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For other uses of "Born This Way (album)", see "Born This Way (album)" (disambiguation).

Untitled

Born This Way is the second studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga. The album was released on May 23, 2011, by Interscope Records. Preceding its release, the album's eponymous lead single "Born This Way" debuted on February 11, 2011, the second single "Judas" was released on April 15, 2011,[1] and the third "The Edge of Glory" on May 9, 2011.

On May 17, 2011 the contents of the album that supposedly released next Monday was leaked online and all the tracks of the album then reviewed by Jody Rosen, senior critic of Rolling Stone on the next day.[2] The album's title was revealed as Gaga accepted the Video of the Year at 2010 MTV Video Music Award for "Bad Romance",[3] while the release date was confirmed on her official Twitter page at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2011.

Background and development

By late March 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."[4] 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."[5]

By the last quarter of 2010, Troy Carter, Gaga's manager, and frequent collaborator/producer RedOne gave personal opinions upon the album.[6] 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."[6] 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."[6]

Concept and artwork

"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 […] 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."[7]

—Lady Gaga talking to her fans about Born This Way

Gaga announced on November 26, 2010 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 "sledge hammering dance beats."[8] She also explained that the album is going to be like “bad kids going to church, having fun on a high level.”[9] It was confirmed in an interview with Vogue that 17 tracks were recorded for the new album,[10] 14 of which will make the final cut to the standard edition. The leftover 3 were originally going to be released on an exclusive Target deluxe edition of the album[11] but on March 9, it was reported that Gaga ended her partnership with Target on the grounds that the company donated money to an anti-gay organization.[12]

In an interview with the BBC's Newsbeat 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."[13]

On April 17, 2011, Gaga tweeted her selection for the Born This Way album's cover art, which featured Gaga fused into a motorcycle. Gaga's name does not appear on the album cover – the only text is the chrome writing across the top reading the album's name.[14] The cover received a negative response from some critics and fans. Sean Michaels of The Guardian said of the cover: "...it looks more like a cheap Photoshop job than the most anticipated album of the year." He then commented: "Gone are the futurist sunglasses, the asymmetrical haircuts, even Gaga's newly touted magic horns; instead, a mutant motorbike with Gaga's arms and head, plus a cheesy chrome typeface." He also referenced several messages from fans on Lady Gaga's official forum expressing their dislike for the cover.[15] Andrew Martin of Prefix Magazine referred to it as "a reject from the last Terminator film".[16] The special edition cover was released on the same day. It featured just Gaga's head from the standard edition cover. The words "Lady Gaga" and "Born This Way" appear in the top left corner of the cover. They are typed in Impact font with "Born This Way" being highlighted in white with black letters. Neither of the words special nor deluxe appear anywhere on the album, as Gaga dislikes the words.[17]

Composition

"Born This Way"
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The song "Born This Way" is about how everybody is equal, regardless of the color of their skin, their sexuality or their creed, and that every single person can fulfil their dream. The song, which has been compared with Madonna's Express Yourself, was written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen and was produced by Lady Gaga, Jeppe Laursen, Fernando Garibay, Paul Blair and DJ White Shadow.[18] The “Government Hooker” producer, DJ White Shadow, called it a thumping and sexy track. He said to MTV News: "To me, that song is my favorite song, and it's just a beast. I don't even know how to clarify it. [Born This Way] is not a pop baby book; it's a pop masterpiece of composition. If there was no category of pop composition, you wouldn't call it pop composition." He also revealed that they were in this studio in Vegas, and he was playing some "hip-hop stuff" and they [DJ Shadow and Vince] were talking about quicker songs, so Shadow sped it up and played it for Vince. [19]

Gaga confirmed that "Judas" is influenced by the Biblical Judas Iscariot. According to Popjustice, on the surface "Judas" is a song about being double-crossed ("even after three times he betrays me"), contemplating revenge ("bring him down, I'll bring him down down, a king with no crown, a king with no crown"), but being repeatedly drawn to awfulness: "I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby".[20] The middle eight of the song, with the lyrics "In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance. 'Fame hooker', 'prostitute wench', 'vomits her mind'... But in the cultural sense I just speak in future tense. Judas kiss me if offenced, or wear an ear condom next time", talks about Gaga being beyond the ability to redeem herself, in terms of the traditional views of what a woman is supposed to be. "But I don't want to redeem myself, because in the cultural sense I believe that I'm just before my time. And if you don't like it, wear an ear condom," she explained. The main portion of the song is about Gaga in private and the middle eight is about Gaga in public, two themes that are explored elsewhere on the album too.[20]

"The Edge of Glory" is an upbeat song of synthpop and electro-opera tendencies that makes a markable difference from the other songs, due to a presence of a Sax solo. Gaga stated during her interview with NME that "I'm perpetually unhappy with what I create. Even though I might tell you that "The Edge of Glory" is a pop masterpiece, when it's all said and finished there will be things I dread, and every time I listen to it I'll hear them".[21] The lyrics to "Americano" are bilingual, consisting of Spanish and English. This song was written by Gaga as a response to the Arizona Immigration law, Arizona SB 1070. "Yoü and I" was written by Lady Gaga and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[22] Before production credits were announced in April 2011, Gaga had teased that "someone legendary" would be producing the track.[23] Queen guitarist Brian May is also featured on the track.[24] Gaga, a Queen fan named after the song "Radio Ga Ga", admitted to "[falling] to the floor crying and laughing" when she found out that May agreed to the collaboration.[25] Gaga mentioned in a New York Times story that when she recorded the initial vocals for "Yoü and I", "I had about 30 cigarettes and a couple of glasses of Jameson and just put on a click track and sang my face off, thinking we’d redo the vocals," but Lange kept them as he liked what she had sent him.[26]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(72/100)[27]
Review scores
SourceRating
Artistdirect[28]
Chicago Tribune[29]
Consequence of Sound[30]
The Guardian[31]
The Independent[32]
Los Angeles Times(unfavorable)[33]
NME(8/10)[34]
The Observer[35]
Rolling Stone[36]
Slant Magazine[37]
Spin(8/10)[38]

Born This Way was well-received by music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on twelve reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[27] Dan Martin of NME gave a positive review saying, "Gaga doesn't know when to hold back - and it's a damn good thing." According to Martin, the sound was a departure from her last two albums and was a reflection of Gaga's fanbase. "As if Gaga, having already (in her own head at least) fused herself with her fanbase to create a singular entity, she wants to weld physically to her synthesisers as if to create one all-powerful dreadnought of self-empowerment. For the most part this is one relentless torrent of heavy-metal-rave-pop. At the very least it’s a triumph in sound engineering." The hype and Gaga's boundary-pushing preceding the album was criticized, but the album "passed... with flying colors" pushing musical boundaries to its "ultimate degree."[34]

Slant Magazine gave a positive review stating, "There's nothing small about this album, and Gaga sings the shit out of every single track. In many ways, Born This Way is akin to The Killers' sophomore effort, Sam's Town: bloated, self-important, proudly American, an exercise in extraordinary excess" and concluding with the sentiment that "She's indeed on the edge of glory—that is, she isn't quite there yet, but it's fun, if infuriating at times, to watch her try so devotedly."[37] James Montgomery of MTV praised the album for its eclectic mix of songs and said: "...my first impression is this: Born This Way is a great, unapologetically, huge album. It is brave and bold and even a little silly at times but Gaga pulls it all off flawlessly...It is everything to everyone."[39]

BBC Music gave a positive review of the album, calling it a "marvelous record" and commending Gaga for "actually putting a bit of effort and imagination back into pop."[40] Rolling Stone praised Gaga's vocals and fusion of music in their positive review of Born This Way saying, "There isn't a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details...the more excessive Gaga gets, the more honest she sounds."[36] Bill Lamb of About.com gave the album five out of five stars and concluded his review on the sentiment that "Born This Way begins and ends with near perfection."[41] The Independent gave Born This Way three out of five stars. While complimenting her vocal range, criticised the diversity within the album and stated "the broader she spreads her net musically, the less distinctive her art becomes."[32] Spin offered Born This Way a highly positive review, complimenting Gaga's evolution of style and the grandeur of her work. Speaking of the singers music, they state “Excess is Gaga's riskiest musical gamble, but it's also her greatest weapon, and Born This Way relentlessly bludgeons listeners' pleasure centres.” concluding on the point “she's making a convincing case that she's evolving into our most surreally brilliant pop star.” They offered Born This Way an 8/10.[38]

In a mixed review of the album, Greg Kot of The Chicago Tribune writes, "Born This Way” feels rushed – from the cheesy, photo-shopped cover art to the hyperventilating music. It is the sound of a major artist sprinting to please everyone all the time."[29] The Los Angeles Times also writes, "She’s speaking to everyone, it seems, except fans of artistic innovation. Say what you want about Lady Gaga, but nuance is not one of her strong points, nor is musical adventure. She’s unsubtle in her message, unsubtle in her dress, and, most important, unsubtle aesthetically... If Gaga had only spent as much time on pushing musical boundaries as she has social ones, “Born This Way” would have been a lot more successful."[42] Chris Richards of The Washington Post gives a negative review of the album, calling it "boring", writing, "Yes, "Born This Way" is a dark, dense and surprisingly aggressive listen... [but] at its worst, it sounds like reheated leftovers from some '80s movie soundtrack." Commenting on the album's final track "The Edge of Glory", Richards writes "It's the album's grand finale and a truly dreadful song...This is not the edge. This is pop's dull, soft, gooey center."[43]

Release and promotion

While accepting the Video of the Year award (for "Bad Romance") at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga announced the album's title before declaring that she promised that she would reveal it if she won that award. This revelation was followed by Gaga singing a few lines from the title song: "I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes; I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way."[44] Given as a Christmas "gift" to her fans,[45] Gaga announced via Twitter the release dates of the album and its lead single at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2011.[46] Supplementing this announcement came a black-and-white photograph in which Gaga is "nude from the waist down, with her hair blowing about, and sporting a jacket with [Born This Way] emblazoned in what looks like bedazzled jewels."[46] She revealed the album's cover artwork on April 15, 2011 on Twitter.[47]

Lady Gaga and her dancers performing "Born This Way" for the first time at "The Monster Ball Tour", in February 2011, Atlantic City.

Additionally contributing to a Paris fashion show, in mid January 2011, by designer Thierry Mugler for which Gaga was named musical director, she previewed a remixed version of "Scheiße" (German for "shit"), a song that appears on the album which "begins with Gaga repeating foreign phrases over a thumping club beat."[48] She released the complete set of lyrics to "Born This Way" on her official Twitter page in late January 2011.[49] The names of the five songs that appear on the album were revealed in the March 2011 issue of US Vogue.[10] At the beginning of March, Gaga, as the musical director at another Mugler fashion show in Paris, unveiled a preview of "Government Hooker" described as featuring "a thumping beat, operatic vocals and a trance-y vibe."[50]

Promotion for Born This Way began through a performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13 in Los Angeles[51] where she performed the album's title track and first single "Born This Way". Before the performance, Gaga was found "incubating" on the Red Carpet. She was encased in a translucent material that was said to be an embryo, which she came out of on stage during the beginning of her performance. She was dressed in a skin-colored outfit with noticeable protrusions coming out of her face and shoulders. Towards the end of the performance, she began playing an organ before singing the end of the song.[51] Gaga also performed "Yoü and I" on Today's Toyota Concert Series in July 2010.[52] Both "Born This Way" and "Yoü and I" have since been added to her set list at The Monster Ball Tour. It was also confirmed that Gaga will perform "Judas" on the season 10 finale of American Idol on May 19. "Americano", one of her tracks on Born This Way, was premiered during a live show in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3, 2011. Gaga played the song on her piano as she sang it. "Marry the Night" was released on May 17 via Gagaville on Farmville and "Electric Chapel" and "Fashion Of His Love" were released on the 18th and 19th respectively.[53]

"Hair" was released as a promotional single from the album on May 16, 2011.[54] "Marry the Night" was released on the Internet game Farmville on May 17,[55] followed by "Electric Chapel" on May 18,[56] and "Fashion of His Love" on May 19.[57] "Government Hooker", "Americano", "Scheiße", "Bad Kids", "Yoü and I", "Judas" (DJ White Shadow Remix), and "Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) were later released together on Farmville, available to be streamed online between May 20 and 23, 2011.[58]

Born This Way debuted on May 18, 2011 on the Swedish based music streaming service Spotify in Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Finland, and Spain,[59] as well as Metro.Co.Uk in the United Kingdom.[60] The album was released worldwide on May 23, 2011.[46][61] Online retailer Amazon.com offered the entire album for sale for US$0.99 on the release date, to promote its Cloud Drive service, although technical errors prompted some customer frustration.

Singles

"Born This Way" was released as the album's lead single on February 11, 2011.[62][63] The song was written by Lady Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, and produced by Gaga, Laursen, Fernando Garibay, and DJ White Shadow.[64] Its accompanying music video was shot the weekend of January 22–24, 2011.[65] "Born This Way" became Gaga's third number-one hit in the United States, appearing atop the Hot 100 and breaking several digital sales and radio records, as announced by Billboard on February 16, 2011.[66] Billboard also announced the song was its 1,000th number one. In addition to success in the United States, the song debuted within the top 5 in more than 23 countries, and getting to number one in 20 of them.

"Judas" was confirmed by Gaga as the second single on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, American Top 40, on February 14, 2011.[67] Gaga announced the release date of April 19 for "Judas" through a video blog called Transmission Gagavision on April 6, 2011. Gaga revealed in an interview with Google that she is going to direct the music video for "Judas" with Laurieann Gibson.[68] On April 15, 2011, "Judas" was sent to radio and released for legal download worldwide due to a low-quality snippet leak.[69] The music video was released on Thursday May 5, 2011 at 7 and 11:30 pm through Vevo and E! News.[70]

"The Edge of Glory" was released on May 9, 2011 originally as a promotional single on the "Countdown to Born This Way" promotion on iTunes. However, due to the success of the song on iTunes charts worldwide, "The Edge of Glory" was made the official third single on May 11, 2011.[71]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Marry the Night"Lady Gaga, Fernando GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:24
2."Born This Way"Lady Gaga, Jeppe LaursenLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:20
3."Government Hooker"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake*4:14
4."Judas"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne4:10
5."Americano"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Cheche AlaraLady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:06
6."Hair"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne5:08
7."Scheiße"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne3:45
8."Bloody Mary"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Clinton Sparks*4:05
9."Bad Kids"Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		3:51
10."Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:16
11."Heavy Metal Lover"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:13
12."Electric Chapel"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow4:13
13."Yoü and I"Lady GagaLady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange5:07
14."The Edge of Glory"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Garibay5:20
Bonus tracks[72][73][74]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) (international bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenJost & Naaf5:58
16."Born This Way" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Remix) (Japanese bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenGuéna LG3:50
17."Judas" (Thomas Gold Remix) (iTunes bonus track)Lady Gaga, RedOne 5:32

Special edition

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Marry the Night"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:24
2."Born This Way"Lady Gaga, LaursenLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:20
3."Government Hooker"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake*4:14
4."Judas"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne4:10
5."Americano"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, AlaraLady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:06
6."Hair"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne5:08
7."Scheiße"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne3:45
8."Bloody Mary"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Sparks*4:05
9."Black Jesus + Amen Fashion"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow3:36
10."Bad Kids"Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		3:51
11."Fashion of His Love"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay3:39
12."Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:16
13."Heavy Metal Lover"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:13
14."Electric Chapel"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow4:13
15."The Queen"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay5:17
16."Yoü and I"Lady GagaLady Gaga, Lange5:07
17."The Edge of Glory"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Garibay5:20
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Born This Way" (Country Road Version)Lady Gaga, LaursenLady Gaga, Garibay4:21
2."Judas" (DJ White Shadow Remix)Lady Gaga, RedOneDJ White Shadow4:07
3."Marry the Night" (Zedd Remix)Lady Gaga, GaribayZedd4:20
4."Scheiße" (DJ White Shadow Mugler)Lady Gaga, RedOneDJ White Shadow9:35
5."Fashion of His Love" (Fernando Garibay Remix)Lady Gaga, GaribayGaribay3:44
6."Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) (international bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenJost & Naaf5:58
7."Born This Way" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Remix) (Japanese bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenGuéna LG3:50
8."Judas" (Thomas Gold Remix) (iTunes bonus track)Lady Gaga, RedOneGold5:32

(*) denotes co-producer

Notes
  • "Yoü and I" contains elements of "We Will Rock You" recorded by Queen and written by Brian May.
  • The Thomas Gold remix of "Judas" is available only to individuals who purchase Born This Way through the iTunes Store before May 29, 2011, and will be distributed via a code sent through e-mail by June 2.

Personnel

Credits for Born This Way adapted from Allmusic.[75]

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