G- Gaga

"I wanted a new way to reinvent myself." There are a few different stories of how Lady Gaga got her stage name. Lady Gaga found her self in the New York Underground scene. Gaga Got her name from Queen's song "Radio Gaga." Her producer and boyfriend at the time: Rob Fusari would always start singing "Radio Gaga" whenever she walked into the studio because he thought her vocal style was a lot like the lead singer Freddie Mercury from Queen. 

 At first it was just a nick name used by her friends, then by the time she was starting to preform she knew she needed a new name more fitting to her life. Rob was trying to text Radio Gaga and his phone corrected it to Lady and sent it to gaga. She Loved it! "Gaga is sort of crazy and Lady has such connotations." From that day she decided that she would be known as Lady Gaga.
Rob helped get her career started, he helped write Beautiful Dirty Rich, Disco Heaven, Dirty Ice cream, and the biggest hit he was apart of is Paparazzi. In 2010 Rob attempted to file a lawsuit on Lady Gaga for 30 million dollars claiming that he gave Gaga her name and made her who she is today. Lady gaga came back with a counter lawsuit for Rob for acting as her talent agent with no license to do so. Later in 2010 they both decide to drop their law suits on each other.

GAGA: Overexcited or irrational, typically as a result of infatuation or excessive enthusiasm, mentally confused, Senile

F- Fashion

Amen Fashion, On the runway, work it! Black Jesus. Lady Gaga is one of the biggest fashion icons of all time. Dresses made out of meat, latex,  to bubbles, and even dresses made of hair are just the beginning to her fashion legacy. From her hats and head dresses, her glasses, and of course her shoes she could only pull off, are all apart of who she is. She is as fearless as her image. 

Lady Gaga is known to be always being wearing something far from normal. "If something is ugly, I have to wear it." She is known for wearing a lot of leather, latex, studs, and blood. When her career first started she came out with the infamous disco mask worn in Poker face. She has gone to drastic measures wearing a dress made out of bubbles, a meat dress,a dress made out of pearls, she even has a dress made out of Kermit the frog too. As most of her dresses are made by famous designers such as Alexander McQueen. The living dress is one of my all time favorite outfits worn by Gaga, the living dress was designed by Via Burnham. The living dress is able to move on it's own, the dress is run off of controls and pulley systems. 

Lady Gaga is notoriously known for her love of hats/head dresses. In the picture above, she is wearing the red masquerade custom which her head is covered because that was after the Paparazzi has killed her. One of the most famous head dresses she wore was the birds nest designed by McQueen, it literally looks like a bird nest. She wears almost anything she can put on her head, from lobster hats, to horns, to telephones, and even the famous bow in her hair. 

She has some of the most crazy shoes possible. All of her shoes are ridiculously tall and she still manages to preform in them and hardly fall. She has large platforms with no backs to them. Also her rounded heels she wore in Bad Romance. 

She is her fashion and that is what she lives by. 

E- Equality

Lady Gaga is one of the biggest super stars that pushes gay rights. "They say this country is free, and they say this country is equal but it is not equal if it is sometimes." "We need change!" Lady Gaga has spoken at Gay Rights rally and walked in many gay parades. She has many songs pushing towards equality. She also has donated a very large chunk of money to the gay community.                   

Lady Gaga circulates herself in a gay community, a very large percent of her fans are gay, most of her back up dancers are as well gay. In 2010 Lady Gaga brought four soldiers that were discharged because of their sexuality to the VMA'S. "Bless god and bless the gays!"
Lady Gaga would only allow Target to sell her album if they could step up their support in the gay rights movement, asking if they could donate a little more. Target never stepped up so she refuses to sell her albums there.Each stop on the Monster Ball Tour, Lady Gaga donated 20,000 dollars to a charity benefiting the  LGBTQ youth, a charity that creates a future.
 Lady Gaga tells us all, to go after our local government and we can make a difference. "We must demand full equality for all."
Lady Gaga has written many songs promoting gay rights. Of course the biggest gay song she wrote is Born This way, encouraging everyone to just love everyone and to be yourself and love every part of it. Also, Alejandro that promoted gay rights in the army. Poker Face, Boys Boys Boys, Highway Unicorn, and Americano are also songs written about gay pride. 

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D- everything DISCO

                                                       The Disco stick is a prop that Gaga uses and has changed a little for each album. On The Fame Ball tour, Gaga used her first disco stick. It was a long pole with crystals on the top that glowed.

During The Monster Ball, Lady Gaga came out with a bigger, better, brighter disco stick. This time the pole was almost transparent, but also lighting up. The top of the disco stick had much larger crystals and it basically had it's own spotlight she could shine on any little monster.
In the Born this way tour she comes out with a very goth themed disco stick. It is all black, most likely leather. It has very large black crystals that almost look like daggers. The evolution of the Disco Stick is sure to keep changing with time.
"The ball is turning, 300 mirrors are burning, through the hearts of the crowd in the back hips just banging the track to the music." Gaga uses disco as one of her many themes. She has also incorporated disco into her music by the famous disco mask worn in Poker Face, one of her outfits looks like a disco ball, and her disco bra and panties.Lady Gaga even wrote a song called Disco Heaven, the lyrics above are from this song. Gaga started her career as a burlesque dancer where she first got into the disco theme.Gaga's first songs she recorded have a very disco theme to them. Disco is a big inspiration to her and a big part of her life as well.          

  

C- Controversial

Lady Gaga is one of the most controversial artists of today. In her music she writes about sexuality, sex, cheating, religion, and of course her fashion itself is controversial. "I have a strong sense of my own sexuality. I love the naked human body and I have huge body confidence."


In Gaga's song Pokerface, she makes it very clear that she is bisexual when she sings "cause I'm bluffin with my muffin." Lady Gaga was one of the first artist to come out through a song.  "The fact that I'm into women, they're all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable." When this song came out in late 2008, I was just starting to come out to people and hearing this song made things a lot easier knowing that a star like Lady Gaga is as well gay. 


Monster is one of my favorite songs of all the albums, and that song is about the fear of sex. "I wanna dance but he took me home instead uh oh! There was a monster in my bed. We french kissed on a subway train, he tore my clothes right off. He ate my heart then he ate my brain. " This line shows how she gets used just for sex and no one actually loves her. Also in the song Love Game, she is ready to cheat and turn her relationship into a game. "I'm on a mission, and it involves some heavy touching, yeah 

you've indicated your interest, I'm educated in sex, yes
and now I want it bad, want it bad
a love game." 


Since Lady Gaga became famous, there were always rumors about her being a hermaphrodite, instead of letting that get her down she embraces the rumors. "I don't know if you've heard, but I have a pretty tremendous dick," it's obvious she doesn't but she won't let anything bring her down. 

The song Judas is one of the most controversial music video of the 2010's. She uses religion to refer to her relationship. "I wanna love you.. but somethings pulling me away from you, Jesus is my virtue and Judas is the demon I cling to," this line shows that she wants a good relationship, but she can not seem to get a way from the bad. Also in this music video she enters the scene on motorcycles riding with Jesus followed by the 12 disciples, including Judas. Throughout the video it shows how Judas is betraying Jesus. 

B- Born This Way Foundation

The Born This Way Foundation was funded by Gaga and her mother Cynthia in late 2011. The Born This way Foundation officially started on February 29th 2012. The Idea of the Born This Way Foundation is to aim towards a more accepting society , where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. There are three pillars to the Foundation: Safety, Skills, and opportunities. The Born This Way Foundation will aim to create a braver, Kinder world. The Born This Way foundation is one big movement encouraging youth empowerment. 

"Bullies are for losers," a quote said by Gaga when she preformed "Hair" at the IHeartRadio Concert in tribute to Jeremy, a monster who taken his life a few days before. The Born This Way Foundation wants to create a safe environment for youth to explore themselves and not to be scared because of their sexuality or the way they dress. The Born This Way Foundation provides online support for all of those who don't feel like they're good enough. 


The BTWF also wants to give the skills, tools, and resources you will need. Now is the time we need to make a change, The Born This Way Foundation shows how important it is for a change, where everyone is accepted for who they are. “I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star… I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.”  


The Born This Way Foundation also gives the opportunity to reach out to your community and give a helping hand. The BTWF  provides ways to implement solutions and impact local community's. People will be able to lead the charge impacting your surroundings. 


There are also many ways you can help with this movement. Share your story of bravery, Let all of your friends and family know what the Born This Way Foundation is doing, and donate money and never be afraid to be yourself. 

A- Alejandro

Alejandro was the third hit off of The Fame Monster. Alejandro was Lady Gaga's seventh song to make the Billboard Top 100. On April 17th 2010 Alejandro was charted at number five on the top 100. Gaga is the only artist to have her first seven hits be charted in the top 10. As the whole Fame Monster album was about fear, Alejandro represents "the fear of men." Alejandro is not just a fear of men it's also a big gay movement for the military. In the controversial music video for Alejandro which was released on June 8th 2010, it shows that the gay soldiers had to hide who they really are because of the Don't ask Don't tell policy. Don't ask Don't tell banned soldiers of the U.S military were not to reveal their sexuality if they wanted to continue to fight for their country. Because of their sexuality, they were often discharged or not allowed to fight on the front line. The video shows that the gay population in the military is a big deal and they shouldn't have to hide themselves. When Gaga sings  "Don't call my name," it shows that the soldiers do not want to be called out and put to shame because of their sexuality. Also Alejandro is about finding love, In the video it shows how active gay soldiers do often fantasize/experience sex and love with other men. With the video for Alejandro and Gaga's dedication in raising money for the LGBT, she helped abolish the Don't ask Don't Tell. On September 20th 2011 when DADT was repealed  soldiers were allowed to be openly be gay in the Army. Lady Gaga was awarded with the Randy Shilts Visibility Award. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIabfCEsZRA&feature=g-vrec&context=G2713c7bRVAAAAAAAAAg