In a corner of the ring, with pink shorts, impossible mascara and nails by Freddy Krueger, Lady Gaga. On the other, Charli XCX, with unbranded eyebrows, sweatpants and a shiny fork. On one side, a diva. To the other, another diva. And in the middle, two discs in the middle of a pandemic to remind us that the crown is yours and not the virus.
Lady Gaga and Charli, the choni versions of Madonna and Kylie Minogue (you choose who's who) release new post-confinement albums and they do it with two very different proposals , showing an evolution and looking for new sounds. Especially in the case of Charli, whose career is getting closer to the experimental, stretching the limits of pop.
In her latest work titled How I'm feeling now , the English artist continues to explore electronic sounds, less clean and further from conventional pop.
Charlotte Emma Aitchison - her real name - is 27 years old and was released in 2012 by Icona Pop with the hit I Love It (no, it was not a Mario Vaquerizo song). And, although it bursts, it has not taken long to become a benchmark. Her records are loaded with shamelessness and irony. The English woman of Indian origin has become a postmodern feminist figure , promoting sexual empowerment . Letters like Sucker remain as a motto : You said you wanna bang, well, fuck you, sucker! ( You said you want to fuck, well, Fuck you, asshole! ). She has surrounded herself with atypical artists for her collaborations such as Christine and the Queens or Lizzo and all with the same producer, something unheard of in the pop world. Charli has always had AG Cook, a producer revered for her modernity.
The singer has 3.6 million followers on Instagram and usually dresses teaching cacha ( my body, my rules ), with outfits that serve to start the day skating as well as to end in some after without going home.
On the other side of the diva-ring , we said, Lady Gaga and her more than 41 million followers on Instagram ( win ), her transgressive and strident style. There will always be a video clip of Gaga that will inspire you for Halloween . Without going any further, that of Rain On Me with Ariana Grande, preview of their new album, Chromatica , which goes on sale today.
The American pulls the pop of a lifetime that has given her so many successes. It's been four years since Joanne, her previous album, and fans of Gaga ( little monsters ) are hungry for new choruses to tie their leisure time to.
Lady Gaga is a different goddess than Charli. The Englishwoman loves critics and smart music lovers, as well as a powerful sector of fans who come from the mix between the commercial and the alternative. However, Gaga is mass culture, large-scale pop, American-style diva . He is 34 years old, a millennial like Charlie, but his audience spectrum knows no limits. If there was still someone very destitute who did not know her, she managed to attract him with the song Shallow , which he played in the movie A star is born with Bradley Cooper and which earned him an Oscar.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta has not come down from the throne of pop since she conquered it in its beginnings in 2008 with themes like Poker Face . Her extravagances hypnotized hordes of fans who have never abandoned her. Her songs are conventional pop, loud vocals and dancing rhythms. But her image is not a good girl like Taylor Swift. Lady Gaga has her own.
A life marked by bullying , rape at age 19, fibromyalgia and excesses . For now, the singer has recognized that this latest album has helped her to quit smoking, something that, she says, is "the strangest and most beautiful thing that could have happened".
Now all that remains is to wait for the clubs to open to see which of these two divazas wins the fight.
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