Dress To Impress’ Lady Gaga Meet And Greet Leaves Fans Disappointed

A much-hyped meet and greet with Lady Gaga on Roblox’s Dress to Impress did not play out as advertised, according to fans who were not exactly impressed by the event. DTI has issued an apology, promising to “take accountability” for fans’ disappointment over the meet and greet.

Fans were disappointed to discover that, while Lady Gaga was in fact present and in control of her avatar during the event, only a select few players–including devs, influencers, and contest winners–were actually able to interact with her directly. Other players only saw a broadcast version of Gaga’s avatar from a different server. Fans also expressed disappointment that the Gaga Q&A was purely text chat, instead of a voice broadcast.

However the biggest controversy over the event was the way feedback was handled by DTI’s community team both on official channels and on their own personal socials. “None of you are forced to be here,” one community manager said on a YouTube Live stream of the event when reading player criticisms in the chat. “If you’re unhappy just leave.” The community manager, who streams as BeaPlays, issued a personal apology via DTI socials. “I should not have responded with such a lack of empathy, and that is completely on me,” Bea said. “Moving forward, I will keep in mind your feedback and ensure that my responses are more appropriate and thought out.”

The developers addressed other concerns with the event, explaining that it was not possible for the hundreds of thousands of players who attended the event to all personally meet Lady Gaga, and Roblox limitations also meant that live audio could not be broadcast across all the servers. “This is the first time we have done something this big, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that we missed the mark,” the apology reads. “In the future, we will make more of an effort to ensure that our messaging is very clear so that you know exactly what to expect.”

The DTI team also explained that all questions that were given to Gaga during the Q&A had to be okayed by her team in advance, meaning there wasn’t much scope for spontaneity during the event. They also acknowledged that the fan event was “feeling drawn out or a little boring towards the end,” but in a message on Discord added that they didn’t want to rush Lady Gaga’s answers.

While the event wasn’t exactly everything that fans had hoped it would be, Gaga used the unlikely appearance to tease her upcoming song “The Dead Dance,” and even debuted some of the upcoming song’s lyrics in the Dress To Impress chat. The virtual appearance isn’t a first for the pop superstar, with some fans reminiscing about a similar appearance Lady Gaga made on Habbo Hotel back in 2009.