
Despite Lady GaGa having the world at her heels, her latest single Telephone, seems to confirm my fears. It appears GaGa is rapidly becoming less and less of a music icon and more and more of a mere business model. Her videos are laced with countless product placements, from online betting sites (see Poker Face), to Ukranian vodka (Bad Romance) and her record label has just spat out The Fame Monster.
Telephone is the second single to be released from this mini-album and includes guest vocals from the unstoppable Beyoncé Knowles. Now if you put these two stars together for a song, you would think it would be the song to end all songs right? Wrong. It turns out putting two of the hottest ladies in pop has only lead to a major anti-climax in every sense. Telephone is bland, generic and frankly a poor effort by GaGa/Beyonce, lacking any of the uniqueness that made both girls so successful in the first place. It is clear that the collaboration was in the name of money and not in the name of music. As filming for the video starts this week, my mind wonders not how sexy it will be, but which mobile phone GaGa will be shamelessly promoting.
Ok, I lie. I do wonder a little bit how sexy it will be.
Oliver Wilkie
from The Happy Hour
You totally nailed, the gaga isn't an icon of fashion and originality anymore, she's way too far with her style, now she's kinda boring, now the people don't use cheap viagra anymore when they seing her videos, on the other hand, beyonce is getting more and more great on her music, way to go!!!
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