$25 is an extremely expensive album. I would only pay that much to get an album imported from Japan, cause they always have the best and most exclusive versions. But in the sense that she knows people illegally download it, I would say it's more of a marketing ploy rather than a move of desperation. She's not sitting on her high pony and complaining about it. She's striking deals with Amazon to get the most bang from her buck. In any case, I've been enjoying my #ARTFOIL. I play at least one song a day from the record just to keep it fresh in my head. I can't say that about too many albums. Agreed! ARTPOP is much better than Born This Way. Apparently it's 7 times better cause BTW had the $1 deal, but AP has the $7 deal.