“People just sometimes don’t like some things,” Gaga said in her first public comments about reactions to the film, although she did not mention it by name. “It’s that simple. And I think to be an artist, you have to be willing for people to sometimes not like it. And you keep going, even if something didn’t connect in the way that you intended.”

Admittedly, the first thing that killed the slight excitement brought on by Lady Gaga was the reveal that the film would be a jukebox musical instead of featuring original songs. I cannot emphasize enough how much that bummed me out.