The one person whose name has been everywhere for the past year is Lady Gaga. Controversy, independence, confidence, individuality, strenght, courage, and one amazingly unique sense of style. All of these attributes and more has launched Lady Gaga to the level of super stardom that she has reached today.
Lady Gaga, birthname Stefani Joanna Angelina Germanotta, stormed onto the music scene August of 2008 with the release of “The Fame”. This album earned Gaga a impressive 6 Grammy nominations and two wins. She later released”The Fame Monster”, an extension to the first album. Technically, Lady Gaga only has one album, but has achieved the success that most people build their entire career towards.How is this possible? Lady Gaga’s attitude, spunk, and fearlessness has driven her to the empire that she has become.
Recently, Lady Gaga received criticisim from the media for her latest video for her single, “Telephone” which features Beyonce. In the “Telephone” video, Lady Gaga is taken to prison, stripped down, and hops on the bars of the prison cell and flashes her private area to the camera. Gaga claims she did this because she wanted to put an end to the constant question of whether or not she had both male and female parts, or androgyny.
Lady Gaga has been reported saying comments that allude to the mystery that surrounds her gender as well as her sexuality. For this, the homosexual/ bisexual community absolutely flocks to Lady Gaga. When asked about her large number of gay/ lesbian fans Gaga says that she believes that they can relate to her. And that is her goal. She wants her fans to relate to her, and she also wants they to love her music and her persona. She works hard for the admiration.
Lady Gaga is not just your typical pop artist. She actually writes most of her own music with few collaborations. She is a superb pianist. She strives to be a role model to women. She’s worked with a lot of the top names in the music business like Beyonce, Elton John, and many more. She created her own image and has made a major success out of her own career.
As I was flilpping through a recent issue of Comsopolitain, I read an article/ interview featuring Lady Gaga. It basically gave an overview of how this ugly duckling, loner geek in high school turned into the diamond in the rough superstar she is today. The last thing Lady Gaga was quoted saying is “some women chase men and some women chase their dreams. If you’re wondering which one to chase, your dreams can’t wake up one morning and say they don’t love you anymore.” I gained a new respect that day for this 24-year-old diva. She has a certain wisdom about her.
Lady Gaga’s daring attitude and wisdom beyond her age attracts everyone from a 13-year-old girl who dreams of being a pop star to a 40-year-old mother who wishes she could regain the spunk and atttitude she once had in her youth. Despite the controversy of her wild antics, her revealing outfits, and her ambigiuos sexuality, Lady Gaga has managed to entrace everyone from Beyonce to the Queen of England (whom she met last year).
Even I can relate to Lady Gaga. She’s an artist at heart and she doesn’t care how people critize the work that she does. I am like her in that respect. The art that I create, whether it is through my fictional writing or through the music that I play, is my own. However people critize it will not change how proud I am of what I have done.
I wish that sense of standing behind what you’ve done and being proud of it regardless of what people say was more alive in my generation. Instead, my generation has become one that has been taught to seek out approval because that is the only way you can get ahead. What happens to the individual’s soul that does not create for the simple act of creating and getting it out there? It become dull and hollow, constantly seeking for approval from the masses.
Granted, Lady Gaga does in some ways seek approval from the public, but it’s in her own way and on her own terms. She never compromises who she is or the message she wants to convey. I never compromise who I am nor the message I want to convey. Lady Gaga and I, though completely different, are relateable. She has a lot to say and she is not done yet. I have a lot to say and I have not even begun yet.
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