Lady S. Talking about working W/Gaga
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When someone wild like Lady Gaga comes on the scene, we question where she came from. Can we say that you had a hand in her creation?
Yes. I exposed her to an attitude, and a confidence.
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Rather than a sound or a specific style?
It wasn’t the artistic stuff. It was being the friend that she needed, and it was simply being who I am. I don’t believe in societal restrictions. It wasn’t a choice – conformity simply never occurred to me. Excuse the pun, but I was just born that way.
Nice. But what about Gaga? Was she born that way?
She definitely was. But she didn’t have people around her that were like her. She wasn’t getting the encouragement to do the things she wanted to do. So she felt restricted.
Justin Bieber released six albums before his 19th birthday, and Rihanna has released seven since 2005. They don’t have time to reinvent, right?
(the dragging starts here)
Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they’re not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don’t write the music. They have people doing things for them. Whereas Gaga is more like a Bowie. Gaga is a real musician, and a real artist. Her thing is the creative process – she’s involved in everything. She’s pop, but, in a way, she’s more like a rock-and-roll act.
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Her first album was*The Fame, in 2008. Did the two of you think about the celebrity and the fame when you were dreaming together, before Gaga broke big?
Yes. That was all we envisioned. That was the goal. Why do it, if you don’t want to go all the way? We wouldn’t accept anything less than world domination.
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he's a songwriter ffs.
gurl bye! 