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== Release history ==
== Release history ==

Revision as of 19:29, 20 January 2011

This article is about the Lady Gaga album. For the 1975 song, see I Was Born This Way.
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Born This Way is the forthcoming second studio album and third major release by American recording artist Lady Gaga. Revealing the title while accepting the 2010 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year[6] and confirming dates on her official Twitter page at the stroke of midnight on New Years Day 2011, the album is scheduled for release on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records following the release of its lead single on February 13, 2011.[1]

Background and development

Gaga performing "You and I" on Today.

By late March of 2010, Gaga stated that she had begun working upon new material for Born This Way; adding that she had "already written the core of it."[7] Three months later, she commented that she "felt very strongly" that she had completed the album. Upon being interviewed, she said, "It came so quickly. I've been working on it for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."[8]

By the last quarter of 2010, Troy Carter, Gaga's manager, and frequent collaborator/producer RedOne gave personal opinions upon the album.[9] Carter explained that they were just starting to play the album to the label. He said, "We're very excited about [Born This Way]. We're starting to play a little for people and getting a feel for it, and she's done an incredible job, a really incredible job. Well, you know what, it's not where I go from a business standpoint, it's more about where she goes creatively because, truth be told, we built the business around her creative infrastructure and that business that was built is unique to Lady Gaga."[9] RedOne added, "I think it's more of her freedom album. [... T]his album that she's making is too precious to talk about. [...] I think it's too precious for me to talk about it."[9]

Composition

I promise you, I'll never let you down. And not for nothing: The album's finished and it's fucking really good. So whatever this is, whatever you just did for all of us… I promise to give you the greatest album of this decade, just for you. The funny thing is that some people have reduced freedom to a brand. They think that it's trendy now to be free. They think it's trendy to be excited about your identity. When in truth, there is nothing trendy about Born This Way. This connection that we all share is something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or an outfit, or a fucking meat dress. Born This Way is about what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid

— Lady Gaga to MTV[10]

On June 9, 2010, Gaga played a new song entitled "You and I" on the Today Show's Toyota Concert Series. She said it was from the new album and "has a different sound than the album." The confirmed track "You and I" has been added to her Monster Ball Tour, but she has said the entire album does not sound the same as that song. The album is intended to be "the anthem for [her] generation for the next decade."[11]

Gaga announced on November 26 during the Monster Ball in Gdansk, Poland, that the album could have up to 20 tracks, and promised that it would be the album of the decade. She also added that the album is completely finished. Gaga stated that it's full of "head-sledging dance beats."[12] She also explained that the album is going to be like “bad kids going to church, having fun on a high level.”[13]

In an interview with BBC News Gaga commented on the album stating "The album is a marriage of electronic music with major, epic, dare I even say, metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats. It's finished and all, it's just fine-tuning everything. It's kind of like the post-operative stage of the album. I've already done the full heart surgery. I'm just sewing myself back up again. I think that lyrically this album is more poetic. It's really written by the fans, they really wrote it for me because every night they're funneling so much into me. So I wrote it for them. Born This Way is all about my little monsters and me, mother monster."[3]

Release and promotion

At the 2010 VMA's, after accepting two prior awards, Lady Gaga announced the name of her new album was "Born This Way." She yelled it while accepting the award before. While accepting the final award, 'Video of the Year,' she said she promised (presumably to her friends) that if she won, she would announce the title of her new album. She then started singing the title track. The lyrics she sang were

"I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes; I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way."[14]

On December 25, 2010, Gaga tweeted that she would reveal an announcement about Born This Way at midnight on January 1, 2011. Nick Knight's website SHOWstudio.com's official Twitter also announced that Lady Gaga would announce reveal an announcement about Born This Way, as well as a new image of Gaga by Nick Knight.[15] At midnight, on January 1, 2011, Gaga announced that the album is due to be released on May 23, 2011, preceded by the single's release on February 13, 2011.[1] The image released was a black-and-white photograph "in which she is nude from the waist down, with her hair blowing about, and sporting a jacket with the album's title emblazoned in what look like bedazzled jewels".

Singles

"Born This Way" will serve as the first single, and will be released on February 13, 2011.[5] Gaga will be performing the single live at the 53rd Grammy Awards on the same day in Los Angeles.[16] The song was produced by RedOne.[17]

Confirmed tracks

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United States May 23, 2011[1] CD, digital download Interscope, Kon Live, Streamline

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lady Gaga Announces Release Dates For Born This Way, First Single". MTV. 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  2. ^ "Born This Way". Ladygaga.com. 01-1-11. Retrieved 01-3-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  3. ^ a b Cochrane, Greg (December 20, 2010). "Lady Gaga reveals plans for Born This Way album". BBC Radio 1. BBC. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  4. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (09-23-2010). "Lady Gaga's Born This Way Is Her 'Freedom Album,' Producer Says". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 01-14-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Lady GaGa Announces New Single Title". MTV. Viacom. 01-06-2011. Retrieved 01-14-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  6. ^ Kreps, Daniel (09-13-2010). "Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way'". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone Music. Retrieved 01-14-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ Montogomery, James (March 26, 2010). "Lady GaGa: "My Next Album Will Be My Best Yet"". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved April 19, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  8. ^ Michaels, Sean (June 23, 2010). "Lady Gaga's new album 'finished'". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  9. ^ a b c Vena, Jocelyn (11-15-2010). "Lady Gaga's Born This Way Is 'Incredible,' Manager Says". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 01-15-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  10. ^ Dinh, James (11-29-2010). "Lady Gaga Says Born This Way Will Be 'Greatest Album Of This Decade'". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 01-15-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ Toor, Amar (September 14, 2010). "Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' – New Album Preview". AOL Radio. AOL. Retrieved December 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  12. ^ Vick, Megan (September 14, 2009). "Lady Gaga Promises 'Greatest Album of This Decade' in 'Born This Way'". Billboard. Rovi. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  13. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (December 1, 2010). "Lady Gaga To Release First Born This Way Single In February". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved December 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  14. ^ a b Lee, Joyce (September 13, 2010). ""Born This Way:" Lady Gaga's New Album Title". CBS News. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  15. ^ "SHOWstudio Official Tweet "Nick Knight's new Lady Gaga picture will now be released by both SHOWstudio.com and Lady Gaga on NEW YEAR'S EVE"". Twitter. December 25, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  16. ^ "GRAMMY Performers Announced". Grammy Award website. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  17. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (January 18, 2011). "Lady Gaga's New Single Is 'So Beautiful,' RedOne Says". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved January 18, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  18. ^ Celizic, Mike (July 9, 2010). "Lady Gaga draws record crowd of 20,000 to Rockefeller Plaza". msnbc.com. NBC Universal/Microsoft. Retrieved January 18, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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