Lady Gaga

"Why can't we just have a good time like they did in the disco days?" This is Lady GaGa's lament. Her debut album The Fame does just that. Blasting in like a shot from a sequin cannon, a living disco ball set against a dark sky, never descending, daring the sun to come up. It's a fete, a Mardi Gras, a party out of bounds coming at you like a wobbly cocktail held high above a crowd dizzied by club life. It's all hosted by GaGa, a bigger than life presence that's all glamour and money and clouds of smoke and perfume. But it's not meant to exclude. She's singing about you with music that chases down a dance, pop, punk, burlesque hybrid and wrestles it to the floor. GaGa has the gift to grab you by the hand and pull you right into the spotlight along with her. It's a shareable fame. The exclusion is gone. Isn't this why they built dance floors in the first place?

Lady GaGa: Changing the world one sequin at a time!

The Fame featuring "Just Dance" coming summer 2008

Lady GaGa is a theatrical dance-pop singer/songwriter/pianist who created a buzz for herself in the New York underground before making her major-label debut on Interscope Records in 2008. Influenced by flamboyant glam rockers such as David Bowie and Queen as well as '80s dance-pop such as Madonna and Michael Jackson, she grew up in Manhattan, where she attended private school at Convent of the Sacred Heart and later studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. At age 20 she began working for Interscope Records as a songwriter, penning songs for pop acts such as the Pussycat Dolls, and a couple years later she mounted a solo career, releasing her debut single, "Just Dance," in 2008. Her debut album, The Fame, was scheduled for release later in the year. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide