Lady Gaga Artpop Album Songs [best] -

The dawn arrives. She packs a cardboard suitcase. She has no home, but she has a heartbeat. The drums are a train track. The melody is a passport stamp. She kisses the stranger, thanks the enemy, and waves goodbye to the landlord. The chorus is a promise: “I don’t speak your language, but I love you anyway.” It is the anthem for the rootless, the bizarre, the beautiful freaks who belong everywhere and nowhere.

The power ballad of the album. Originally titled “I Wanna Be With You” (and performed under that name at the iTunes Festival), "Dope" strips everything back to a piano and a broken voice. Gaga sings about missing her ex-boyfriend (and possibly alcohol, as she has admitted to substance struggles) more than she misses the drugs. The raw, cracked vocal take is intentional. “I need you more than dope” is one of the most vulnerable lines she has ever written. lady gaga artpop album songs

The closing anthem. Before Chromatica , there was "Gypsy." This is a world-beat, stomping-clap track about life on the road. It is hopelessly romantic and optimistic. “I don’t speak German, but I can if you like” is a callback to her early struggle in German clubs. The bridge—“We’ll be a freak show / We’ll be a family”—is the thesis of the Little Monsters community. It is a glorious, messy, perfect pop closer. The dawn arrives

Another collaboration with Madeon, "Gypsy" is a massive, emotional anthem about the loneliness of being a touring artist, finding home in the people you love rather than a physical place. 14. Applause The Vibe: Upbeat, infectious 1980s-inspired electropop. The drums are a train track

Perhaps the most controversial track on the ARTPOP album songs list. "Jewels n’ Drugs" is a hardcore hip-hop/trap hybrid. Gaga raps in a staccato monotone: “I’m a free bitch, I’m a free bitch.” Longtime fans either hate it because it lacks melody or love it because it disrupts the flow of the album. It is abrasive, aggressive, and features three rappers at the top of their 2010s game. It remains the only song in Gaga’s catalog that she rarely performs live, but it serves as a testament to her refusal to be boxed into dance-pop.