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The first original song she played for Sullivan “began with a harsh beat, a decaying synth horn, and a backwards-bass effect.” As it played, Gaga shouted, “I wrote this for him!” explaining that since Carl liked only heavy metal and “doesn’t like my sing-songy piano ballads,” she would perform “music to impress him, so I can be close to him.”
She laid out an image in the lyrics of photographers chasing her as she chased Carl and then sang to him, calling him “Papa” — which she then expanded to “Paparazzi,” the title of the song that would later become the fourth from her debut album to top Billboard’s Pop Songs chart
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It's interesting to hear the origins of her best song. It's kind of surreal though to imagine someone as (seemingly) powerful, confident, and self-contained as Gaga being so wrapped up in somebody else, practically acting out just to be noticed by them.
It's dark & beautiful all at once.
(as not many people know Bjork's app)