This woman is becoming a phenomenon on the pop world. Like she's the next messiah or some other deep shit.

I only like Love Game and Just Dance.

I must say I never heard a song from her. After the Katy Perry incident, I refrained myself from listening songs the new pop chick in da block du jour.

I've heard "Just Dance" a few times. The song is ok for me, but the video is a bit embarrassing, given that Miss Gaga can't dance! The gestures she makes to hide part of her face are pretty funny, too!

Moonbeam said:

Well u confirmed what I expected. She may another industry puppet.

Will download a song from her.

PURE AND UTTER SHIT!

She's like a poor womans POOR version of Gwen Stefani.

Abysmal.

Which means she'll no doubt be #1 soon.

Matronik said:

That song is hot boy, I dont know what u talkin about. U always promotoin some new pop diva(s)

FIRST REVIEWS IN per electroqueer.com. I really can't wait for this release; it sounds like this year's "Robyn", which means it will be successful around the globe and flop in the U.S. Just Dance is already a monster in Canada and Australia (as it should be).

My Thoughts On Lady Gaga's Album "The Fame"

Lady Gaga's new album "The Fame" is THE most exciting electro pop album to be released this year. Absolutely no question about that. From the moment I ripped open the highly secure advance copy of the CD, I was mesmerized. Don't ask me for a copy of the CD either - I'm under strict orders from the label not to distribute it...so unfortunately you'll have to wait until it comes out or gets leaked by some other naughty blogger. But what I can tell you is that you won't be disappointed. Whatsoever. This album is what Gwen Stefani and Madonna should be doing and I'm sure I'm not the only person to think this...this isn't sticky "sweet escapeness" people. This is some serious electro pop.

Opening with her smash "Just Dance" you're in familiar territory. No matter how many times I hear this song, it still sounds "shiny and new" and I think it will be continue to sound piping hot for another five years or so. Lady Gaga truly is ahead of her time. "Love Game" is one of the hottest electro tracks I've heard in awhile. Huge single potential here. I absolutely love the lyrics too...here's a sample...

"Let's have some fun, this beat is sick. I wanna take a ride on your disco stick..."

Flawless. Tre naughty the Gaga gets on this one - whatever could she be talking about I wonder? In "Paparazzi" we hear the Gaga obsessing over someone to the point of idolization. The track explores how love's obsession can sometimes be compared to fame and how we can envision people as famous in our own little worlds. When I interviewed Lady Gaga, she said that the concept of the record as a whole was "the idea that you can encompass fame from within and feel famous and convince every one else that you are too by valuing everything you do in life." and "Papparazzi" is definitley representative of what Lady Gaga is trying to convey to all of us here. Let's examine the chorus shall we?

"I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me. Papa, Paparazzi"
"Baby you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me. Papa, Paparazzi".

Very clever - probably my favourite song on the album. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" is a loose dancetastic piano-y bouncy track. "Bang Bang Bang" hollas the Gaga. "Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" sees Lady G exploring her softer pop side. You can totally see this track being a commercial pop single as well with it's beautiful synthy sparkly bits. It's what Paris Hilton would have hoped for when she released her "Stars Are Blind" single. It's like Madonna's "Cherish" for 2009. "Poker Face" sees a return to her trademark sound of "Just Dance" with it's sonic throbbing and chants. In title track "The Fame" we are reminded ever so slightly of Madonna's "Material Girl" against a head-bopping electro guitar sound while "Money Honey" explores the idea that her lover's lovin is worth more than good old hardcore cashola, call it Gaga's "M.O.N.E.Y shot" if you will.

"When you touch me it's so delicious...that's money honey!"

In "Again Again" we see Lady Gaga conjuring up some of the "Back To Basics" sound that Christina Aguilera explored on her last concept album, but in a way that totally works and is retro-tastic but totally now. You really get a feel for Gaga's vocal range on this track and you can just see her in a blood red dress with a big ol microphone belting out this timeless tune. In "Boys Boys Boys" we are treated to some 80's dirty syth which girates straight outta Lady G's lady love zone. It's naughty naughty naughty and I like it, like it, love it! It's kinda a gay man's anthem. With clever word play like "Let's go see The Killers and make out in the bleachers..." you can really tell that she's sorta living out her schoolgirl days in this song.

In "Brown Eyes" the Gaga channels an Avril Lavingne type ballad, and surpisingly it isn't annoying. It's the most down-tempo track on the album. Beautifully simple and a great pop track. In the closing track, "Summer Boy" you'll be left feeling that this whole experience of listening to Lagy Gaga's debut album was really worth it. You'll understand that she's a pop force to reckon with. She writes very very good pop songs, has her finger on the pulse of quality music and preaches that electro pop is not dead.

All hail the next pop superstar.

Her name is Lady Gaga and she has a special message for you...press play.

Enough said. Lady Gaga's debut album "The Fame" is out this fall.

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So tracklist would be.
1. Just Dance
2. Love Game
3. Paparazzi
4. Beautiful Dirty Rich
5. Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
6. Poker Face
7. The Fame
8. Money Honey
9. Again Again
10. Boys Boys Boys
11. Brown Eyes
12. Summer Boy

Album trailer:



Poker Face sounds incredible.
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“Just Dance” singer Lady Gaga gives back to the gays
By Brandon Voss

Not quite sure what to make of electro-pop diva Lady Gaga’s theatrical fashion-forward fierceness? Follow the advice of her international hit single: “Just dance. It’ll be okay.” Still hot off a history-making performance on the Miss Universe Pageant in Vietnam and with her glittery debut album The Fame out in October, the 22-year-old NYC native discusses booze, bisexuality and even Britney before she makes all the boys gag at Daniel Nardicio’s birthday celebration on Friday, August 8, at The Ice Palace in Cherry Grove.

HX: Did you always know that the gays were going to go gaga over your music?
Lady Gaga: I have a lot of gay friends, so it was more like, I wonder if my friends will like it. I’m a dancer and grew up in a theater community in New York, so I feel like my music is a product of that environment. I find something really beautiful about the spirit of the gay community. I feel a part of it. I was the girl in high school who never really had a lot of popular friends, so I found my place with my gay friends in acting school and dance class. It’s a really inspiring community, and I feel very privileged to be around it.

Who’s your best gay friend?
I couldn’t say—I have too many! I would upset a lot of people.

You surely earned even more gay fans with the recent announcement that you wrote a track for Britney’s upcoming album. Was that a dream come true?
Yeah. I was working with Rodney Jerkins on Pussycat Dolls, and we wrote this song—I almost slipped and told you the name. Thank God I caught myself; I respect her a lot, so I was to give her control over that. When we were done with the song, I was like, “Oh, I want to sing it,” but my album was already closed. It never even crossed my mind that she was doing a new record. Then Rodney played it for [Britney’s manager] Larry Rudolph, who was in the studio. Rodney called me later and was like, “Britney’s people are freaking out about this song.” Ultimately, she makes the decisions, so when I found out that she loved it and was going to record it, it was amazing. I actually heard it yesterday with her on it for the first time, and I really had chills.

Shouldn’t you start being more selfish with hits that you write?
My record is really great, and it has a lot of hits on there that I can run with for a while. I’m not an egomaniac; I don’t need to sing every great song that I write. If anything, it’s more of an achievement for me as a writer to get to write for a superstar.

You did a mini-promo tour of the NYC gay club scene a couple of months ago. What was that experience like?
It was awesome, and it made me want to work harder. When I was at Splash, I was mad that I was performing, because I wanted to be on E, sweating my pants off in the crowd. When I play at gay clubs, it’s like playing for my friends: They get it and understand what I’m trying to say, and they have a very open mind about art, pop and commercial music. When I did Miss Universe, all of the gays on my site were like, “Man, you looked so cool. We loved your outfit.” But every now and then you’ll see a comment that’s like, “I love her, but she’s a little weird.” I’m always thinking to myself, Oh, they just don’t know fashion. [Laughs]

Performing for years in downtown clubs, your life could’ve taken a darker turn. How’d you avoid temptation?
Well, I really didn’t for a little while. I was for sure not focused, but I was making great work. I don’t want to encourage people to do drugs for music or anything, but I did it because I wanted to understand what inspired the artistic life of the ’70s and how Andy Warhol functioned. It was sort of a creative journey for myself, and at some point it just got out of hand. I was having trouble sleeping, and I would have a panic attack after one glass of wine just because my body was so afraid of substance. I was too afraid to lose everything.

Was there a night in particular that inspired “Just Dance”?
Yeah, for sure. If you’ve ever been so high that it’s, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication. I wrote the song the day after I had just flew in from New York to L.A., so I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. I wrote it instantly—like it flew out of my body. I’d been working on this album for two-and-a-half years, and I was at a crossroads with my songwriting. I was trying to be so cool with my own music, but I would get better responses when I would write for other artists because I was not trying to be cool. So when I did “Just Dance,” that was my way of being like, “just f**kin’ write a good song. Stop worrying about what’s going to fly in the underground. Worry about writing a great record.” Actually, that record ended up being more powerful than any of the songs that I racked my brain writing, and after that, it was an influx of record after record. It was almost like a switch went off in my brain, and I figured out how to write a good pop song.

Are you really as boy-crazy as your lyrics suggest?
Yeah. Well, I’m girl-crazy too. I really depends on where I am. I love men, I love women and I love sex, but I’m actually pretty introverted right now because I’m so enveloped in my work, and it’s hard to let anybody near that. People f**k with your energy, and it’s very hard to find people that are supportive of your art and don’t want to take time away from it. A lot of times, boyfriends and girlfriends get jealous and want all your attention, and I really don’t have time for that.

Do you consider yourself bisexual?
Sure. I mean, I don’t really consider sexual orientation in general. It’s like, people are born the way they are.

If a drag queen wanted to do Lady Gaga, what would be your best advice?
If you’re wearing a blonde wig or extensions, you have to wash it with purple shampoo. Because I don’t have any yellow in my hair and I’m very insane about that.

What’s been your most mind-blowing appearance thus far?
Probably Gay Pride in San Francisco. To be asked to play the main stage and close the whole weekend was—I don’t know. I got very choked up on stage. Right before I did “Just Dance,” I said, “I just want to tell all of you that being here makes me so f**king proud.” Everybody looked very emotional. It was kind of this beautiful moment, because I can put out a lot of records, write for other people, sell and get famous, but it’s not the same as really connecting with and inspiring a community of people. If I can be that for anyone, especially the gay community, that’s incredible.

The Fame (Interscope) is out Oct. 9.


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It's just badly executed euro-pop.

And therefor tres boring.

Shit as soon as i saw Akon's Ass in the Video, It was enough for me