1.- Lady Gaga at Good Morning America's Concert. In this videos you can see her incredibly amazing entrance, as well as her performances of Bad Romance, Born This Way and Hair in a Unicorn-Shaped Piano!
More After the Break...
Lady Gaga live GMA
2.- Lady Gaga was interviewed by British actor and author Stephen Fry for the latest issue of the Financial Times, on newsstands now. The two met at the Lanesborough Hotel in London to discuss fame, fans and more.
Here you can listen to the Audio, hear them talking: FT
Some quotes:
On money:
“It’s honestly true that money means nothing to me. The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga licence plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car. Other than that I put everything in the show, and I actually went bankrupt after the first extension of The Monster Ball.”
“I sent them hot chocolate yesterday, and macaroons, and then today I had press all day and I felt a bit bad because I wouldn’t have much of a chance to go down and say hello. But I did manage to go down and brought them some fresh cookies and flowers. <...> Little Monsters are a community. It’s kind of nice that wherever I go they create a little home for me.
On Madonna:
“I genuinely love her so much. I think she is so amazing. She could never be replicated and, yes, I’m Italian, I’m from New York, and not for nothing, it’s not my fault that I kind of look like her, right? So, look, if anything, it’s more annoying to me that people would insinuate that I don’t like to be compared to her… She’s wonderful and inspiring and liberating, and she’s certainly inspired my album, as did David Bowie, as did Prince, as did Michael Jackson, as did Grace Jones, and I would never take that away.”
Here you can read the Article: FT
3.- Gaga is featured in this month’s issue of Costco Connection. She sits down for a rather brief, face-to-face chat with the magazine and discusses her definition of fame, her journey to where she is today and more!
She Was Born This Way
By Gary Graff
By Gary Graff
It’s gutsy to call your first album The Fame before you’re, well, famous. But Lady Gaga knew what she was talking about.
Since her debut in 2008, the multimedia pop auteur (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in Yonkers, New York) has sold more than 15 million copies of her two albums and 51 million singles worldwide, topping the charts with hits such as “Just Dance,” “Poker Face” and “Born This Way.” The last is the title track of her new album and the fastest-selling single in iTunes history, moving a million cop- ies in just five days. Five Grammys are among the 104 awards she’s won around the globe.
Her Monster Ball Tour was one of the most successful of 2010 and is on target to gross nearly $200 million worldwide. She took Kermit the Frog as her date to the MTV Video Music Awards. Elton John likes her so much he made her godmother to his son.
Gaga, 25, is perhaps the most provocative pop star since Madonna, and with the same sensation-causing knack for outrageous fash- ions (for the record, that raw meat jacket she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards was not made from Kirkland Signature beef), envelope-pushing performances and the occasional juicy media quote. But as she sings on the song “Born This Way,” it’s what she feels she was meant to do.
The Costco Connection caught up with Lady Gaga for a face-to-face interview.
Since her debut in 2008, the multimedia pop auteur (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in Yonkers, New York) has sold more than 15 million copies of her two albums and 51 million singles worldwide, topping the charts with hits such as “Just Dance,” “Poker Face” and “Born This Way.” The last is the title track of her new album and the fastest-selling single in iTunes history, moving a million cop- ies in just five days. Five Grammys are among the 104 awards she’s won around the globe.
Her Monster Ball Tour was one of the most successful of 2010 and is on target to gross nearly $200 million worldwide. She took Kermit the Frog as her date to the MTV Video Music Awards. Elton John likes her so much he made her godmother to his son.
Gaga, 25, is perhaps the most provocative pop star since Madonna, and with the same sensation-causing knack for outrageous fash- ions (for the record, that raw meat jacket she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards was not made from Kirkland Signature beef), envelope-pushing performances and the occasional juicy media quote. But as she sings on the song “Born This Way,” it’s what she feels she was meant to do.
The Costco Connection caught up with Lady Gaga for a face-to-face interview.
Costco Connection: What’s your definition of fame?
Lady Gaga: What I’ve learned is that you really don’t need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous. Me and my friends just simply declared fame on our own, and we made art and we said, “This is the future,” and we dressed in a way that says, “This is fashion.” It was our confidence and our conviction and our abilities—and our vanity—to be the lit- mus test of pop culture, and having that be in every fiber of our being. You can talk about it all day, but it’s not true unless you do it.
CC: Did you grow up in an artsy household?
LG: Yes. My mother was in theater when she was young, and my father did some music in high school. They just were very supportive of anything creative I wanted to do, whether it was playing piano or being in plays or taking method acting, which I did when I was 11. They liked that I was a motivated young person.
CC: You went to parochial schools. Is your art a rebellion against that?
LG: No, it was actually helpful. I got a tre- mendous education, and they taught us to be independent as women. I had a really won- derful childhood. I had a rough couple of years at certain points, but why would I focus on those years?
CC: You’ve done a lot of outrageous things, especially onstage. Are you ever apprehensive that those will repel rather than attract an audience?
LG: I think that’s always what drew people to me. I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, truthfully, my music doesn’t exist without the performance-art element.
CC: What makes pop music the best vehicle for you?
LG: Because it was the most provocative thing that I could do in the underground scene. Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, “What kind of music do you make?” and you say, “Pop music.” You might as well have “I’m not cool” stamped on your forehead. So there’s nothing more provocative than taking a genre of music that everybody who’s cool hates— and then making it cool.
CC: You started off writing songs for Britney Spears, Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, New Kids on the Block. Were there ever moments of despair about getting your own career going?
LG: Of course there were. But a record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist. If you only believe that you’re an art- ist when you have a big [financial] advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that’s quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
CC: So now that there is success, and fame, what kind of pressure do you feel as you take your next steps?
LG: I’m very hard on myself—very hard. The pressure is more personal than anything, and I know when I’ve done a great job and I know when I haven’t. But [Born This Way] is my best work, and it was a true labor of love and blood, sweat and tears.
4.- Finally, here's a video that'll make you laugh: Backstage footage at Saturday Night Live:
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Noticias Nuevas - Lady GaGa
1.- Lady Gaga en el concierto de Good Morning America. ¡En estos vídeos podréis ver las performances de Bad Romance, Born This Way, The Edge of Glory y Hair, además de su magnífica entrada!
Lady Gaga live GMA
2.- Lady Gaga fue entrevistada por Stephen Fry para Financial Times.
Podéis escuchar el Audio aquí, aunque está en Inglés: FT
Aquí algunas citaciones, en Español:
Sobre el Dinero:
“Es verdaderamente cierto que el dinero no significa nada para mí. Las únicas cosas grandes que he comprado han sido una válvula para el corazón de mi padre y un Rolls-Royce para su Aniversario. Y eso sólo porque mi padre tenía una matrícula de Lady Gaga en su coche que le hacía ser seguido a todas partes, y me estaba volviendo loca. Aparte de eso, lo pongo todo en el Show, y de hecho llegué a la bancarrota tras la primera rama de mi Monster Ball Tour.”
“Es verdaderamente cierto que el dinero no significa nada para mí. Las únicas cosas grandes que he comprado han sido una válvula para el corazón de mi padre y un Rolls-Royce para su Aniversario. Y eso sólo porque mi padre tenía una matrícula de Lady Gaga en su coche que le hacía ser seguido a todas partes, y me estaba volviendo loca. Aparte de eso, lo pongo todo en el Show, y de hecho llegué a la bancarrota tras la primera rama de mi Monster Ball Tour.”
Sobre los Fans:
“Les envié chocolate caliente ayer, y macaroons, pero hoy he estado todo el día de prensa y no he tenido una oportunidad para decirles hola, por lo que me siento mal. Pero sí conseguí bajar y comprarles flores frescas y galletas <...> Los Little Monsters son una comunidad. Está bien que adonde vaya, creen un pequeño hogar para mí.
“Les envié chocolate caliente ayer, y macaroons, pero hoy he estado todo el día de prensa y no he tenido una oportunidad para decirles hola, por lo que me siento mal. Pero sí conseguí bajar y comprarles flores frescas y galletas <...> Los Little Monsters son una comunidad. Está bien que adonde vaya, creen un pequeño hogar para mí.
Sobre Madonna:
“La quiero tanto. Creo que es aluninante. Y si, soy Italiana, soy de Nueva York, y no es por nada, pero no es culpa mía si me parezco a ella, ¿no? Asi que mira, si hay algo que me moleste es que la gente crea que no me gusta que me comparen con ella… Es increíble, inspiradora y ha inspirado mi Album, como David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson y Grace Jones, y nunca lo olvidaré.”
“La quiero tanto. Creo que es aluninante. Y si, soy Italiana, soy de Nueva York, y no es por nada, pero no es culpa mía si me parezco a ella, ¿no? Asi que mira, si hay algo que me moleste es que la gente crea que no me gusta que me comparen con ella… Es increíble, inspiradora y ha inspirado mi Album, como David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson y Grace Jones, y nunca lo olvidaré.”
Podéis leer el Artículo aquí: FT
3.- En Cotsco Connection Gaga se sienta a una corta entrevista sobre su fama:
Nació de Esta Manera
Por Gary Graff
Por Gary Graff
The Costco Connection cogió a Lady Gaga para una entrevista cara a cara.
Costco Connection: ¿Cuál es tu definición de Fama?
Lady Gaga: Lo que he aprendido es que no necesitas ser una celebridad, o tener dinero, o tener paparazzis todo el día siguiéndote para ser famos@. Mis amigos y yo simplemente declaramos la fama a nosotros y dijimos, “Esto es el futuro,” y nos vestimos de una manera que dijimos, “Esto es Fashion.” Fue nuestra convicción, nuestras abilidades—y nuestra vanidad—el ser el test superior de la cultura pop. Puedes hablar todo el día sobre ello, pero tienes que hacerlo.
CC: ¿Creciste en una familia artística?
LG: Sí. Mi madre hizo teatro de joven y mi padre hizo música en High School. Fueron muy apoyadores siempre que quería hacer algo creativo, ya fuera tocar el piano, o teatro o apuntarme a actuar, que hice cuando tenía 11 años. Les gustaba que fuera una persona joven y motivada.
CC: Fuiste a escuelas Católicas. ¿Es tu Arte rebeldía contra eso?
LG: No, fue una ayuda. Tuve una educación tremenda, nos enseñaron a ser pequeñas mujeres fuertes e independientes. Tuve una niñez fantástica. Tuve un par de años malos, ¿pero para qué fijarse en ellos?
CC: Siempre has hecho cosas polémicas, sobre todo en el escenario. ¿Tienes miedo alguna vez de que podrían repeler a la audiencia, en vez de atraerla?
LG: Creo que eso fue lo que siempre atrajo a gente a mí. Creo que lo que hace a la gente difícil de coger es la naturaleza teatral de mi trabajo, pero en verdad, mi música no existe sin el elemento de performance-art.
CC: ¿Qué hace la música pop el mejor vehículo para tí?
LG: Porque es la cosa más provocativa que podía hacer en la escena underground. De donde yo vengo es muy raro que alguien cool te diga, “¿Qué tipo de música haces?” y tú dices, “Música Pop.” Casi que mejor parece que tienes "No soy cool" estampado en la cara. Así que no hay nada más provocativo que coger algo que no es cool, y hacerlo cool.
CC: Comenzaste haciendo canciones para Britney Spears, Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls y New Kids on the Block. ¿Hubo momentos de desesperación sobre tú propia carrera?
LG: Clasro que sí. Pero un contrato con una discográfica no te hace un artista. Tú te haces un artista, si sólo crees que eres un artista cuando tienes tu contrato y tu primer single, yo diría que es un poco desalmado. Tienes que sentir tu propia grandeza y mostrarla en tu arte.
CC: Ahora que tienes fama, ¿cuál es la presión que afrontas en tus próximos pasos?
LG: Soy muy dura conmigo misma - muy dura. La presión es más mía que de ningún otro, porque sé cuando he hecho algo bien, y cuando he hecho algo mal. Pero se que [Born This Way] es mi mejor trabajo y es el fruto de trabajo, sudor, amor y lágrimas.
4.- Por último, un vídeo muy gracioso del Backstage de SNL, Para +18:
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Mister Gaga
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