2011年,腥风血雨开始:
Born This Way单曲发行,由于与Express Youself音乐重复性太高,彼时的诸多乐评,甚至名校学术论文都指出了这一点,音乐制作角度的细致的对比在b站也有视频可查,以下是相关评论和论文节选:
Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone acknowledged the influences of Madonna but pointed out that they would not overshadow the song, as it "[summed] up all the complex Gaga mythos, all her politics and Catholic angstand smeared lipstick, in one brilliant pop blast."
Caryn Ganz, while writing for Yahoo! Music, criticized "Born This Way", stating that the song was "overworked, overwrought, noisy, cheesy, and very, very derivative." She specifically noted the similarities to songs like "When Love Takes Over" (2009), "Waterfalls" (1995), and three of Madonna's songs: "Express Yourself", "Ray of Light" (1998), and "Vogue" (1990).
Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph noted that the imitative nature of the song would affect perceptions of Gaga's artistry, since "Born This Way" was "[basically] a reworking of Madonna's 'Express Yourself' with a touch of 'Vogue', which is a bit too much Madonna for someone who is trying to establish her own identity as the, er, new Madonna."
Williams, Juliet A. (2014). "Same DNA, but Born this Way: Lady Gaga and the Possibilities of Postessentialist Feminisms" (PDF). Journal of Popular Music Studies. 26: 28–46.
最后这篇来自UCLA的论文中也提了Express Youself This Way的问题,不过主干还是女权流行文化演化角度分析,有兴趣的可以自己去看看全文
