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Celeb News: Lady Gaga's Billboard interview
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Lady Gaga's Billboard interview
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About the new album, what can you tell me?
The breadth of the album is enormous. My fans are going to enjoy the journey. One of my favorite songs on the album is the last song. It was originally going to be the first single. It's called "Marry the Night." It was produced by myself and Fernando Garibay. When Fernando and I did it, it was actually after I had written OEBorn This Way,' but hadn't yet produced it. It was like this sonic light bulb went off and we were like, "That's the sound! That's the future." The lyrics are "I'm gonna marry the night, I won't give up on my life. I'm a warrior queen... I'm gonna make love to the stars... I'm a soldier to my own emptiness. I'm a winner." The record is just this massive, gas-station, disco record, music--that every single one of these songs could have been a hit record.
Do you care how many copies of this album sell, or sell in the first week?
It's not about the numbers. But I won't say that I'm not honored to be No. 1 on Billboard. Because it is a tremendous honor. And to be the 1,000th No. 1 on Billboard... I would be silly not to say this is the greatest honor of my career... To have sold so many singles so quickly and to be a message--not a song about a nightclub, not a song about sex--a message about love and positivity?
The video for "Born This Way," it's coming shortly.
Yes. I saw the edit of it today and it's amazing. I did it with Nick Knight, co-directed it with him and Lauren Gibson and the Haus--so it's really a Haus of Gaga directorial debut with Nick Knight. It . . . looks completely different than everything I've ever done.
Can you give a teaser, a sense of what fans can expect?
Um, it is the birth of the new race. Really deep stuff.
How did you decide what producers to work with for "Born This Way"? Do you ever consider working with, or does Interscope ever suggest you work with a mainstream hitmaker?
Interscope--I say this with love--they don't have anything to do with my creative process.
So how do you decide who to work with?
I wanted to work with RedOne again because we have this incredible magic together. We did a song called "Judas," a song called "Hair"...
What is that magic that he brings?
He has no ego.
"No ego." How does that translate in the studio? Being open to ideas?
It translates as musical hippies... [The producers I work with] are unbelievably talented, open-minded and in touch with the underground dance community as well as orchestral movie soundtrack music as well as rock music, metal music.
I think in the music industry, something has happened where the producers have begun to think or believe--or the industry has begun to think or believe--that the producer makes the hits. This is the most dangerous thing that has happened to this business. Because it takes the credibility away from the singer and from the artist. It's unfair to the artist. What I've experienced working with these producers... We work as a unit.. If I want to lay down a synth line, they're like, "Let's do it." If I change that beat... It's a process.. We sit around on laptops, we'll work on our different computers, different programs, and then we pass everything around on USB sticks and then we convert it to the proper file format to put it into one computer. And actually, Fernando Garibay was the musical director of the whole album. That's the key to the success of the music industry--allowing the artist to creatively run the ship.
There are certain artists who aren't able to run the ship.
Or maybe they are, but producers are getting in their way. I'll probably get in trouble for saying that, but I don't care, because I'm looking out for the future of this industry. And I believe so much that this industry is being revitalized every day in more and more areas... we can sell millions and millions of records in the first week, like we used to.
But we have to remember that music began with the artist... I cannot thank Troy Carter and Vincent enough for how they have supported me over the years. They believe in me so much. I will never leave Troy. I will never leave Vincent. Until my artistic death, I will be loyal to them because they are the truth of this industry.
Can you explain their respective roles?
Troy is my manager, and Vincent is my A&R, but with the new structure, the 360 deals with the music business, Vincent is essentially my partner. We work on everything together. They let the Haus of Gaga creatively run everything that I do and everything that we do. Troy is tremendously talented. Vincent is tremendously talented. They've never tried to re-create me, because it can't be done.
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It's a great interview. read the full thing at http://www.billboard.com/news/the-la...05041172.story
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There are certain artists who aren't able to run the ship.
- Or maybe they are, but producers are getting in their way. I'll probably get in trouble for saying that, but I don't care, because I'm looking out for the future of this industry.
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I will never leave Troy. I will never leave Vincent. Until my artistic death, I will be loyal to them because they are the truth of this industry.
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I like these quotes. who are they talking about in the first one?
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I believe so much that this industry is being revitalized every day in more and more areas... we can sell millions and millions of records in the first week, like we used to.
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and this is so true.
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This truly is amazing 
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She's turning into a right confident bitch. I love it 
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Fierce bitch
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Gaga is Stefani Germanotta. I don't create any separation between my birth name and my subsequent birth name--Lady Gaga. That's the point of what I'm trying to say. Gaga is not manufactured . . . it is not artificial. The world, and I base this on the music industry, is obsessed with artists and glamour and creativity and fashion. And artistry has become something that people believe is artificial. For myself, it is my reality. I exist at all times halfway between reality and fantasy. That's the way I was born.
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This was so well said.
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I love that cover so much.
Where is she talking about Target?
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Originally posted by KRL
I like these quotes. who are they talking about in the first one?
and this is so true.
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I thought of Tricky Stewart & The Dream at first who had a reign of terror on a huge number of R&B records in 09 particularly, but William Orbit was ranting on twitter just the other day about how Max Martin & Dr Luke have taken control of Femme Fatale.
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So are those things in her face & shoulder really her bones? Did she alter them or something? 
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Originally posted by BadBitchRihanna.
So are those things in her face & shoulder really her bones? Did she alter them or something? |
Lol no they're prosthetics. She's being ridiculous.
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What is an A&R ? 
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Originally posted by BadBitchRihanna.
So are those things in her face & shoulder really her bones? Did she alter them or something? |
Prosthetics 
And i believe they are suppose to get longer, like added to them as time progresses, should be interesting
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I hate Fernando Garibay. Looking forward to the RedOne tracks.
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Artist and Repertoire.
Death at me thinking: Aliens & Rainbows.
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Prosthetics
And i believe they are suppose to get longer, like added to them as time progresses, should be interesting |
Oh okay. I was about to say.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Lol no they're prosthetics. She's being ridiculous.
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I should've known. 
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Originally posted by BadBitchRihanna.
Oh okay. I was about to say.
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Somehow she is eventually going to tie that into the unicorn theme.. i heard that somewhere.. i guess only time will tell what is really goiing to happen with them
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This has to be one of my favorite interviews she's ever done. Her insight is just amazing. She rejects all the ******** of this industry.
I've learned to just not doubt Gaga anymore.
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