ARTPOP

Editors’ Notes

Lady Gaga’s music is fueled by wild creativity and artful provocation. With her third studio album, ARTPOP, Gaga reunites with Born This Way co-producer DJ White Shadow, plus collaborates with electro-house DJ/producer Zedd and French house producer Madeon. T.I., Too $hort & Twista work out alongside her with “Jewels N’ Drugs” and R. Kelly can “Do What U Want” in no uncertain terms. Gaga explains in interviews that she’s seeking “the reverse of Warhol,” where she brings high art to pop music, where once Warhol brought a pop sensibility to high art. Lady can theorize all she wants, but she also knows that it don’t mean a thing it if ain’t got that swing and ARTPOP is loaded with hyperactive beats and hyper-caffeinated compositions like “G.U.Y.” (Girl Under You — yikes!), “MANICURE” and “ARTPOP,” where even when she’s tributing Versace in “Donatella,” she kinda means herself, too. How much “art” is delivered is debatable, but she’s certainly not shy delivering her truth. Ten of the album’s 15 tracks come with an “explicit” tag. Now outrageousness is something we expect from Lady Gaga.