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"Artpop" (stylized as "ARTPOP") is a song by Lady Gaga released on her fourth studio album ARTPOP. Gaga confirmed during a track-by-track commentary with Sirius XM that the song is also known as the "Swan Song". It was also the first song written for the album, and the one worked on the longest out of the other tracks.

Background and composition

The song was first mentioned on a photo posted on Instagram and LittleMonsters.com by Gaga on August 3, 2012. It included lyrics: "We could, we could, belong together. ARTPOP." The same day, she also revealed a photo of a tattoo that read "ARTPOP".

Car

Around April 2 2013 her car got stopped and a Demo of Artpop was playing

Performances

Dates Location City Globe-green
2013
Sep 1 iTunes Festival London Gb
Sep 7 Le Poisson Rouge New York City Us
Nov 10 artRave Brooklyn, NY
2014
Feb 20 Porter New York City Us

Dates Location Channel Globe-green

Tour Dates Performances
artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball N/A N/A
Total of performances N/A

Lyrics

Come to me
In all your glamour and cruelty
Just do that thing that you do
And I'll undress you

Keep it tight
Sometimes the simplest move is right
The melody that you choose
Can rescue you

A hybrid can withstand these things
My heart can beat with bricks and strings
My ARTPOP could mean anything

We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP, ARTPOP, ARTPOP)

Come to me
With all your subtext and fantasy
Just do that thing that you do
In a perverse hue

Lovers' kites
Are flown on beaches for public sight
The color palette you choose
Can profit you

A hybrid can withstand these things
My heart can beat with bricks and strings
My ARTPOP could mean anything

Could try to sell you out or I
Could show you all the reasons why
My ARTPOP could mean anything

We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP, ARTPOP, ARTPOP)

Brushes with darkness won't help you create
Your destiny of self but ARTPOP could mean anything (anything)
I try to sell myself but I am really laughing
Because I just love the music not the bling (music not the bling)

We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP, ARTPOP, ARTPOP)

We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP)
We could, we could belong together (ARTPOP, ARTPOP, ARTPOP)

Free my mind, ARTPOP
You make my heart stop

Video use

An ARTPOP Film Starring LADY GAGA

On November 20, 2013, Lady Gaga posted a short fashion film, shot by Inez and Vinoodh as well as the Haus of Gaga. This video was filmed during the ARTPOP photshoot. In the video, Gaga is seen in various sets and outfits, some of which include the motherboard chair, and the prosthetic arm, as well as new and unseen sets. The video was first debuted at the artRave in Brooklyn, New York, on November 10, 2013.

"G.U.Y." Music video

"Artpop" is featured as the first song from the "G.U.Y." music video. A new remixed version of the song is used which featurs an extended instrumental introduction. The video begins in the desert (Hearst Ranch) with businessmen fighthing about money while carrying bows and arrows. Gaga is seen as a Phoenix lying down with an arrow stuck on her back. The businessmen then leave the scene without trying to help Gaga as they are too busy trying to catch the falling money. The song is used from the start of the video up until when she arrives at Hearst Castle.

Credits

Writers Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Dino Zisis and Nick Monson
Producer

DJ White Shadow and Lady Gaga

Co-producer Dino Zisis and Nick Monson
Recording by Dave Russell and Benjamin 'Ben' Rice at Record Plant, Hollywood, CA Us
Assistant recording Benjamin 'Ben' Rice and Daniel Zaidenstadt at Record Plant
Mixed by Dave Russell at Record Plant, Hollywood, CA Us
Heard IT! Studios, North Hollywood, CA Us
Assistant mixing by Benjamin 'Ben' Rice
Additional mixing by Dino "Speedlove" Zisis at Record Plant
Additional programing by Rick Pearl
Piano arrangement Lady Gaga
Guitar arrangement Lady Gaga and Nick Monson
Background vocals Nicole Ganther, Natalie Ganther and Lyon Gray
Background vocal arrangement Lady Gaga
Union contract administrator Ivy Skoff
Mastering Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering, Burbank, CA Us
Published by
  • Sony/ATV Songs LLC / House of Gaga Publishing LLC (BMI)
  • Maxwell and Carter Publishing, LLC (ASCAP), administered by Universal Music Publishing Group

References

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