Saturday, 26 July 2014

Fanwars & fanbases

On August 11th 2013, Lady Gaga tweeted about making 2013 a year where music, talent, artistry is more important than gossip & fanwars. She said that she respected all fanbases for their passion, and urged everyone to #BeTheChange.


Unfortunately, by May 2014 she seemed to have forgotten all that, and (although not explicitly) was publicly tweeting about Katy Perry "copying" her - which in turn caused fanbases to fight.



She seemingly continued to forget to #BeTheChange in July 2014 too. She posted a picture on Instagram, which was supposedly of the audience at her "ARTRAVE" tour.



In actual fact, the picture was from a Quebec music festival in 2011, but with a few added Instagram filters and effects.



The "Oh No They Didn't" blog called Lady Gaga up on this, and she didn't seem to like it at all. She responded with a retaliation tweet, and (even though it had nothing to do with them) for some reason she saw it fit to mention Madonna fans and bring them into it all.

She posted an actual picture of the ARTRAVE and tweeted, "Here's a proper pic. Maybe the Madonna fans on your site can use a microscope to count the fans" - and this, of course, caused further friction between the Lady Gaga & Madonna fanbases.


Seems like Gaga forgot that she "respects all fanbases" - and her statements of #ThinkBeforeYouTweet, setting an example for youth online, spreading love, and #BeTheChange must've slipped her mind....

 



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