Lord no, I love Lady Gaga despiet her being Mainstream so that's not it.
It's... Her... Smile... It feels like it's svcking my soul out... IT'S EVIL I TELLS YA!
I really don't care about your PhD, I've never seen such a smug smile in my life.
Lady Gaga is the ultimate in depraved soulless teleprompter pop-barbies. And you're gripe is that this demure & confident girl is "smug"? I think you have bigger issues than just bad taste in music bro.