Hear that? No applause. Sigh. The second biggest thing to happen in pop this month is the release of Lady GaGa's new single 'Applause'. Originally (and very publicly) slated for an August 19 release, the single has been rush-released to iTunes in the US (with Australia to soon follow) and rushed to radio worldwide because of those pesky internet hackers who smashed those plans to smithereens by leaking the track well ahead of time. GaGa herself tweeted "POP MUSIC EMERGENCY" before taking action and explaining the situation, sneakily adding links to download the track on iTunes. Ardent and dedicated fans tried their best to squash the leak but to no avail. As for the track, it doesn't feel like a lead single. 'Just Dance' and 'Bad Romance' (still my second favourite song of all time) were brilliant lead singles from albums and re-releases, but this reeks of the same underwhelming sound of when 'Born This Way' came out as the first taste of her otherwise very good same titled album. There is a lot going on sonically and the lyrics seem disjointed and a bit off to me. It almost feels like a rush job. It's just a bit underwhelming from a hype machine that promised so much (deja vu from my last post regarding Katy Perry). In fairness, a lot of her songs grow on me over time so we will see whether this does to, but fingers crossed and a round of applause for single number two being a cracker! 'Applause' is out
soon is Aus. "ARTPOP" is available worldwide November 11.
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