So far we’ve discussed 5 blockbuster albums in We’re No. 1, three of which are records that, like this column, grapple directly with what it really means to be a popular musical artist in the specific time and place that they were released: The album Bad is about Michael Jackson's megalomania and paranoia in the wake of Thriller, The Wall is about Roger Waters hating Pink Floyd and their audience and hating himself for hating those things, and Born This Wayis about Born This Way adding extra capital to Lady Gaga’s overall net pop-culture worth. I haven’t done this intentionally, but I have a feeling that “fame and what it all means” is going to be a...
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