S pěti cenami Grammy za pouhá dvě alba, 13 cenami MTV Music Awards (26 nominací) a jednou cenou Emmy je absolutní megastar popového byznysu. The performance of "Swine" received backlash for its inclusion of performance artist Millie Brown, who vomited different colored goo on Gaga as a metaphor for rape. The album continues with " Venus", a track that shows "retro-futuristic themes", [58] and presents Bowie-esque lyrics [58] about a psychedelic journey.

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The fifth track on the album is "Jewels n' Drugs", a hip hop song with strong influences of trap music that tells a "tale of fame addiction". The album's title track is a techno song, [72] which has a beat similar to Selena Gomez's 2011 single " Love You like a Love Song" with its electronic composition, and a groove comparable to singer Kylie Minogue's 2001 hit single " Can't Get You Out of My Head". The latter reached a top 10 position at the Billboard Hot 100 and some European countries, becoming her highest charting promotional single to date.

At a press conference in Japan in 2013, Gaga was asked why she worked together with Kelly, but she defended the collaboration, saying: "R. Because I knew that if I wanted to grow, if I really wanted to innovate from the inside, I had to do something that was almost impossible for me. Gaga revealed the next month that "Venus" had been chosen as the second single, [124] though the popularity of the planned promotional single "Do What U Want" led to its single release instead.

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Slant Magazine 's Sal Cinquemani provided a favorable review, praising its sounds and structures, [48] while Jason Lipshutz from Billboard commended Gaga's effort to make "absolutely certain that every inch of her craft evolves and innovates". Gaga began planning the project in 2011, shortly after the launch of her second effort, Born This Way. Throbbing beats lead to the chorus, in which Gaga asks: "Do you wanna see the girl who lives behind the aura, behind the aura?Artpop se setkal se smíšeným hodnocením hudebních kritiků, kteří chválili produkci alba a pěvecký výkon Gagy, ale kritizovali texty alba. It features Gaga in scenes such as being in a birdcage, transforming into a black swan/human hybrid, and dancing in a black-glove bra. Two promotional singles were made available from Artpop preceding the album's release: "Venus" on October 28, 2013, and "Dope" on November 4, 2013. In a positive review, an editor of The Daily Beast declared that "there were moments of expected genius on it worthy of Grammy consideration.