Lady GaGa is clearly living in her own world. During an interview with Bernard Zuel of Fairfax Media, the Pop superstar criticised her fellow artists for not being creative and claimed the idea that piracy has caused the decline of the industry is just an “excuse”.
See what GaGa had to say below:
It is very easy for GaGa to make such statements when her ‘Born This Way’ album has sold over 3.5 millin copies worldwide in 7 weeks. However, unlike most other artists, she has enjoyed substantial support from her label which conducted a massive promotion campaign to ensure that the record would be a success.
If GaGa’s music truly “speaks to our generation” then why did it experience a record-breaking 84% decline in sales to 174k in its second week after opening with 1.108 million copies? The answer is simply a reflection of the fact that most of her media promotion ended during the week that the album was released.
Moreover, GaGa obviously disregards the struggles that other genres of music are experiencing. For example, with R&B artists such as Jennifer Hudson and even her “close” friend Beyonce currently encountering problems with their latest releases despite producing solid material, the issue is clearly not just about creativity.
Maybe GaGa expects everybody to jump on the Pop music bandwagon and be creative enough to add Dance synths to old Madonna tracks like she has been doing. Otherwise, arrogance has simply clouded her perspective.