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In the 1980s Madonna took on the New York Club world and then refined pop music as we know it. Lady Gaga has already conquered the clubs and now has her sites on refining the genre. Even if you didn’t now her name, you’ve heard Lady Gaga’s songs in promotions for “So You Think You Can Dance?”, “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Gossip Girl,” and others. With the release of her debut album, "The Fame," and opening for New Kids on the Block’s hotly anticipated tour, Lady Gaga will no longer be known just in New York’s dance spots. She won’t be the next pop princess either. Although some of Lady Gaga’s vocals echo Gwen Stefani, her music is authentically hers and her sound true New York. Lady Gaga is refining pop for the new millennium combining the best of disco’s past with new age technology and beats, while coating the whole thing in her glamorous attitude.
Recently Lady Gaga and her disco stick made their first trip to Atlanta to open for New Kids on the Block at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. After performing four shows in one day and not sleeping for 30 hours, Lady Gaga still found time and energy for a midnight show at Bazzaar in midtown. Bazzaar’s posh interior was slammed with Lady Gaga’s Atlanta fans, confirming their love for her and her new found affection for Atlanta.
“I f*%king love Atlanta,” states Lady Gaga. “I’m in heaven. I’ve got fans here!”
After playing New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden the night before and not sleeping since, Lady Gaga is not concerned about the lack of rest.
“It has just been so fun. I don’t even care that I haven’t slept. I just want to kill for his record; I’ll stay up four, eight, ten days it necessary,” says Lady Gaga. “We played Madison Square Garden last night. I’ve played every club in that city and to actually play the Garden was a dream.”
A lot of Lady Gaga’s dreams are coming true. From her first performance at Madison Square Garden to "The Fame" debuting in iTunes Top 5 Albums, the Lady Gaga train shows no sign of stopping. Any artist would be thrilled to have an album released, but given the fact that Lady Gaga co-wrote all the songs makes it that much sweeter.
“I had been writing and writing for so long and my songs were being used for other artists,” explains Lady Gaga. “Then when I did “Just Dance” the label said, “that is a Gaga record.” They let me put my own flow to it and put out a pop record that is still very New York. The record is telling a story about a part of the country a lot of people don’t know about. Pop is back!”
Pop maybe be back with a vengeance, but Lady Gaga’s love for the flashy glamorous side of the genre is nothing new; it dates back to her first performance.
“In first grade I was in the play "Three Billy Goats Gruff." Everyone else used paper mache, but I made my antlers out of tin foil and aluminum hangers,” Lady Gaga jokes. “I was the star.”
Then and now Lady Gaga’s star continues to rise much to the credit of her fans, and if Bazzaar’s gathering is any indication she has plenty of loyal and new ones.
“I just want [the fans] to know that I love them, and thank you so much for supporting me,” says Lady Gaga. “The record is really about inter-fame and that you can take that fame and make it if you want to.”
Lady Gaga clearly wants to. And, as she leaves Atlanta for the next New Kids on the Block show in North Carolina, her fame and relentless quest for it show no signs of stopping.
