Artpop by Nicholas Hold

  On November 6th, Lady Gaga released to the world her highly anticipated album "Artpop." All of Lady Gaga's fans dubbed "little monsters" have been waiting for a long time for this album to come out, as her last album, Born This Way was released on May 23rd of 2011. It was almost 3 years that Little Monsters have been waiting and it was well worth the wait. Gaga debuted the album and wanted it to be about combining art and pop together in one. She actually said she wanted to "reverse Warhol," a highly acclaimed artist. She wanted her album to be a modern disco record that everyone would enjoy. On Monday, November 11th Vevo secured exclusive rights to Gaga's "artRave" event, held in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Gaga's launch party was broadcasted live around the world to watch and partake in an experience in which she comes out in masterpieces of art, dances and sings the night away for all the Little monsters to have a great night. Lady Gaga worked closely with Jeff Koons in making the album artwork, a sculpture, and many other things. A summary of Gaga's album would be hard to do, as she touches on many different genres of music such as rock, pop, ballads, and rap. Gaga goes on tour in New York in late march, to promote her new album. Gaga has been battling with addiction to marijuana and admits it on an interview with New York radio station Z-100. Gaga's battle with habitual use of the drug inspired her to write a touchy ballad named "Dope," in which she gets very emotional and doesn't want drugs to take over her career and take away her relationships. A few really great songs off the album are "Do what U Want" featuring R. Kelly, Aura, Venus, Jewels N' Drugs, and my favorite, Donatella. I am a huge fan of Gaga and I am very impressed with the new album and proud of how far she has come since her hip injury last year, causing her to cancel her "Born This Way Ball" tour. Artpop is very diverse and is a great listen wether you are angry, sad, or happy. Artpop was number one on the charts and it shows how much Gaga's Little Monsters love her music and how hard work pays off.