I'm the type of person who tends to like something less as soon as the hype explodes. If it's all people are talking about, I'm less likely to want to give it the time of day. Glee is a perfect example of this. I didn't like Glee the first time I watched it and everyone's obsession with it makes me like it less. Mostly because I believe in liking things because you truly connect to them and appreciate them and as soon as something is as hyped as Gaga has become or Glee is or Justin Bieber or what have you, it goes beyond that person's creation and into their image and that bothers me. It's not a matter of disliking the peripheral aspects of an artist, because I love a lot about my favorites bands. It's rooted in their music but it sometimes transcends that. But the ROOT should be the music.
At this stage in the game, I don't think that is what a lot of people are into Gaga for. They are into her because she's huge, it's the in thing to like, her videos are provocative, etc. And that's fine, as a pop culture icon, but as a musician, no. Maybe that is what she wants and is going for, I don't follow her enough at this point to know what she's said on the subject, but she is a legitimate talented musician. Girl can write a song, can play a song, can sing a song. I wish the focus was more on that and less on what she was wearing, who's she's supporting/offending, what her videos mean. But, like I said, that a general feeling I have toward the mainstream music industry in general. She is just happens to be a great example of it.
That said, I like her music. I listen to it. Other than that, don't have much interest.
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