Faced with the possibility of being widely boycotted by young people, Lady Gaga just had to completely delete a song
Even though it’s been more than 5 years since she released this song, Lady Gaga still gets into trouble with it almost every year…
Even though Do What U Want released more than 5 years after the album Artpop , Lady Gaga up to this point is still having trouble surrounding this song. Facing pressure from music listeners, the online community and the possibility of a strong boycott, Lady Gaga was forced to remove this song from all online music applications. The reason for being caught up in this scandal is ridiculously not due to Gaga, it’s all due to the person Gaga collaborated with on this song – male singer R.Kelly.
Specifically, R.Kelly has been in trouble related to the law and has suffered great ridicule from the online community for a long time. However, this guy not only did not apologize, but also released the documentary Survivor to justify all the terrible crimes he committed. That’s why it has caused a wave of outrage right now in America, people created the #MuteKelly campaign to boycott this male singer. Among the many people who have collaborated musically with R.Kelly such as Justin Bieber, Celine Dion, Snoop Dogg,… Lady Gaga naturally became the only one to suffer.
Because of heavy criticism, Lady Gaga was forced to remove the song Do What U Want from all online music applications. Perhaps there has never been such a thing in the history of the music industry when just because of a side collaborator, the main singer was negatively affected like that. Upon removal, Lady Gaga ‘s fans immediately showed their support by bringing the remix of this song (a collaboration with Christina Aguilera) back to the Itunes chart. Even in Brazil, it also entered the top 5.Thanks to that, the Do What You Want remix version has a chance to shine again.
Portrait of the person who caused this trouble – R,Kelly
Throughout Lady Gaga ‘s career , Do What U Want will probably be the song that leaves the biggest impact because of the trouble it left her. The MV couldn’t be released (because at that time R.Kelly was being interrogated before the law for sensitive crimes), and now it has to be removed from all music apps like this. It’s like all the bad things just suddenly happen to our Gaga.
