The Guardian says Dua Lipa "out Gaga’d Gaga and out Kylie’d Kylie." Do you agree?

[Jordan Miller]

The Guardian published a piece ranking the top 50 albums of 2020. They claim that Dua Lipa "out Gaga’d Gaga and out Kylie’d Kylie."

I don't love the idea of pitting women against each other like this. All three had incredible albums. However, there is no denying that Dua had a pretty exceptional year (with no signs of slowing down rolling into 2021). 

What do you think? Did she out "Gaga" Gaga and out "Kylie" Kylie?

Here's the excerpt:

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I suspect that Lipa will: 2020 is the year she became a pop behemoth. She transcended the “great look, serviceable songs” box she’d been marketed into and became one of pop’s most exciting major players: she out Gaga’d Gaga and out Kylie’d Kylie. In late November, more than 5 million people tuned in to her Studio 2054 livestream to watch her cavort around London’s Printworks with a gang of dancers and pop guests, heavy with product placement, meme-able moments and bookended by giant Lipa-helmed brand endorsements. It was enormous fun but less illegal rave than high-budget school disco, recalling the satire of Josie and the *****cats and images of the Spice Girls travelling through Times Square in Spiceworld, their own gigantic faces grinning down from every billboard. There was no hint of wryness here: Lipa is making hay while the sun shines. And why not, for a pop star who’s been building to megastar status breaking through when arenas are closed and clubs left dark?

 

[sutramaya]

English is not my first language. The headline makes me feel dizzy I don’t understand. What is Gaga’d? What is Kylie’d? 

[PickleSpears]

Absolytely not. Gaga and Kylie have personalities, good videos, great songs, great performances, interesting style, can actually move their bodies. Dua has a few good songs and that's it. She doesn't come close to Gaga or Kylie.

[thebritmaster]

I mean no, those three have pretty different vibes 

[RadicalOptimism]

I see no lies and they missed their best album position by one but slay for recognizing Future Slayalgia as the second best album of 2020. A reputable source 

[Brat]

Why does Dua keep getting compared to Kylie?  Their voices are so different 

[Arthurfleck]

Hahaha what a funny joke! I had a good laugh!

[Towelney]

Future Nostalgia definitely had the bigger rollout this year. 

[Ofcoursenot]

Each of them delivered the ”Disco vibes” in different ways so... I Stan all 3 

[redacted statement]

48 minutes ago, sutramaya said:

English is not my first language. The headline makes me feel dizzy I don’t understand. What is Gaga’d? What is Kylie’d? 

If you want to get into the grammar of things, the author basically turned their names into verbs in the past tense:

• to stay (infinitive) - stayed (past)
• to try (infinitive) - tried (past)
• to carry (infinitive) - carried (past)
• to Gaga - Gaga'd (past)
• to Kylie - Kylie'd (past)

In this case, the d from the past tense form is added to say that Dua Lipa did what Gaga does BUT EVEN BETTER. Same goes for Kylie - the article is saying that Dua Lipa did what Kylie does BUT EVEN BETTER. I might have made this a bit too complicated, but I tried. 

[sutramaya]

7 minutes ago, iAlwaysSingLive said:

If you want to get into the grammar of things, the author basically turned their names into verbs in the past tense:

• to stay (infinitive) - stayed (past)
• to try (infinitive) - tried (past)
• to carry (infinitive) - carried (past)
• to Gaga - Gaga'd (past)
• to Kylie - Kylie'd (past)

In this case, the d from the past tense form is added to say that Dua Lipa did what Gaga does BUT EVEN BETTER. Same goes for Kylie - the article is saying that Dua Lipa did what Kylie does BUT EVEN BETTER. I might have made this a bit too complicated, but I tried. 

Ohh now I understand. Thanks bby.. it’s really confusing sometimes when the writer tries put sassy things in their articles 😂

[Urbanney]

What does that even mean? I don’t see how Dua is similar to Gaga or Kylie in anyway besides being a woman in pop music. They all have their own brand/specialty that brings something to the table.

I’ve never once thought of comparing Dua to Gaga.

[Mr. Cavill]

45 minutes ago, Brat said:

Why does Dua keep getting compared to Kylie?  Their voices are so different 

They're not necessarily comparing them vocally here but rather artistically in the pop genre. 

I don't like the expression they used but we have to give credit where it's due. Dua Lipa deserves album of the year. 

[MX3]

I agree. The songs were smashes, and were just perfectly executed. Honestly it did remind me of The Fame album in that every song just was a perfect pop song, no fillers, and just seemed to fill a void in what current dance pop music was missing!
 

Chromatica? Disco? No, not so much. 

[ObsessedBritFan1]

Lady Gaga I’d say yeah.

Kylie was a force this year. Legendary Queen. Due has been non stop too, so I’d agree with that slightly.

 

[argentinian.in.telaviv]

please, love Dua tho 

[RadicalOptimism]

59 minutes ago, Brat said:

Why does Dua keep getting compared to Kylie?  Their voices are so different 

Because Kylie did disco the same year Dua did? Idk 

[Brat]

33 minutes ago, Geralt_of_Rivia said:

They're not necessarily comparing them vocally here but rather artistically in the pop genre. 

I don't like the expression they used but we have to give credit where it's due. Dua Lipa deserves album of the year. 

 

3 minutes ago, CrazyButItFeelsAllright said:

Because Kylie did disco the same year Dua did? Idk 

Dua never released Cool as a single 

[Alestaos]

[Hooked-On-Knee]

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Future Nostalgia is a basic pop album that was done quite mediocrely, The Fame is an album released 12 years ago yet it's still remembered and Can't Get You Out Of My Head is a song that will forever be cemented in pop culture.