October 27th, 2013 
Tyler Hanan 
Remember when people were talking about how Lady Gaga was losing it? Was that only a few weeks ago?
The talk of Gaga losing her bizarre, hit-making touch will return, but that tide has subsided a bit for now. That’ll happen when you drop a monster collaboration with R. Kelly on the world. With the masses still in that collaboration’s clutches, another ARTPOP cut has been released.
“Venus,” dropped today and available for purchase once the clock hits 12:01, is not the behemoth that “Do What U Want” is. It’s not even a monster, really. It’s wonky space nonsense (not an insult) that takes a full, stiff minute to limber up and have a little more fun. It stops and starts, shining most when the beat is busiest and Gaga is demanding you take her to your leader.
It might actually not be weird enough, regardless of the thin, alien imagery lyrics. It could use more moments like the late shriek of “Don’t you know my ass is famous?” A lot more or a lot less of everything. Blow it out or reel it in.
Perhaps my vision is still a little clouded by the dust cloud still in the air after the “Do What U Want” meteor. It’s still better than much of Prism. The spotlight is Lady Gaga’s once more, with ARTPOP‘s November release looming. Until then, we’ll be hanging on her every word as we await the next meteor and watching tonight’s X Factor performance. Like everyone else, we’ll probably just wait for for the latter to go up online.
Also, we must endure another accusation of stealing. Zombie Zombie wasn’t stoked when they heard “Venus” either, but for different reasons.
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GAGA is about to perform in space. http://goo.gl/9vUH0s