Album Review: Lady Gaga - Artpop

With the sole aim of transcending what is expected of a pop princess, Lady Gaga's Artpop falls short of capturing anything close to the flare she's world-renowned for. The blatantly promiscuous Sexxx Dreams provides some much needed variation, eventually followed by Swine, the “squeal out” dancefloor smash exciting when trailing snooze-fests Venus and the title track. Even single Applause is significantly lacklustre in comparison to the icon's past hits (think Bad Romance, Judas). Gaga desperately claws back in the album's final stages, Dope showing some truth, but it's probably too little, too late.