Is this pop song 'A star is born' supposed to be bad or glorious?

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Forgive me for moving forward, but nearly two weeks have passed since the release of the soundtrack to "A Star Is Born," which means it's been almost two weeks since I've been around. could get the impolite lyrics of "Why Did You Do It? Out of my head. If you've seen the movie, remember that it's the pop song that Ally (Lady Gaga) sings for "Saturday Night Live," the one that convinces her rock-stained boon, Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), that she sold.

While Ally wriggles on stage and sings, "Why are you coming with me with such a donkey?", The audience may be banging their heads, but Jackson grimaces. I'll admit that "Why did you do that?" With his lyrics relating to the buttocks and texting may initially seem a bit shocking: it's not the traditional music that we saw composing with Jackson and Ally together, and he gives up the timelessness of "Shallow" and its kind in favor of what looks like pop disposability.

But if the song is so thin in paper, why can not I stop singing it in a low voice? And why was the Internet slapped "Why did you do that?" Above the videos of dancing robots and Whirling Pokemon? Is the song, with its xylophone intro and unpretentious pop charm, actually a stealthy treasure?

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To get to the bottom of this mystery, I called Diane Warren, a nine-time Academy Award nominee and veteran composer, who helped write the lyrics for "Why did you do that?" With Lady Gaga. (The title of the song was designed by Gaga, Warren, Mark Nilan, Nick Monson and Paul Blair.) Here are excerpts from our conversation:

Diane, I heard "Why did you do that?" The other night in a gay bar. We must discuss it.

It becomes a life apart! "Why are you coming with me with a donkey like that?" I must take the credit of guilty for this line. I remember when we were working on it, I said, "Can we say that?" And Gaga replied, "Yeah, why not?"

And now I can not stop saying it.

It infiltrates the consciousness!

I saw someone tweet that "Why did you do that?" Is supposed to be a "bad" pop song, and you responded, "This was not the intention, actually."

No, that's not the intention. I would never deliberately sit down to write a bad song, even though I suppose I did some without trying it that turned out that way. It was a fun song and I love fun pop songs. All must not be serious all the time.

Was there some kind of direction on what that song was supposed to mean for Ally?

No, the guideline was simply to write a funny song, which shows that she is becoming this pop artist.

Did you know that Bradley's character, Jackson Maine, would make fun of lyrics later?

That surprised me when I saw it! I was sitting next to my friend and I hit her in the arm and said, "It's my quote he quotes!" I love that his character defended his music. It does not have to be what music should be, music can be everything. It can be a serious song, it can be a pop song, it can be a song on a donkey.

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And is it more authentic? The film emphasizes that Jackson has adopted the voice of his big brother to succeed in rock. In many ways, his personality involves as much artifice as his.

That's right, when we look like this. Her character writes her own songs, and maybe that's how she expresses herself. This does not make his character less artistic than his character.

As a singer-songwriter for many pop stars, has Ally's Arc been faithful to you?

I have seen things like that where they are trying to push an artist – especially a female artist – into something that they are not, then they rebel against that and try to find out what their true voice. But by the way, maybe his real voice is to be a pop star, you know? And it's O.K., if that's who you are.

It's interesting to see how much people can become dissatisfied with pop music.

I mean, you talk to the woman who wrote "Blame It on The Rain" for Milli Vanilli. I have nothing against a good pop song.

But many people think it's less important than a good rock song. They treat him as – –

A guilty pleasure, no? But he has his revenge because he stays in your brain. And then you end up saying, "Why did you do that, do it, do it."

What did you think of the movie in general once you saw it?

I thought it was really impressive. The problem is that when Gaga was talking about acting in this movie, some people I knew were saying, "She's not going to be great," but I knew she would be. I spent time with her and I know how much she works. It is a person who works with a voice coach several hours a day. She has this discipline, that work ethic that very few people have. She has it and Beyoncé has it. They just make an extra effort. Well, that's not enough, so when I knew she was serious about it, I knew she would be great – and she is.

Tell me about your song "I'll Fight" for the documentary "RGB" which is played by Jennifer Hudson.

I think it's the third song in a trilogy I wrote, which started with "The Hunting Ground's" "It Happens To You". [performed by Gaga]and then last year, I did "Stand Up for Something" from the movie "Marshall". Now you have "I'm't face", which takes a new step. You get up and announce that you are going to fight, and even though Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not noisy, she defends us so much with her soft voice. We need her voice and we need her more than ever for the moment.

"You'll Fight" is the most conventional Oscar song, but I want to imagine another reality where "Why did you do that?" Is somehow an Oscar nominee.

I'm not aware, but strange things have happened! Can you imagine a really serious performance of this song on the Oscars? They should do it like a ballad.