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"As you may already be aware, Lady Gaga made her live return in London last night (September 1) at the iTunes Festival.  Her one-hour set consisted solely of new songs - seven to be precise (and &amp;#039;Applause&amp;#039;, which is still sort of new to us) - from her forthcoming album ARTPOP. We&amp;#039;ve posted our initial impressions of the tracks below.  Aura Gaga&amp;#039;s opening number was probably our least favourites on the night, although it may simply be a case of the erratic verses not translating well in a live setting. That said, we did enjoy the whole &amp;quot;performance&amp;quot; side of it and the chorus sounds pretty strong, and let&amp;#039;s be honest, it&amp;#039;s a helluva lot better than the demo that surfaced online a few weeks ago.  Rating: 2/5       MANiCURE Proof that when Gaga channels her madness properly, the results can be brilliant. &amp;#039;MANiCURE&amp;#039; blends breezy and addictive pop hooks with growly &amp;#039;80s rawk guitars, resulting in one of the evening&amp;#039;s simpler tracks which, ironically, made it one of our favourites.  Rating: 4/5      ARTPOP We&amp;#039;re still slightly confused by the whole reverse-Warholism concept of ARTPOP, but Gaga does her best to explain it on the album&amp;#039;s title track, on which she sings: &amp;quot;My artpop could mean anything&amp;quot;. Not the most enlightening of explanations, but we enjoyed its thumping downtemponess all the same.  Rating: 3.5/5      Jewels &amp;amp; Drugs &amp;quot;Some of the music is a little different that the music I made before,&amp;quot; Gaga warned before unveiling &amp;#039;Jewels &amp;amp; Drugs&amp;#039;; a hip-hop song about, um, jewellery and drugs that features rappers T.I, Too $hort and Twista. It&amp;#039;s a track that has so far divided people the most, and we have to confess we are in the &amp;#039;dislike&amp;#039; crowd at the moment. Rating: 2/5      Sex Dreams Three reasons why this song was our favourite on the night: 1.) Its &amp;#039;80s R&amp;amp;B influence. 2.) It has a massive chorus. 3.) It&amp;#039;s essentially Gaga doing her best Janet Jackson impression, and she does it very well.      Rating 5/5 Swine The evening reached the peak of bonkersness with &amp;#039;Swine&amp;#039;, where Gaga - sans wig - sang while her dancers wore pig masks and sprayed the crowd with paint. Fortunately, beneath the madness seemed to be quite a good song that we can only describe as an angsty raveathon.  Rating 3.5/5      I Wanna Be With You Gaga rounded off with &amp;#039;I Wanna Be With You&amp;#039;; a dedication to her loyal fanbase. Truth be told we&amp;#039;re not really fans of these sorts of songs, but we enjoyed the melody on the chorus all the same.  Rating: 2.5/5      What did you think of Lady Gaga&amp;#039;s new songs at the iTunes Festival? Leave your comments in the box below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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