artpop

When not playing up the crowd, Reich bodied the resonances of Gaga’s lower timbers — the roars in “Shallow” (here, the sounds of labor) and the heartache of “Million Reasons,” which cleverly soundtracked the inner monologue of Reich’s reservations about her baby.

“It’s going to change up a bit as I grow,” Dunbar said in an interview with The Daily Californian. “Hopefully, the people that support my music will follow along this journey and be open to any changes.”

ARTPOP was the apparent boiling point for Gaga, the supersaturated explosion of all that we wanted from her — a gluttonous display of sex, art and fame followed quickly by an entirely new side of the artist.