Marcocentrismo

I can’t put into words how much this album means to me and how it changed my life. To me, it has the same artistic relevance as Picasso’s Guernica or Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. There’s a before Born This Way and an after Born This Way.
The moment I played Marry The Night for the first time in the car with my mum after buying the cd is ingrained into my brain. 8 years later I went to my first Pride parade in London, and Born This Way came on. I feel like this album ... read more

Pop perfection, no notes, no commentary needed. Bad Romance is such a big song that somehow I feel like every time Gaga sings it she’s covering a classic. Alejandro and Dance in The Dark are pop perfection.

Favourite tracks: all of them

Arguably one of the best debut albums off all time (I said what I said). I clearly remember where I was the first time I saw Poker Face on MTV, I clearly remember how much Lady Gaga had a hold on every angle of pop culture at the time.
This album is a pop jewel… with that being said, I don’t find myself going back to it at all. I must have overplayed it at the time, but I truly can’t bring myself to listen to it unless any of its songs play on the radio or at the club. And ... read more

Truly a masterful album, and to date - Halsey’s most personal. Their issue in my opinion has never been lyricism, we’re talking about a songwriter that has written Forever is a long time after all… but production has been at times underwhelming. It’s not the case in TGI.
After IICHLIWP it would have been easy for them to retreat into pop stardom and give us 15 Without Me’s, but life had other plans, and it’s admirable how Halsey turned their experience into ... read more