Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) and Katy Perry (@katyperry) have proven themselves as my on & off pop love affairs, musically contrary at times but liberally loved and loathed by all. With the prominent premieres of Applause vs. Roar a week ago, I’ve pitifully prepared for a self-assured fight of very different records with delinquent days of drink and attention-seeking nightspots for the barefaced battle of the fame-hungry pop diva and the Californian dream.
Lady Gaga begins,
bewitching as Bowie (@DavidBowieReal) meets Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) in the ARTPOP debut Applause, an
eccentric 80s roused pop tune with a straightforward stampede of new wave eager
electro-pop bouncing beats better suited for a Berlin sex club. Gaga is a
demanding diva in the dreamily dramatic, self-assured pounding of power-driven
electronic ecstasy and corrupting choppy synths screaming success.
Meanwhile, Katy Perry
is confidently clamorous and booming with life-lessons in the infectious yet
loud Roar, a bold and brazenly bellowing pop tune with a prevailing yet
personal hook. Like Firework, the sure-to-be chart hit is a genuinely sweet and
spirited poppy record with repeated references of the past. The fiercely fiery
anthem from Prism is definitely darker, deeper and a much welcomed departure to
Teenage Dream.
In a direly difficult
deliberation of winner after a bottle or two of gin, Lady Gaga’s Applause is victorious, marginally
more addictive and contagiously charismatic with heavenly hooks in
comparison to the subdued but serious sound of Katy Perry’s Roar. In the
battle of pop diva vs. pop diva, Lady Gaga creates a genuine sense of extreme excitement with
the pleasing progression from Born This Way, making way for the frenzied excitement
and appetizing appeal of ARTPOP.
Lady Gaga's Applause - 5/5
Katy Perry's Roar - 4/5
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