Amazing song. Gaga's songwriting abilities at their finest!
In the first verse, art is singing to pop (“Come to me, with all your glamour and cruelty / Just do the thing that you do, and I’ll undress you” – referring to the sexual nature of pop stars and pop music today).
In the second verse, pop is singing to art (“Come to me, with all your subtext and fantasy / Just do the thing that you do, in a perverse hue” – making note of how contemporary art is widely misunderstood and even seen as “perverse” or stupid even though it's just the creator's "fantasy").
In the chorus, art and pop tell each other that they can belong together as one entity without separation or distinction. In other words, ARTPOP (one word). Not Art Pop, ArtPop, or Art-Pop.
The placement of the song is also noteworthy - since it is the title track, it would make sense if it was the first song on the album, or even the last. However, it’s precisely in the middle. I believe this is because the song is supposed to serve as a reminder that, like the chorus says over and over again, Gaga’s ARTPOP “could mean anything!” Placing this song right after songs like Aura, G.U.Y., Do What U Want, MANiCURE, but also before songs like Swine, Mary Jane Holland, and Applause is supposed to make you aware that each of these songs has at least TWO meanings. (Ex: Swine could be about dancing or it could be about rape, Do What U Want could be taken as a sexual love song or as an intelligently-written criticism on music critics, G.U.Y. could either be about Greek mythology or about gender roles in 21st century America, MANiCURE could be about a manicure or about being man-cured after a bad relationship).
@667DarkAve Amazing analysis. I read your meaning for "Aura" as well, which, in my opinion, was spot on. I'd love to read what you think of the other ARTPOP songs.
@667DarkAve Amazing analysis. I read your meaning for "Aura" as well, which, in my opinion, was spot on. I'd love to read what you think of the other ARTPOP songs.
Amazing song. Gaga's songwriting abilities at their finest!
In the first verse, art is singing to pop (“Come to me, with all your glamour and cruelty / Just do the thing that you do, and I’ll undress you” – referring to the sexual nature of pop stars and pop music today).
In the second verse, pop is singing to art (“Come to me, with all your subtext and fantasy / Just do the thing that you do, in a perverse hue” – making note of how contemporary art is widely misunderstood and even seen as “perverse” or stupid even though it's just the creator's "fantasy").
In the chorus, art and pop tell each other that they can belong together as one entity without separation or distinction. In other words, ARTPOP (one word). Not Art Pop, ArtPop, or Art-Pop.
The placement of the song is also noteworthy - since it is the title track, it would make sense if it was the first song on the album, or even the last. However, it’s precisely in the middle. I believe this is because the song is supposed to serve as a reminder that, like the chorus says over and over again, Gaga’s ARTPOP “could mean anything!” Placing this song right after songs like Aura, G.U.Y., Do What U Want, MANiCURE, but also before songs like Swine, Mary Jane Holland, and Applause is supposed to make you aware that each of these songs has at least TWO meanings. (Ex: Swine could be about dancing or it could be about rape, Do What U Want could be taken as a sexual love song or as an intelligently-written criticism on music critics, G.U.Y. could either be about Greek mythology or about gender roles in 21st century America, MANiCURE could be about a manicure or about being man-cured after a bad relationship).
After all, “my ARTPOP could mean anything.”
Very well said. It's refreshing to read a more in-depth opinion of her best album to date.
Very well said. It's refreshing to read a more in-depth opinion of her best album to date.
I agree, very refreshing. :)
I agree, very refreshing. :)
@667DarkAve Amazing analysis. I read your meaning for "Aura" as well, which, in my opinion, was spot on. I'd love to read what you think of the other ARTPOP songs.
@667DarkAve Amazing analysis. I read your meaning for "Aura" as well, which, in my opinion, was spot on. I'd love to read what you think of the other ARTPOP songs.