say in the Chromatica thread that they were “shaking” and that they “might cry”. Without a trace of humour. These kind of people are the ones I got banned for a week because of last time I visited for apparently “failing to read the room”.

Invite them here.

 

[Phoenix]

The release strategy feels a bit botched, delayed because of Covid and then leaked a full day before release and the date only confirmed after the leak.

 

[Jark]

The release strategy feels a bit botched, delayed because of Covid and then leaked a full day before release and the date only confirmed after the leak.

What? It leaked like 3 hours before its first release on Spotify which is completely normal. What does the bit in bold mean?

 

[Zu]

I made the mistake of going on to Popjustice on a rare excursion and somebody actually did say in the Chromatica thread that they were “shaking” and that they “might cry”.

Invite them here.

I think at least one or two of them already ARE here

@BoysForSeles Was it YOU who was banned?

 

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

You guys are SO MEAN on the popjustice forum! It’s pretty much the only place online to find intelligent discussion about pop music ASIDE from moopy

They won’t let me sign up to post on it though THEIR LOSS!

 

[joanne]

...but is there anything on there that's as slick, life-altering and pussy-popping as dancin' in circles (feels good to be lonely)?

 

[Zu]

They won’t let me sign up to post on it though THEIR LOSS!

Well that’s the Moopy Stain for you. They can SMELL IT!

Also I’m not entirely convinced by “intelligent discussion”

 

[BoysForSeles]

I think at least one or two of them already ARE here

@BoysForSeles Was it YOU who was banned?

I’m sure I’m not the only one. I thought I was perfectly reasonable.

 

[Zu]

I thought I was perfectly reasonable.

Sorry to break it to you like this but that “emotional age of 9” comment apparently wasn’t very popular. I mean if you must insist on NOT READING THE ROOM!

 

[lolly]

And the songs are all very short, as if it's catered to elementary school kids with ADHD (which might be a synonym for GAYS in general).

A bit like Eurovision

 

[Zu]

A bit like Eurovision

And just look at the fuss about some of the entries in A Song For Moopy. OH MY GOD IT’S OVER THREE MINUTES CAN’T LISTEN

 

[lolly]

Obviously I'm waiting for midnight and not bothering with VPLs or whatever the youngsters are doing, but the idea of an album of sub three minute tracks is filling me with all kinds of

 

[Pipo]

You guys are SO MEAN on the popjustice forum! It’s pretty much the only place online to find intelligent discussion about pop music ASIDE from moopy

They won’t let me sign up to post on it though THEIR LOSS!

I love some of the posters there. I love how there are still people who take POP music so seriously they take their time to write insightful stuff. I wonder why do they make it so hard to sign up though?

 

[Zu]

Why is registration closed? In any case, I bet they’ve got a database of people who’ve signed up before and turned nasty after one too many cans of scrumpy (and have almost inevitably ended up here). I can’t actually remember but this might well include me

 

[K.C.]

So Moopy is just PopJustice's outcasts?

 

[K.C.]

Also, could we have a poll for this album rate please? @big ron

An 11 option won't be necessary.

 

[Zu]

So Moopy is just PopJustice's outcasts?

I prefer to think of it as those with a significantly more discerning palate, a tendency to be unmanageably foul and a limited range of boundaries

 

[COB]

So Moopy is just PopJustice's outcasts?

Some of us migrated voluntarily!

 

[K.C.]

I prefer to think of it as those with a significantly more discerning palate, a tendency to be unmanageably foul and a limited range of boundaries

....sooo OUTCASTS

 

[Zu]

Some of us migrated voluntarily!

Actually I think I definitely did as well. I don’t remember actually signing up or saying anything but it WAS where I first saw mention of a certain lounge containing truly horrible, angry people and notorious for its gladiatorial atmosphere and lurid mystique

 

[Mugatu]

I waded through hundreds of KPOP bots posting videos of random Korean people smiling and dancing, internet gays changing download links to terrible Selena Gomez songs and reporting everyone to the FBI, all to discover that the best beat (Haus Labs instrumental) isn't even on the fucking album

Eventually I found the leak and enjoyed a couple of tracks, so I'll wait for the HQ version before making much more judgement, but I was a bit underwhelmed. I thought it'd be more of a weird, modern twist on 90s dance instead of what it actually is. Replay is the closest to what I wanted.

 

[OutSynk]

Mama this is garbage.

I thought I was exaggerating but after the second listen I can confirm that it is indeed garbage. Alice is the only song that gets it right. The 90s eurodance sound, the melancholic chorus, the trademark Gaga ma ma ma’s. Nothing else comes near. I’m not sure how much I will even want to return to this because the second listen scarred me more than the first.

 

[OutSynk]

A bit like Eurovision

This sums up the album well so Mopsy might love it. Sine From Above will go down a storm.

 

[OutSynk]

Looks like we might get the “original” version of Babylon too.

 

[Beverley]

OMG!

They need to give us full-length songs too tbh. And middle eights. And the original Free Woman.

 

[Pipo]

wait @ Chromatica REMIXED

 

[Mats]

"multiple versions"? like, DEMOS?

 

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

In the world of Spotify I don’t get why artists don’t just whack EVERYTHING THEY HAVE up. Surely it will just translate into more streams which equals more coin in the long run - at least versions of songs that have already been released, I understand unreleased tracks are a different thing.

Better than it just sitting on a hard drive anyways.

 

[Zu]

They need to give us full-length songs too tbh.

But surely they ARE full-length songs! Darling just pretend it’s the Melody Festival

 

[Beverley]

I wonder how many songs shes worked on for this album. I for one was gutted that we never got ARTPOP 2

 

[Zu]

OMG what if new poster @joanne is LADDY GAGA HERSELF?

 

[Beverley]

OMG what if new poster @joanne is LADDY GAGA HERSELF?

OPEN THE VAULTS @joanne

 

[Zu]

God only knows what’s going to gush out when @joanne POPS THAT VAULTY PUSSY!

 

[HeLikedTurner]

Some of these songs are SO incredibly basic(intentional or not), yet still enjoyable. Alice, Sour Candy, Fun Tonight and 1000 Doves are the worst offenders. I pretty much love everything else.

 

[K.C.]

God only knows what’s going to gush out when @joanne POPS THAT VAULTY PUSSY!

STOP TAGGING @joanne

 

[Zu]

STOP TAGGING @joanne

@joanne! @joanne! For God’s sake SPEAK TO US @joanne!