Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP was always going to be an important album for the eccentric 27 year old. From the initial twitter photo of the tattoo revealing the album’s ambitious title, to the recent iTunes Festival performance of exclusively new material, the build-up has been long and closely observed, all the more so following the divisive (and arguably isolating) Born This Way. As pop’s premier performance artist Gaga has always been fond of grand statements, but has she risen to the challenge of putting the ART in POP or is the reverse-Warhol concept lost in the beats?
