Joanne: Lady Gaga's Comeback Era

This video retrospective essay reviews Lady Gaga's 2016 album, Joanne. The era was marked by relative success, a distinct change in sound, and a different audience for Gaga ushering in older fans and new fans alike. #Joanne #VideoEssay #LadyGaga
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[@renatopereira810]

Im a long time little monster and I can't describe how much I love Joanne era! It's so freaking underrated by the fans

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The era reminded locals that Gaga has more than visuals and tricks, she has a really powerful understated voice too!

[@DRXSSYOUUP]

that fake perfect illusion demo is so cursed 😭😭😭

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s well produced and literally cribs the Fame sound so well but the lyrics are so bad

[@snikovsky]

I love how in 2011 everyone tried to emulate Gaga's over-the-top spectacle performances and appearances and then after Joanne, the quest for more intimate and raw sound and lyrical storytelling. She's ahead.

[@melisagalvalizi6982]

YEAH!!!

[@nickwillon528]

It’s too bad ARTPOP was managed badly, it had lots of potential but on the other hand I’m grateful it didn’t went well because we wouldn’t have had cheek to cheek and joanne which showcase less pop craziness and more raw talent

[@EljohnMacaranas]

ARTPOP was such a tragedy, but agreed! I genuinely think that the Oscars performance, Cheek to Cheek, and Joanne altogether gave the general public no excuse to not stan. ASIB took her over the top.

[@antichris5896]

The cheek to cheek part is not true. Tony Bennett and lady Gaga were planning a jazz album since 2011, before ARTPOP

[@rody73]

Always thankful for joanne possessing gaga and saving her career 🧚🏼‍♂️💖🌸✨

[@EljohnMacaranas]

This comment sent me! 💀💀😭😭💀💀😭😭

[@noneapplicable1327]

i remember the ma ma pa pa perfect illusion leak! we gotta stan that one

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Dudeee, I remember people on ATROL thinking it was real then dying when the real track dropped 💀💀💀

[@Faisal-hi7ln]

Thank you for wrapping up the best commentary video on the joanne era! I wouldn’t have said it any better! People would go off and project that idea that joanne was boring and was a failure and it’s completely not true at all it’s perhaps one of my favorite gaga eras and it’s by far the most different and exciting to see her showcasing more talent and vocals without them being overshadowed by her heavy production like her previous efforts

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Joanne was Gaga baring her soul to us. I hope so many stans realize that and come to appreciate the era as time passes.

[@orgyonmyown]

Come To Mama, Angel Down and Just Another Day are my faves 😍

[@smash5551]

Joanne is such a beautiful album and also joanne isn't a country album its more of a stripped version of gaga

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Mark Ronson, Bloodpop, and Ga did such a good job really making an heirloom record

[@smash5551]

@@EljohnMacaranas .

[@hyperballadbradx6486]

Curious you'd consider The Cure as part of Joanne. Personally I thought it was a bit of a move to release something with a much more generic sound. Maybe to soften the transition or for her label to feel comfortable that listeners can see she is able to do those more gentle, mod tempo tracks (I love the song personally and it felt like a saving grace for the era). Joanne is a tough album just because of where Gaga was. She seems so fragile and broken in the documentary that tried to project more 'art' on a flawed album than there was really there, but it showed exactly the fragile place she was at. It was worse that she was surrounded by Yes Men, quite clearly, and how you ever hope to grow if living in a bubble like that? It's been the demise of many a pop and rock artist. I'm glad she did her thing with writing and acting. She achieved a lot and it gave her some much needed perspective. Chromatica is one of my favourite albums ever.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The Cure had to be an outtake from the ASIB sessions or something, it’s so different from the Joanne fare. Though I wish it had been promoted more because it organically hit the top 40. The Yes Men and her Haus falling apart following Artpop which I adore really made Joanne a necessary reset. Like it’s an important addition to her canon, I hate how dismissive people are of it. Chromatica will always be a “what if” era to me, it blew up even with a pandemic but insiders allege that she had a full docket of promo planned. SNL, Coachella, the Ball, and so many more surprises would have made it a supernova era. I fear that her returning to film will deprive us of another amazing era. She’s been cast in multiple films and turned down a Marvel role recently, so she’s in demand. How that affects her music output is up in the air.

[@melisagalvalizi6982]

I'm tired of the labels

[@stellamagdalene3521]

Sinners Prayers is such an underrated gem.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It really is. The whole album to be fair.

[@snikovsky]

So is Come to Mama and Grigio Girls.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

What’s your favorite track/moment from Joanne?

[@smash5551]

Angel down,just another day, John Wayne,joanne and many more its a beautiful album

[@haed6213]

angel down (especially work tape

[@smash5551]

@@haed6213 I agree and just another day is such a good happy alarm song

[@tobiasreeks5613]

It’s an album that requires listening to all the way through so for me it’s a mood or vibe, rather than something that chased chart success. I’ve streamed it loads but never gone as far as buying it.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

@@tobiasreeks5613 I agree with it requiring actual active listening. I think records that demand that level of attention in 2016 of all years were disadvantaged. I think people would have more patience for it now. Revisiting this year actually helped it click for me.

[@josephg6260]

Joanne era was my favorite!!! I loved her since I was 8 when she came out . Joanne tour was my first concert her first US stadium show it was packed and loud best concert ever !!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Jealous you got to hear The Cure live haha!

[@roblackmon886]

YESSSSSS!!!! FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Legit, it would make little to no sense doing ASIB without doing Joanne. Also, it’s yeehaw season again!

[@Anthony-fz9ye]

I love, love, love The Cure. Wish it was bigger

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The Cure being an outtake from the ASIB sessions makes me believe there’s a whole album of Ally Maine tracks like it that would have dominated radio 😭

[@Jonahsings3]

Me just patiently just waiting for the Demi video, love this video❤️❤️❤️

[@snikovsky]

Joanne and BTW are my all-time favourite Gaga albums of me.

[@theonlygosha]

Can’t wait for her Chromatica era review

[@EljohnMacaranas]

After I attend the Chromatica Ball 💜

[@Yugvijay]

@@EljohnMacaranas lucky

[@danielgerdin7496]

@@EljohnMacaranas That evening was my best night this summer that passed ! I had GC❤

[@snikovsky]

@@EljohnMacaranas omg the album grew on me a LOT after the tour (except my previous favourites of Alice, Replay and Babylon).

[@aviemoreno4647]

I feel if Gaga didn't have Joanne, Gaga wouldn't have made Chromatica. Chromatica isn't the most groundbreaking, but she seems more happier now.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Chromatica definitely about the healing process and likely influenced by how some of her older fans took Joanne. Bloodpop who produced Joanne and Chromatica is sort of to blame for why the music sounds the way it does. I wish SOPHIE’s tracks had been released but for all we know they sound so different from Bloodpop’s work

[@melisagalvalizi6982]

@@EljohnMacaranas she NEEDS to fire bloodpop

[@jamiehorne5519]

I Would Say Joanne and Chromatica Are My Top Lady Gaga Eras (Followed Up There By The Fame & Born This Way) I Can Not Complain About 1 Song On This Album But These Are My Favourites: -A-YO (Favourite On The Whole Album) -Diamond Heart (Underrated) -Dancing In Circles -John Wayne -Million Reasons -Angel Down (Relatable)

[@SuperpowerBroadcasting]

Grigio Girls is my fav off this album

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Underrated cut!

[@jackdixon3508]

"as well as the iconic song Grins by Charli XCX"

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I said what I said! “Beaches and oceans for my baby” line of the century.

[@Itstilbert]

John Wayne Was The 3rd Single

[@catoftruth1044]

joanne era is iconic even beyonce is doing cowboy hat now just wait until katy perry copies again no

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Katy Perry’s yeehaw era might be her last chance

[@chance4746]

Nah I was HELLLAAA disappointed when Joanne first dropped mainly because everybody speculated a dark pop album, and I thought everything she stood for in the artpop era was gone

[@mikeandthediamonds]

Kesha's album was a SUCCESS only for KESHA. Industry standing it's a flop. But my fav album in 2017

[@EljohnMacaranas]

And?

[@mikeandthediamonds]

Success is when you drop the record that people really BUY & STREAM, by demand lmao. Longevity is something rare for Gaga, only the Fame got it, anything else didn't, she's not on charts, her albums didn't enter the charts since they got washed out. SUCCESS. IS. SOMETHING. GAGA. HAS. LOST. B or C-lister nowadays

[@EljohnMacaranas]

OK…

[@mikeandthediamonds]

Not everything that topped the chart is a success. Only person who can have SUCCESS is Taylor Swift. 3 million copies of Joanne is nowhere near to 11 millions of Lover, 10 of rep or 9 of Midnights gosh. Everything is a success for you. She flopped for a reason, even ASIB wasn't a bombastic success except Bradley's Shallow (featuring Gaga lmao)

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Lmao tag me when Taylor ever wins an Oscar…

[@mikeandthediamonds]

@@EljohnMacaranas no.1*

[@mikeandthediamonds]

Also Chromatica already in 2020 was lower than 21, 1989, Anti etc.... another flop, SL charting for shameful 10 weeks in TOP 100...

[@EljohnMacaranas]

OK weirdo