Lady Gaga apologizes for 'Do What U Want' video delay
Lady Gaga has apologized to her fans for the delay of the "Do What U Want" video.
She wrote a somewhat cryptic message on her official website saying that some people "betrayed her" by "mismanaging" her time and health.
She goes on to say that those people are no longer with her and that the "beginning" of ARTPOP will actually happen in the next few months.
The beginning? What's going on here?
I guess this is just a creative way of saying that she wanted ARTPOP to be more of a success but unfortunately it wasn't and the reason was not the music but management.
I applaud her for still trying to make ARTPOP happen (the assist from Christina Aguilera was a nice touch) -- but perhaps she should start thinking of her next album -- and just let this album just run it's course for the next few months.
From Lady Gaga:
DWUW Video
It is late because, just like with the Applause video unfortunately, I was given a week to plan and execute it. It is very devastating for someone like me, I devote every moment of my life to creating fantasies for you. All my my most successful videos were planned over a period of time when I was rested and my creativity was honored. Those who have betrayed me gravely mismanaged my time and health and left me on my own to damage control any problems that ensued as a result. Millions of dollars are not enough for some people. They want billions. Then they need trillions. I was not enough for some people. They wanted more. I am very grateful to the photographers and designers who have always stood by me to make sure my fans are never aware of the things that happen behind the scenes, but unfortunately after my surgery I was too sick, too tired, and too sad to control the damage on my own. My label was not aware that this was going on. The next few months of ARTPOP will truly be its beginning. Because those who did not care about ARTPOP's success are now gone, and the dreams I have been planning can now come to fruition. Please forgive me that I did not foresee this coming, I never thought after all the years of hard work that those I called friends and partners would ever care so little at a time I needed them the most. Give me a chance to show you the meaning of seeing art all around you. Open your hearts to me again that I may show you the joy of us coming together through our talents, that we are stronger as a unit than when we are alone. Let me be for you the Goddess that I know I truly am, let me show you the visions that have been in my mind for two years. I love you. Forgive me monsters. Forgive me ARTPOP. You are my whole world.