Honestly, the song is very DWUW as far as the lyrics. I do see some of the @gaga connections in the video-- the most obvious scene being the blonde wig and glasses. However, the biggest issue that I have with the song is that it not only is a rip on Mariah's #ShakeItOff, but it also is very much a copy of Janelle Monáe's #Tightrope. T-Swizzle. as my friends and I have referred to her for years, admitted in the past that she writes music while listening to other people's work on her iPod-- this is why she "accidentally" plagiarized lyrics from Matt Nathanson. I'm curious if she was listening to music from Janelle Monáe while writing her new album . . . it certainly seems like she may have done so. I mean, why else would she and her director agree to the hip-hop scenes in her video? Also, the Tightrope video was choreographed around a lot of ballet influenced movements. Oh T-Swizzle, what are we gonna do with you? I guess this is what you have to do to be a "pop star" today?
she was deliberately acting like other celebrities and artists to show that she CAN'T be like them. people make fun of her dancing, so she danced with dancers to make fun of herself! the song is about all the bad attention she gets, she's made fun of for everything, so she is reenacting the very things she's made fun of for with this song to say, "yeah, i can't dance, i can't do this stuff, but i'm just gonna shake it off." she's not copying or making fun of anyone else, she's making fun of HERSELF. :)
BS gaga does not own the rights to ballerina videos, or a cropped bob or fabric flowing in a fan. every artist has been criticised for copying one way or another. #STOPtheDRAMAstartTHEmusic