Album review: Lady Gaga’s ‘Born this Way’!

Not many have little to say about Lady Gaga. My relationship and understanding of Gaga is complicated. Mainly on a thoughtful level- she is a marketing machine, she rips off queer culture, she uses queers as pawns for fucked up companies like Target, and her intense ego mania has made her the self-declared mother of all freaks. This bullshit pisses me off.


However; I like her music. I like her videos. I enjoy following her in the news. She’s a really unhealthy piece of gay candy that I often indulge in with and without the guilt. So when I was able to get an advanced copy of Born This Way- her 3rd album outside of her monster series- I was more than excited.

Born This Way is her best album so far and is a good example of what a talented and versatile musician that Gaga is. Given the formulaic and boring nature of this albums first hit single- ‘Born This Way’- I was rather surprised about with the complexity and thoughtfulness of this album. And because of this thoughtfulness and complexity- it is her most mature work. And by mature- I mean she has made an album which would appeal to anyones’ mother; any respectable dance party; and a critical listener.

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