Born This Way is the second studio album and third major release by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records as a follow up to her internationally successful, The Fame (2008) and the extended play The Fame Monster (2009). Born This Way is notably different from The Fame and The Fame Monster as it incorporates a broader range of elements of several musical genres such as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll, and fuses those elements with sounds of electropop and dance. The album also is heavily inspired by synthpop and electronic music from the 1980s and 90s. In the album, the central themes include those of religion, sexuality, and feminism. On the record, Gaga worked with several producers, including RedOne, the only hold over for her previous work. With Born This Way, Gaga took more control of her musical direction and the album composition.
Production first took place in early 2010, with recording sessions for the album took place at various recording studios around the world. The title was revealed in September at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards after Gaga's win of the Video of the Year Award for "Bad Romance". Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to copyright violations.
Three singles and one promotional single were released for the album. "Born This Way", the lead single, topped the charts in over eighteen countries including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It would become the fastest selling single in iTunes history, having sold over 1 million copies within its first five days. "Judas" was the second single for Born This Way. The song peaked on the top ten in nineteen countries. "The Edge of Glory", originally released as one of two proposed promotional singles, was shortly made as the third single of the album. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Brazil and South Korea. The promotional single for the album, "Hair", peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and chart on the musical charts in sixteen different countries.
The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. However, the repetitive use of the word "Jesus", in addition to the employment of church bells and monk voices in many of the album's tracks including "Marry the Night," "Bloody Mary" and "Electric Chapel" have all resulted in negative reactions from some Christian societies, including those in Lebanon, where Born This Way was temporarily banned. Despite such strife, Born This Way topped the charts in twenty-three countries. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies. Over 430,000 of these sales were at a special price of US$ 0.99, which Amazon.com offered for two days during the album's first week of release.

来自东京涩谷区的音乐品牌Noble，即将于二月9日发行自厂牌成立以来的第14张音乐作品；来自女歌手西山丰乃化名为Gutevolk睽违近三年的全新专辑「Tiny People Singing Over The Rainbow (グーテフォルクと流星群)」。Noble在其官方网站上发表了二ＯＯ七年将以「Music For Daily Life (日常の为の音楽)」，意指「日常音乐」的宣言，将继续为乐迷带来更多以日常生活为蓝本的音乐创作。首部作品便是曾经帮过日本实验电子音乐家竹村延和等人伴唱，并曾发表作品于细野晴臣个人品牌Daisyworld的甜美女声西山丰乃(Hirono Nishiyama)，继Ｏ三年揉合爵士、民谣、电子与kidult精神的首张大碟「Suomi」之后，三年多来的全新唱片「Tiny People Singing Over The Rainbow (グーテフォルクと流星群)」。专辑交由曾因应「孩子气」音乐会来台演出的音乐家桥本和昌(Kazumasa Hashimoto)与西山共同制作，集结了Jazz、Bossa Nova、Soft Rock与electronica等多元音乐风貌，引领听者再次进入西山丰乃充满童趣的华丽音乐王国。
我就是孩子气│kidult + Child Me!
孩子气也是一种个性、生活方式；习惯模仿大人的角度来看待这个世界。如果我们从来没有当过孩子，那么这个世界未免太过于残酷。Gutevolk与西山丰乃的音乐，也是一种孩子气；并不是喜欢装大人的那一种，比较像是太过于纯真。当"portable rain"阵阵的琴声与电子残响努力地挤出可爱的模样，我开始明白自己有多么地渺小；犹如划过海天之际的流星群与细微沙粒，努力地成为彩虹的装饰品。那一丁点闪烁的珠光，就足够令自己开怀大笑。「Tiny People Singing Over The Rainbow (グーテフォルクと流星群)」很像是西山丰乃写的日记，透过桥本和昌细腻的音质补捉，形成一种令人满足的景致。"dream walker"里白日梦在黑白琴键上跳跃，谱写着自己的圆舞曲。"this moon following me"化身为甜美梦呓的瑞典Indie Pop，美丽要怎么作狡辩呢？"seed of sky"响起的华尔滋舞步，仿佛是孩子们的童话故事。"i like rainbow"的童音，小个儿努力学习着与世界对话。"ao to kuro"的呢喃自语、随着节拍沉溺；"the door to everywhere"像是魔幻水晶球，随着地板的弧线恣意地转动。"planetarium"轻轻的忧郁，流泄于琴音之间；"sing a ring"跟着孩子们的铃鼓与歌声，掉进了池塘里的园。"antenna"不是不正经、只是孩子气。眯着眼，分不清眼前是缤纷的宇宙、还是海洋。张开耳朵，轻盈飘浮于空气中。至少「Tiny People Singing Over The Rainbow (グーテフォルクと流星群)」令我遗忘了冬日的寒冷，与一些日常生活不开心的事。
Gutevolk，西山丰乃(Hirono Nishiyama)；一九九九年首张专辑「YuraYura Yureru」发行于竹村延和的音乐品牌Childisc。除了替竹村延和的专辑担任伴奏工作，也曾经与Jim Orouke、Art Lindsay、YO LA TENGO等艺人的日本行一同演出。除了个人音乐创作，西山丰乃同时也替电影与剧场演出，并与德国Karaoke Kalk乐手Wechsel Garland、日本音乐家KAMA AINA、Masakatsu Takagi等人合作。二ＯＯ三年于Noble发行首张个人专辑「Suomi」后，也于Taylor Deupree的个人厂牌Happy发表迷你专辑「Twinkle」。西山丰乃也是继二阶堂和美之后，擅长将电子与传统音乐素材相作结合的独立女唱作人。

據說新專輯的靈感，來源于1975年的英國電視連續劇"Survivors"（幸存者）：一場基因工程的病毒，奪去95％世界人口的生命。幸存者面對幾近毀滅的世界和破滅的文明，生活和價值觀都需重建。就好像《傾城之戀》，有一天文明毀掉了，在墻根低下我們也許才能真心相對。新專輯里，Epic45用更接近自然的聲音，和迷幻的電音勾勒童年的景象，簡單美好的童年，最接近于那個被毀滅的世界。
《May Your Heart Be The Map》是給那些內心早已迷失的人，或是游走于童年和現實中的人，都不重要。即使我們對快樂的感知和標準，已在現實里變質，如果你能在Epic45的音符里依稀記起童年的那場雪仗，至少能暫時逃離這個價值觀被禁錮的世界，回到童年，那些最本真的快樂，最直白的判斷。
但是這些殘缺的童年影像里，總是摻雜著后天被灌輸價值觀，總是映照出現實里的忙碌壓力和疲憊。這也是Epic45在營造一種仿佛唾手可得卻又飄忽不定的疏離感時，想要表達的東西吧。但是，從專輯的名稱到歌詞，包括專輯封面，你都能感受到一種希望——內心的地圖，總會指向光亮。
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