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Elton John Already Knows You’re Adopting Lady Gaga’s New Single As Your Gay Anthem

Elton John is so convinced Lady Gaga‘s third studio album Born This Way is gonna rock your glittery disco ball world, it’s given him reason to dismiss Gloria Gaynor: “Her record—it’s fucking amazing. ‘Born This Way,’ which is the title song, will completely get rid of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive.’ This is the new ‘I Will Survive.’ That was the gay anthem. This is the new gay anthem. Actually, it’s not a gay anthem—it can apply to anybody.” Preemptively declaring a song the new gay anthem? Isn’t that what Katy Perry tried to do with “Peacock”? How about we let the shirtless club kids pick their own playlist and go from there, okay Elton?

A few bars she premiered at the VMAs:

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