Lady Gaga back in the Netherlands: how the pop star keeps reinventing herself | Music
26 jul 2022 om 06:11
Platinum blonde singer with dance hits, pop icon in extravagant outfits, actress who impresses with her voice: Lady Gaga has been showing her many faces for fourteen years. Tuesday evening she will be with her show The chromatic ball in GelreDome in Arnhem. NU.nl explains how the singer reinvents herself on the basis of her albums.
Door: Michiel VosThe fame (2008)
Lady Gaga, born Stefani Germanotta, is slowly but surely breaking through as her singles in 2008 just dancing and poker face are picked up by radio stations and after a few months become big hits. The artist, with the trademark platinum blonde haircut with bangs, releases her debut album the fame out wherever the hit paparazzi on state. The record is full of contemporary pop music with an electronic and danceable slant. Around the time her first hits take over the world, Lady Gaga is still locked up in halls such as Paradiso and Melkweg, where about 1500 people are passengers. Soon after, she made the switch to arena tours.
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The Fame Monster (2009)
Lady Gaga knows better than anyone that you have to strike while the iron is hot. After the success of her debut album, she quickly decided to come up with new music. The choice is made for a reissue of her first album with an EP with eight new songs on it; The famous monster. the first single Wrong love affair becomes a simple hit again and is still known as one of her influential hits today. The singer and her team are taking things even bigger for this release. The actual productions are more layered, her outfits are even more eye-catching, and Beyoncé is roped in for the song Phone for which an almost ten-minute video clip is being shot.
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Born This Way (2011)
About a year and a half after the publication of The famous monster Lady Gaga returns with an all-new album: Born this way. The first single with the same title immediately becomes a number 1 hit again and is embraced as a kind of battle song, especially by the LGBTQ+ community, which Lady Gaga has been committed to since the early days of her career. The album has sold more than a million copies in its first week. This phase in her career is due to some dark video clips, a developing sound and less radio-friendly productions. Although songs like Judas and The Edge of Glory far from doing badly in the charts, they lack the success of previous singles.
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ARTPOP (2013)
After the release of the album ARTPOP Lady Gaga gets a lot of criticism. The electronic pop album, which is more experimental than her previous work, has not been received with open arms by critics and the sales figures are also somewhat lower than with the albums. By the way, ARTPOP in the United States ‘just’ among the ten best-selling albums of the year at the end of 2013. The promotion campaign of the album falls into the water when Do whatever you wanta duet with the already discredited R. Kelly, was chosen as the second single. BOY will then still be accompanied by an extensive video clip, but that release does not stir up much dust. Fans of the singer are still behind the album years later, even making the record more streamed and downloaded. Lady Gaga thanks her loyal followers and says she is happy that the album, which she says is appreciated.
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Joanna (2016)
Lady Gaga later admits that the release of ARTPOP for a difficult period in her life. She concludes with the album Joanne for a fresh start. The electronic sounds that make up her music have disappeared, giving way to guitars and a country and pop-rock influenced sound. Although the first single Perfect Illusion not the come that Lady Gaga may be aimed at, she will hit the charts again in her homeland with the ballad Million reasons. At this stage, she seems focused on underlining vocal abilities and her musicality, usually leaving the extravagant outfits in the closet.
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A Star Is Born (2018)
The focus on her voice and lack of electro-pop continues in the film A star is born. she plays a singer who hopes for a breakthrough. the duet Shallowthat she sings with co-star and director Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga brings the greatest success she has since Born this way has experienced. It not only earns her more than 1.8 billion streams on Spotify, but also an Oscar for best Soundtrack song. Also other songs from the movie, such as Always remember us this way, storm the charts. It is not only the music from the film that puts Lady Gaga back in the spotlight: her acting performances are also praised and earned her an Oscar nomination.
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chromaticism (2020)
The album released just after the start of the corona pandemic chromatics Lady Gagas returns to the dance floor. On the record, the singer embraces the danceable, electronic pop that made her great. Although the first single stupid love does not immediately make a big impression, the pop star manages to turn the tide with the second single rain on me, a duet with Ariana Grande. In addition to Grande, Elton John can also be heard on the album. Lady Gaga had to wait two years due to the measures surrounding the corona virus, but recently she finally kicked off the tour for this record. The show in GelreDome is part of only six concerts she gives in Europe.
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