Lady GaGa – biography

Lady Gaga

It’s no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady GaGa.

“I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today,” says Lady GaGa, 22, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song “Beautiful Dirty Rich,” and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek “shock art” performances where GaGa – who designs and makes many of her stage outfits — would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.

“I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three,” says GaGa, who nicked her name from Queen’s song “Radio Gaga” and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. “I look at those artists as icons in art. It’s not just about the music. It’s about the performance, the attitude, the look; it’s everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish.”

That goal might seem lofty, but consider the artist: GaGa is the girl who at age 4 learned piano by ear. By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York’s the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady GaGa has earned the right to reach for the sky.

“My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way,” says GaGa, who wrote all of her lyrics, all of her melodies, and played most of the synth work on her album, The Fame (Streamline/Interscope/KonLive). “I almost want to trick people into hanging with something that is really cool with a pop song. It’s almost like the spoonful of sugar and I’m the medicine.”

On The Fame, it’s as if GaGa took two parts dance-pop, one part electro-pop, and one part rock with a splash of disco and burlesque and generously poured it into the figurative martini glasses of the world in an effort to get everyone drunk with her Fame. “The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous,” she explains. “Pop culture is art. It doesn’t make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame. But, it’s a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle.”

The CD’s opener and first single, “Just Dance,” gets the dance floor rocking with it’s “fun, L.A., celebratory vibe.” As for the equally catchy, “Boys Boys Boys,” Gaga doesn’t mind wearing her influences on her sleeve. “I wanted to write the female version of Motley Crue’s ‘Girls Girls Girls,’ but with my own twist. I wanted to write a pop song that rockers would like.”

“Beautiful Dirty Rich” sums up her time of self-discovery, living in the Lower East Side and dabbling in drugs and the party scene. “That time, and that song, was just me trying to figure things out,” says GaGa. “Once I grabbed the reigns of my artistry, I fell in love with that more than I did with the party life.” On first listen, “Paparazzi” might come off as a love song to cameras, and in all honestly, GaGa jokes “on one level it IS about wooing the paparazzi and wanting fame. But, it’s not to be taken completely seriously. It’s about everyone’s obsession with that idea. But, it’s also about wanting a guy to love you and the struggle of whether you can have success or love or both.”

GaGa shows her passion for love songs on such softer tracks as the Queen-influenced “Brown Eyes” and the sweet kiss-off break-up song “Nothing I can Say (eh eh).” “‘Brown Eyes’ is the most vulnerable song on the album,” she explains. “‘Eh Eh’ is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend.”

For the new tour for this album, fans will be treated to a more polished version of what they saw (and loved) at her critically acclaimed Lollapalooza show in August 2007 and Winter Music Conference performance in March 2008. “This new show is the couture version of my handmade downtown performance of the past few years. It’s more fine-tuned, but some of my favorite elements to my past shows – the disco balls, hot pants, sequin, and stilettos – will still be there. Just more fierce and more of a conceptual show with a vision for pop performance art.”

It’s been a while since a new pop artist has made her way in the music industry the old-fashioned/grass roots way by paying her dues with seedy club gigs and self-promotion. This is one rising pop star who hasn’t been plucked from a model casting call, born into a famous family, won a reality TV singing contest, or emerged from a teen cable TV sitcom. “I did this the way you are supposed to. I played every club in New York City and I bombed in every club and then killed it in every club and I found myself as an artist. I learned how to survive as an artist, get real, and how to fail and then figure out who I was as singer and performer. And, I worked hard.”

GaGa adds with a wink in her eye, “And, now, I’m just trying to change the world one sequin at a time.”


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32 responses to “Lady GaGa – biography”

  1.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    she is wierd

  2. GAGAFAN Avatar

    YOU’RE WEIRD. n’ STOP HATING!
    GAGA’S AMAZING!

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    freaky!!!

  4. T Avatar
    T

    does anyone no what her tatoo is??

  5. Timbo Avatar

    I like Lady gaga and katy perry ,timbo, m.pokora , nelly furtado , britney spears … pozdrawiam wszystkich Poland 😉

  6. biotch Avatar
    biotch

    OMG! Wow she looks sooo old! 22? i thought she was like 36! ppookeerrfaccee I would poke her face 😛

  7. anneliese Avatar
    anneliese

    Omg i love gaga!!
    i met her<3
    lucky mee.
    lolz.but shes so nice…….

  8. gussy gurl Avatar
    gussy gurl

    Don’t hate cuz she look better (NO HOMO)

  9. Marrissa&Bridgette Avatar
    Marrissa&Bridgette

    Lady Gaga is awsome!!!! W00T! We are going to her concert in April 1st in Philly!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!

  10. prettymuscle Avatar
    prettymuscle

    Lady ga ga is one sexy lady i think her and my pretty muscles would be a good match

  11. GawJus GuRl Avatar
    GawJus GuRl

    OMG im like Such A biG fAn oF heRs!! I met Hur When I weNt tO Holly WoOd!! SheS RealLy niCe And OMG amazing. My FamIly KneW Hur B4 She BeCamE FamOus anD She Rote The Song WomanIzeR 4 BriTney So YeaH U suCh A Talented Babe!!

  12. ILoveLady Avatar
    ILoveLady

    she is original and innovative. she has an awesome voice and she is not FAKE like some pop princesses. Lady Gaga is the real deal. Love you, Goggs

  13. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    Accept people for their differences. Everyone is unique in their own way and she has it going on. Weird or not, she rocks.

  14. duane wong Avatar
    duane wong

    I think she reminds me of a girl I dated in high school…

  15. GAGANO.1FAN Avatar

    i think lady gaga is sooooo cool i wish she was my sister that would amazing poker face is my fave song

  16. anita Avatar

    kraljica ajmo malo hrv da bude prevedeno

  17. martina vujevic Avatar

    faceboookkkk svvviii koji su lezbe ko ja

  18. ana Avatar
    ana

    i luv her music mostly poker face

  19. mafe Avatar
    mafe

    hi lady is a girl wunderful and beatiful is the trued

  20. jennifer Avatar
    jennifer

    she’s hot!!!!

  21. Xave Avatar

    When everytime I turn the TV on and suddenly realize that her music videos are on,I can see my girlfriend in her.I mean she’s hot,nice,and most of all,she’s talented.I don’t want to be very arrogant but,I sometimes imagine that she’s mine.

  22. kaitlin Avatar

    lady gagas boss im going to see er first i wernt to keen on er but i luv er nowxxkaitlin

  23. kaitlin Avatar

    ya are beenin arigent

  24. Ladys Fan Avatar
    Ladys Fan

    She rocks man, fav songs Pokerface, Love Game and Bad Romance
    love her work and love her styles!!

  25. Lady GaGa Rock's 247!!! Avatar

    You rock more then any other singer’s (includding Hannah Montana, because your better then her!) And I relly want to met you, and go to one of your concerts, I love you you rock!

  26. Dennie Avatar
    Dennie

    Lady gaga~ you ROCK!!!~ Im hoping to see you in Michigan!!!!!~ Its so great to see someone with SO much talent make it..and your on your way to #1 in the USA!!!~ Bad Romance is outstanding !!!!!!!

  27. THE Machine Avatar
    THE Machine

    I MUST ADMIT THAT I ALMOST FAINTED TOO A FEW WEEKS AGO- TOO MUCH STRESS AND BEING USED BY VARIOUS PEOPLE CAN DO THIS TO ANYONE; NEVERTHELESS, HERE IS ANOTHER WORK FOR YOU:

    THE NEARLY FALLEN FLOWER

    SHE IS A PRETTY ONE TO SEE.
    BUMBLING, BUZZING, BUZZY THAT BEE
    MANY SHADES OF LIGHT, OH, SO TO OUR DELIGHT
    PROVIDING HONEY FOR THE MULTITUDES OF DESIRE
    IN ESQUIRE, HER MUSIC, FLOWING LIKE SOME CHOIR
    AN ORCHAD, A LILLY, HOW SILLY
    WORKING WITH DISPLAY OF IRESSISATABLE EFFORT
    SHE PULLS HER CARDS, NOTHING TO DISCARD
    A FACE OF FOOLING
    LEFT FOR THOSE WHO CHALLENGE ARE GROOLING
    IN THE MIST, THE SHADOWS OF PASSIONS OF THE INTERNAL NEEDS FORCOMING AND NEVER TOLD
    THE WIND FORCES OVERCOMING THEIR STRENGTH TO HER DIRECTIONS
    SHE CANNOT RESIST, SHE FALLS, EMBLISSED, FADING SHE FLOATS
    LYING ON EARTH AS MOTIONLESS IN THE HELPLESS NEEDS OF NO MORE
    A RUSH OF LIGHT, IN HOPE, IN THE STRUGGLE
    TUGGLE SHE DOES, SHE WAKES
    ANOTHER CHANCE
    WE SHALL PRANCE AGAIN.
    TO BLOOM ANOTHER WAKE AND BLOSSOM A PRETTY ROOT IN THE SUNSHINE DEWDROP ON A SPARKLING MORNING STREAM
    A MOUNTAIN IS CLIMBED, THE RISE THE RUN, AS NEVER BEEN DONE
    WE LIVE ON, ANOTHER PASSION, ANOTHER CHANCE
    FOR IN LIFE WE FALL
    EMBEDDED, SPROUTING, WARMTH PROVIDES
    EVERY PETTLE, EVERY POLLEN, BORN IS NEW
    TO THE GLORY OF REGENERATIONS OF THE REST SUCCUMBING
    TO YOU I SAY THIS INDEED, YOUR NEED, CONTINUE ON
    NEVER TO BE GONE

    Copyright – THE MACHINE

  28. emily donio Avatar

    hi lady gaga wat you doing

  29. kianna Avatar

    hey lady gaga how r u today

  30. not Avatar

    youare a bitch

  31. L@dY g@Ga~! l0v3 Y0U Avatar
    L@dY g@Ga~! l0v3 Y0U

    YOU ARE SO AWESOME!!!!!!! I HOPE TO SING WITH YOU ONE DAY!!!!!! IM TRYIN MY BEST TO REACH TO THE TOP AND IM ALMOST THERE!!!!

  32. loveable Avatar
    loveable

    ladygaga is amazing… i love her music and her stop hatin

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