What Made Christina Aguilera's "Bionic" Underperform? 

yeah

The fact that he was at some point.

Kamal LB what about that fact?

@@ReubenWalton relevant. The original comment mentioned that.

Kamal LB I agree that with his drama inciting and slandering artists it’s amazing that he was ever relevant to begin with!

Wow, very interesting! Thank you for sharing!

Love my girl to DEATH, but she also said in an interview on Oprah during the Bionic press tour that Not Myself Tonight was late edition that she INSISTED it be the lead single. I can see the record labels frustration, but the album was too good to be disrespected like that....just heard you say that she had previously mentioned Glam as the lead single. Christina..girl. You missed the mark on that one. Glam, Vanity, Primadonna, Desnudate...so many songs that could have been hits.

She paid for the Not Myself Tonight video herself as well.

What a waste of money. :(

@@funkyjaguilera How sad that she paid to look like a cheap RuPaul.

Oooh yes, that would have been awesome! However, I think this was sort of unavoidable, because the soundtrack tied into the release of the film.

That wouldnt have worked because it would have delayed Bionic for too long and it would have sounded like she was jumping on trends when she was already talking about doing an electronic album by 2007 even but of course the regular public didnt know this

Damn you’re so right ❤❤❤

But Glam is one of the worst tracks on the album. It’s so boring, it coud never become a hit

👏 👏 👏

Which is why i don’t understand why Taylor Swift released “Me” as the first single from Lover. Like who’s idea was that? If she had released “Cruel Summer” instead, the album could have sold a million the first week like her previous four albums.

@@tmla EXACTLY! i am a huge taylor fan and love everything she does but i was like sis this is SUCH a weak song. PLUS it got her dragged by everyone. people questioned her songwriting ability, they said she was a flop...ugh it was such a mess. it wouldve been smart to release cruel summer because it wouldve set the vibe for her first summer album and it was the perfect lead into the warmer months.

@@theakoss Exactly, like she could have released Cruel Summer around April. Not that I hate ''Me'', but it was a huge let down compare to her songs from Repuation. Before hearing the rest of Lover, I thought Taylor downgraded as oppose to evolve as an artist. I'm pretty sure a lot of people didn't give the album Lover'a chance cause of the first 2 singles, thinking the rest of the album would also sound bubblegum pop/childish. But they're missing out on a lot of good songs.

@@tmla i totally agree. she's never been a singles girl or put out her strongest songs as lead singles but ME! was by far her weakest. it's super fun and cute but obviously the gp hated it and the whole era suffered because of it. a lead single should set the mood for the whole era, and ME!...well, just didnt.

Basically!

He is irrelevant since forever now. Karma.

He’s trash and I’m not surprised that his career failed and now isn’t as famous

He's misogynistic trash. He had no right to destroy anyone's career while bringing up someone else. If he didn't trash Christina, Bionic would have did so much better.

That’s why Will.i.am punched the shit outta him LMFAOAOAOAOASKSK

PERIOD.

BICONIC

No. More like Floptonic.

BIBLIONIC

what’s your favorite song, or a song that you would refer to others to listen to if they haven’t listened to any of this album?

Oh, yessss!

Anal With A Man, Butt Chew!

Haha, that's amazing!

Hey

@@chahevartanian2066 Hi!

So? All that means is that you're a flop too.

@@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 Really?

Ohhh, yesssss!

Lol cool

This I do this too.

Is this me, you wanna get crazy, cuz I dont give A......OOOOUUWWWW!!! *aggressively throws head in a circle* 🤣👌 my fav part of the beginning of the song

@@beyemm exactly Christina stayed giving no fucks.

Oh, that's the tea. "Elastic Love" might be my fave off the record!

@@popdissected4400 same! absolutely should have been a single

It's definitely got some gems. My Girls and the bonus track Monday Morning are also pretty great too.

Very true!

@@popdissected4400 can you do one for liberation why it under performed?

Agreed!!

Well with every album drop she says every single time there was such a long gap bc she wanted it to be just right, find the right sound, find herself, make it meaningful etc . . . Blahh

Plus Xtinas looks has changed maybe too much.

OOOP

Lmao 😂

Retweet.

The scream in the beginning is THE shit

It's Lady Gaga....on a budget. A very low budget.

@@september5671 It's Madonna, actually. Christina has stated several times that she took inspiration from Madonna. Stop trying to put Gaga where she doesn't belong.

@@527398 No sweetie, look at the Bad Romance comparisons. Stop trying to put Madonna where she doesn't belong and don't message me. The audacity. Stay in your lane

I played that album into the ground lol. Still waiting on the Bionic tour. 😭

No she doesn’t. Speak for yourself. You don’t speak for me. The album was bad.

@@wildhearts242 STFU. Just because I have a different opinion doesn't mean I never listened to the album. This may be VERY hard for you to understand: not everyone will agree with you. Grow up.

@@Cambslondon1 Please. You know damn well you never listened to it. Stop ✋

Thank you so much for watching!!! And yes, me too!

Ageeed!!! It's by far my fave Xtina album

@@JediJuniper92 I love that for you!! 😃

Yeah, I saw that....interesting.

Yeah......But Gaga doesn't like perez now cuz she said she hated "fake" people🙄

@@cchgnymd ....interesting.

She got kids, got a divorce and her being super focused on the movie, where she did bad, sloppy live performances. The lady gaga thing was a part of it but not as huge as this RU-vidr says.

@@Qwistie_ who got kids? Gaga?

Yeah, I can understand the "comparisons" but I think most of them are just reaches that aren't really based upon anything factual to be honest. People will take someone's hair color and say it's "copying" these days....

The Ladytron track is just.. phenomenal

We would all be DECEASED

Ideally it would, but realistically, with her current standing with the public and this whole new generation of new listeners, Bionic released today would likely only be a critical success at best.

The album feels artificial. And it has no flow. It wouldn't shake the industry. At all. Id love if she did a sort of rerelease where some songs were switched out with new ones giving the album a better overall feel and flow.

No it wouldn't. EDM was all the rage in 2010 when it came out. It just was a 2nd rate Lady Gaga album.

LOL nope

Yeah. I hate that outlook. You can build up one artist without tearing another down! There's room for everyone, and we should all try and realize we can love and support more than one of the amazing women in pop! It becomes such a competition all the time, it's aggravating.

I still don't understand what was all the hype about Gaga to be honest

@@Kabeyavictoria cuz she slayed every genre she chose and grew her fan base. 'Generally' even if gaga doesn't appeal much to a certain individual, they at least respect her talent. Her debut as an actress and the long awaited Oscar win created as you say, the 'hype' around her

@@Shark_rooster girl please. I love Aguilera but she doesn't have any kind of musical identity. She doesn't know who tf she is

@@Kabeyavictoria first of all, I'm a boy. Lol. Second of all, I never mention anything about xtina. And I think you misread my comment. Notice how I put 'hype' in inverted commas. I'm personally a big Gaga fan.

Wow, very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

How did xtina envisioned Bionic? I'm very curious about this.

I am so glad it has that impact on you. That's so special, and really shows how impactful music can be! ❤️

Sameeeeeeeee. I became a “fighter” after Bionic was released 💙

Yess!!!! 👏

He tried with Taylor and didn't win. He's Floperez Hilton now.

He’s gone on to tiktok now and bashing Charlie d’emelio

Oooh, very interesting idea with "everything that went right". I'll look into it :D

Pop Dissected and compare it to the mess that is Madame X

Yesss! I've had so many requests for blackout, I'll be doing it soon!

@Chris Gonzalez Agreed! And haha, thank you!

@@popdissected4400 Do it plz

@@popdissected4400 pls do it

I think it's already developing a cult following! A lot of people are looking back at the record now and discussing it! 😃

Yes! And as we know, labels can literally destroy and artists work in an effort to gain profit. As I've said, it's an industry and some will do whatever they can to make money... :\

@@popdissected4400 exactly. Btw I enjoyed your analysis, I'm subbing!

@@kierzcookie Thank you so much, I appreciate it ♥️

Exactly the album is not cohesive

Agreed!

I like Lady Gaga now but that meat dress was absolutely disgusting. I remember when I saw her like that, I had completely lost all sorts of respect for her. Fortunately she left that phase in the past and progressed as an intelligent and wonderful artist.

Alex well of course it's disgusting; it's raw, uncooked meat.

Alex it’s nasty, but iconic. i actually like how she had the guts to do that.

Wow, very great points! And thank you for sharing that insight about Sia! Very awesome. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Thank you for watching! ❤️

Yessss!

or woohoo with nicki minaj

Glam is my jam.

Very true.

More of her fans should have supported that record

Wow! Very great points you bring you up! Thank you so much for taking the time to type all this. I say, I have to agree. Very nice point on contrasting Madonna and Christina as well!

Wow this is so on point about Christina! I never could articulate exactly what to say about her and her career

Personally I think her best record is Stripped, just based on how personal and cohesive that album is. But I agree with everything you say.

Joshua Mattel - "Stripped" is an important and legendary album, but I honestly think it suffers from being too bloated and long. She could have easily cut seven or eight tracks. "Back to Basics" was long too, but it was a two-disc double album, so it's easy to view it as two separate albums (one being more beat driven and fun, the other being more stripped down and soulful).

Disagree. I know I would have never been a huge fan of Christina if she sticked to only one genre or sound. The whole incentive about her is the fact that she always drastically reinvents herself in image and sound. I love the transition from innocent pop princess to sassy-dirrty Xtina to classy Baby Jane to Bionic-tina. She keeps it fresh and interesting and never safe. That's a big portion of her artistry. Yes it leads to a fluctuating demographic and hence limited commercial success and lots of risks but she made it clear since stripped that whether she sells one record or a million records, she has to stay true to herself and keep exploring and evolving as an artist. And that's what she did and still does. Don't confuse that with her having an "identity crisis" or not being "authentic" because it is quite the opposite. Christina knows exactly who she is and what she's doing and...well considering the fact that almost every artist of this generation cites Christina as an influence including Ariana Grande, Demi, Selena Gomez, Dua Lipa, Camilla Cabello, Ava Max and countless more, she must be doing something right. Plus she has achieved great commercial success and acclaim despite the inhibiting forces. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 6 Grammys, a disney legend award, sold over 75 million records ww, has 5 #1 hits (expanding to three different yet consecutive decades) and two lifetime achievement awards "the voice of a generation" and "the voice" in honor of her impact and artistry in the music industry. Furthermore she is praised by the likes of Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Etta James to be one of the best artists of her generation. Christina did all that without playing it safe and sticking to one genre. She's established herself as an icon with HER way and I am proud to call myself a loyal fighter who's been there with her since the beginning.

Hahaha, thank you!! Hope you enjoy!

Oh wow, thank you for this comment! SO thoughtfully written out and you bring up wonderful points! I think it's just so sad that primarily ONE person's influence was able to affect so many others and turn them against this record. It's just....awful.

Yeah a blogger made everyone not buy the album right? Excuses, Excuses.

Pop Dissected let’s not forget the Do What U Want remix that was very iconic 😊😊

Gunnhild Edwards Well publicity effects reputation and that effects whether people buy an album or not. Blog culture was a VERY influential and strong marketing force in 2010. Nowadays bloggers are useless as everyone can speak their minds on social media and go viral but that wasn’t the case in 2010. Only a handful of people had the power to voice their opinions on social media while appealing to a larger audience (= bloggers). That’s how Perez was able to make a living in the first place. He can’t anymore but he did, mainly, by using Lady Gaga (the most popular artist and his best friend at the time) to degrade and viciously attack Christina in order to uplift Gaga and get her clout. It was a clear win-loose marketing strategy at Christina’s expense. I’m just glad Gaga distanced herself from the toxic man and apologized to Christina. Do what you want is an iconic collaboration ❤️

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Yes!

All bops....lost in time.

I agree. Glam should've been made a single and had a music video :(

So many of the not single songs I love. Monday Morning is still my jam. There was just a poor single choice picked.

AGREED. People really don't realize or understand (or ignore) how Madonna has shaped modern pop music, especially for women.

In those days, all of the pop girls were copying Madonna to some extent, but especially Gaga. The kids of the Bad Romance Era weren't as familiar with Express Yourself and Human Nature (Xtina's influences), so what they saw was Xtina copying Gaga. What was really happening was Gaga was copying Madonna and Xtina's homage felt more like a copy of a copy. It got so bad that Madonna couldn't even copy herself without being accused of copying Gaga. What we need to be talking about is Xtina having the best voice in the business.

TheBetterGamer doooo it!!

You definitely should give it a try!

You will love this album, it is iconic. It was ahead of its time.

listen the deluxe version!!! Vanity it's PERFECT

Thank you so much!!! And that's a wonderful idea, I'll look into it!

Thank you so much!! And wow, that's such a great idea! I'll look into it :)

Release date kept getting pushed back, and the songs aren't any good.

7MonarC that’s interesting cause I feel like lambs either hate it or love it. I remember that didn’t like it at first and thought it was way too overproduced, but now I love every song and for me the album is up there with Butterfly and Caution.

Thank you so much!! You're wonderful.

Thank you so much! And those are wonderful ideas, thank you for sharing! I am looking for a Madonna topic idea and have gotten a lot of suggestions; but the topic of ageism is a really unique one. I think that's so important to discuss. You've inspired me!

@@popdissected4400 Omg i love Madonna, she's a living legend so there are plenty of topics to talk about her and it's a shame that many people underappreciate her nowadays because of her age

@@julianderrico8132 Right! She's paved the way for modern women in pop music, and so many people disregard her now because she's an "old hasbeen". It sucks.

"Elastic Love" might be my favorite off the record! And I agree, it's such a shame when great records are just panned and not given the love they deserve.

@@popdissected4400 Yeah. I mean, as I said, some of the best tracks were relegated to 'bonus tracks', which is unbelievable to me. I think the creativity was there, but the label had a different idea in the end. She worked with so many different artists and was able to make their sound work with her vocals, which was impressive. Especially Ladytron. That was fucking genius. She showed that she doesn't have to be belting to make a track sound amazing. And Elastic Love was really creative for her at that point. I think if you take all of the fillers from the album, you get a very creative and extremely solid electropop album which was indeed ahead of its time in a way.

@@Trattenut0 Oh, very nice points you bring up! Very interesting! I agree :)

@@popdissected4400 I would've made it something like this, with Stronger than ever, Lift Me Up and Not Myself Tornight as singles in that order: 1. Birds of Prey 2. Monday Morning 3. Elastic Love 4. My Girls 5. Vanity (without the stupid intro) 6. Woohoo 7. You Lost Me 8. I Am 9. Lift Me Up 10. Stronger Than Ever 11. Not Myself Tonight

Yes! I understand why the era came to such a quick close, but I wish Christina pushed on in spite of all the chaos going on. But honestly, I'm sure her label had a hand in convincing her to ditch the era. They may have see it as not profitable honestly.

@@popdissected4400 there were "emergency meetings" at RCA regarding the underperformance of this album. There was a lot of blood sweat and tears shed on the creation of this album. The musicians, songwriters, producers, background singers.. etc. Christina had a vision during the making of this album especially for how the tour would be. She was inspired by many alt-electro artists like "The Knife", "Ladytron" & "Air". I think many of the "ahead of its time" sentiment come fro. The fact that she worked with Sia and Nicki b4 they became a hot commodity in the industry.

Thank you so much! You're wonderful!

Thank you so much! I want to cover as many artists as possible, so I'll look into ALL those artist for ideas :)

She’s always saying dumb stuff, she also said that Britney was trying get attention by kissing Madonna, but she kissed Madonna too.

@@johanesidoumararomualdespa8353 there’s videos about it, there’s one where the interviewer shows the clip of Christina talking about it, and Britney said:” but she kissed her too”

@@johanesidoumararomualdespa8353 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W4T6vCSUCgI.html

@asava17 we been knew, she is a trendsetter since 1998 👏🏻

Yes, I discuss that several times throughout the video :)

Pop Dissected oh haha I commented before watching... and I ooop

@@ThatsHotBtch No worries :)

Thank you so much, I appreciate it...and agree! Twitter sometimes is just so toxic with so much comparing and pitting artist against each other. It's sad.

He was the devil of Hollywood back in the day. He ruined so many careers just to be an asshole. He would weight shame people so they couldn’t get hired and all kinds of dirty stuff. There’s a place in hell for Perez

What f word? The swear word?

@@alexsmith2910 flop

Yes! It's important I try to be respectful as possible to the art and the artist. And I've intentionally stopped using "flop" as I did in previous videos like this. I just don't like the connotation it brings 🤷‍♀️

@@popdissected4400 That's smart. Keep on with the cool vids 😎

Wow, you bring up some great points! I see you're passionate about the record, thank you for taking the time to share all of this ❤️ It's sad we'll never know or see 'what could of been', but we can always dream and appreciate the record anyway! And thank you so much for watching!

Agreed!

Monday Morning and Red Hot Kinda Love are just 👏👏👏

Thank you so much! And yes, I know! I may look into "Lotus" as well as "Liberation", but we'll see!

@@popdissected4400 you should definitely do Lotus at least, her label backstabbed her big time during that era

Hahaha, "can old people do that?" 😂 And thank you, I love highlighting misunderstood records. People don't have to like or listen to them, but I think it's important people understand all the factors that can contribute to a record underperforming! My fave from "Bionic" is hands down "Elastic Love"! And yes, I had so much fun with this video I may cover "Lotus" and "Liberation"!

It surely is such a unique stamp on Christina's career! ♥️

Thank you so much! And I'll be doing a video similar to that, but with artists :) I'm gonna' be making it my last video of the year!

@@popdissected4400 Yesss !!!!

Someone else has commented that as well! I NEEEEED to do a Beyoncé video, so that might be the perfect topic!

Pop Dissected plus you’ll get plenty of new subscribers. You know how the beehives are lol.

Its a great album lmao me and sister use to play tf out of it when it came out

Good topic, I always wonder why I can remember a bunch of songs from Bey’s previous album but when comes to 4 I can only remember Love on top and Party.

Thank you king 👑

Thank you so much!!!

Your welcome

Thank you so much! I hope we can learn more about the record. It's so fascinating to really learn what went on behind-the-scenes of a record's making!

I'm going to be doing a video on our queen Madonna very soon, just a matter of figuring out what topic!

Yes!

Thank you!! ♥️ I always try to be respectful to the art and the artist in videos like these!

Very true!

It's a popular topic! A lot of people are recognizing it and giving it the attention it deserves! (Even if its years later).

@@popdissected4400 Extacly 😁