Tuesday, June 26, 2012

INDONESIA DON'T LIKE LADY GAGA




In a keynote address at the recent Music Matters conference in Singapore, Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter compared the protest of the artist's Indonesian show to crucifixion and called the icon "a 200-lb toddler" who has yet to "make it" in the traditional sense.

"It's less about Gaga than it really is what's happening in the world right now as a whole," Carter said when pushed to speak about the Jakarta protesters. "This is a microcosm. It's a generational divide. Jesus Christ got crucified. It happens."

Carter, who got his start working with urban artists like EveDiddy, and Will Smith, quickly insisted that Gaga would not be changing anything about herself to fit markets like Jakarta, residents of which took offense to some of the Grammy winner's provocative lyrics and music videos. When asked if Gaga would transform the "Born This Way Ball" in any way, Carter responded, "we'll skip them."

However, Carter insisted that Gaga and her team had loved every moment of their trip to Asia thus far, claiming "Asia is a very loyal audience and an audience that really, really loves music....it's not a passive audience at all...we plan on spending a lot more time here."

Though the manager wouldn't confirm details about Gaga's rumored fall LP, he spoke briefly on the singer's contract with Interscope. "We have I think three records left with Universal [Interscope]. There may be a [record label] system there by the time her deal's up that looks more attractive."

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