Line #1 Trivia/LadyGaga


1	* ArtistDisillusionment: In around 08-09, she was worried that her over-the-top sexual lyrics and stage antics were inappropriate with the [[AllWomenArePrudes relatively little benefit she perceived women derive from sex]].
2	* AscendedFanon: In 2009, rumors circulated on the internet that Gaga was either a hermaphrodite or a transsexual. When these rumors reached Gaga, she pointedly refused to deny them… until the Telephone video came out and she flashed her genitals at the camera.
3	-->'''Prison guard:''' I told you she didn't have a dick.
4	* BannedInChina:
5	** Gaga's album ''Born This Way'' is banned in Lebanon because it, as officials say, is "offensive to Christianity" (mostly due to "Judas").
6	** Following threats by Islamic fundamentalists, Gaga's scheduled performance in Indonesia was cancelled due to security concerns.
7	** ''Born This Way'' was temporarily banned due to the religious themes of the song above, "Marry The Night", "Bloody Mary", and "Electric Chapel".
8	** Now as of mid-2016, she's actually banned in China despite her previous success in the nation due to sharing photographs with her and [[UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} the Dalai Lama]] on Instagram, and even sharing an interview together. Not only that, [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6750911/Chinese-TV-station-cuts-appearances-Lady-Gaga-Oscars-ceremony.html but the 2019 Oscars Awards were censored by having her face blurred!]]
9	* BreakthroughHit: "Just Dance", which marked her shift from being Stefani into being Gaga.
10	* BuryYourArt: In 2019, she stated that she regretted working with Music/RKelly for the single "Do What U Want", following the allegations against him, calling it an example of how "explicitly twisted" her mind was at the time, and vowed to have the song removed from iTunes and all other streaming services following the release of ''Surviving R. Kelly'', a documentary detailing Kelly's crimes. The only available version of the song still readily available online is a remix featuring Music/ChristinaAguilera, which was released mere months after the original R. Kelly version, but otherwise has nothing to do with him.
11	* CareerResurrection: ''Joanne'' and its more understated, intimate style compared to past albums, along with her first collaboration with Music/TonyBennett, ''Cheek to Cheek'', gathered newfound favor for her after the polarizing ''Artpop'' was criticized as old hat. Gaga's albums afterwards, such as ''Chromatica'' and ''Love for Sale'' (the latter being another collaboration with Bennett, and his last before his death) also were huge successes, and she also has branched out into acting beginning with ''Film/AStarIsBorn2018''.
12	* ContentLeak: The first single from the ''Artpop'' album "Applause" was released earlier than planned as it had already been leaked multiple times.
13	* CreatorBacklash:
14	** Gaga's song "Do What U Want", a duet with R. Kelly, was controversial enough when it came out given both its sexualized lyrics and the rumors that Kelly was a predatory pedophile (prevalent even then, especially after a well-publicized trial in 2008 that ended in an acquittal), but at the time, Gaga dismissed the rumors. Then came the 2019 documentary ''Surviving R. Kelly'', which detailed Kelly's crimes and set off a chain of events that ended with Kelly going to prison. After watching the documentary, Gaga stated that she regretted ever working with Kelly, calling it an example of how "explicitly twisted" her mind was at the time, and had the song removed from digital music services and all new pressings of ''Artpop'', the album it was released on. The only version that Gaga and most of her fans will acknowledge is a remix that replaces Kelly's verses with new ones by Christina Aguilera.
15	** Redid her entire stage show after it didn't go where she wanted it to go, and was generally unhappy with it. After already doing the show for about a month. Went from "evolution in a box X top of the pops" to "getting to my own show in New York X Theater".
16	** [[http://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-343-1286036 She doesn't like the music video of "Telephone"]], saying that while she greatly enjoyed working with {{Music/Beyonce}}, the video had simply too many ideas that she wished she had the foresight to trim down.
17	* DoingItForTheArt: She has stated that even if all of her success went away, she would still be happy back where she started, performing her music in bars.
18	* DyeHard: She's naturally brunette, but bleached her hair in her early days when people mistook her for Music/AmyWinehouse. Now that Winehouse has passed, she went back to having brunette phases but has since returned to being blonde.
19	* FanCommunityNicknames: Little Monsters. In a bit of MisaimedFandom, some have have also started calling themselves Government Hookers.
20	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Gaga had the original R. Kelly version of "Do What U Want" taken completely out of circulation in 2019 due to the sexual abuse allegations against Kelly, being removed from all streaming services, and all physical copies of ''Artpop'' pressed after November 2019 don't include the song. The Music/ChristinaAguilera remix is still available as Christina's vocals replace Kelly's in that version.
21	* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: She boasts that there is no Music/{{Madonna}} fan bigger than her, and she has shared the stage with Madonna a few times. Though she has feuded with her in the past, she's also not put up with interviewers that have tried to deliberately pit her against Madonna. She is also a keen Britney fan, and was going to give Telephone to her. They may do a duet in the future.
22	* ReleaseDateChange: ''Chromatica'' was originally due to be released on April 10, 2020. In late March it was delayed due to logistical issues caused by the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]]. It was released on May 28th.
23	* RomanceOnTheSet: With Taylor Kinney, who played her love interest in the music video of "Yoü and I", but they have since separated.
24	* ScheduleSlip: In February 2013 she sustained a hip injury that required surgery and was forced to cancel the remainder of her tour as a result.
25	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
26	** {{Subverted\|Trope}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM This YouTube video]] is, to quote the video's title, "Vintage Lady Gaga". This is what Stefani Germanotta was like before she became Lady Gaga. However, if you look closely, you'll notice she essentially looks like a more voluptuous Sara Bareilles and plays like Norah Jones. So, if she didn't become Lady Gaga, then we'd have on our hands a sort of [[BrokenBase Broken Fanbase]] calling her [[FollowTheLeader a clone]] of those two artists. Taken from the opposite point of view, "Stefani Germanotta" might have been an example of ClarkKenting. Gaga's contemporaries – including a few of her critics, such as fellow NYU grad Creator/LindsayEllis – can testify that [[https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/269178476953743360 her weirdness isn't an act]]. However, on a few rare occasions, Lady Gaga will still give performances like in that [=YouTube=] video.
27	** Then there's the question of whether she would've been half as successful if she kept going that route instead of doing the crazy stuff she's known for. (The answer to that question is "No, she wouldn't be", by the way.)
28	** Sadly, played straight since Music/MichaelJackson really wanted to work with her before he passed away.
29	** Also, apparently, "Just Dance" was originally written as a ''hard rock'' song.
30	** She originally wrote "Telephone" for Music/BritneySpears who recorded a demo version but this was left off her The Singles Collection album. [[http://perezhilton.com/2010-05-02-britney-does-gaga]].
31	** Given the Latin overtones and references in the lyrics, you'd think the video for ''Alejandro'' would reflect it at least to ''some'' extent.
32	** Blowback from the incident at the [=VMAs=] lead to the cancellation of the Fame Kills tour with Music/KanyeWest.
33	** The Edge of Glory's music video. [[http://tinyurl.com/3ou97w8 Reportedly]], the video was to include a LatinLover that would kiss Lady Gaga, fashionable medics, a news reporter akin to the one on Telephone and [[BadassArmy a bunch of military men packing M16s]]. What we actually got was the result of [[CreativeDifferences a dispute between Gaga and Joseph Kahn]], one of the video's producers.
34	** Island Def Jam was the original label that she was working with, but was let go when (now former) president L.A. Reid wasn't impressed with her first cut demo. Reid now says he wished he gave her another chance.
35	** Before she was famous, she was to be part of the GirlGroup No Secrets when one of their members left. But the deal fell through and nothing came of it.
36	** She recorded a duet with Music/{{Cher}} titled "The Greatest Thing" in 2012 for the latter's comeback album ''Closer to the Truth'' but neither were satisfied with the result. A demo of the duet was leaked in August 2013.
37	** ''ARTPOP'' was going to have a follow-up titled ''ARTPOP (Act II)'', which was scheduled for a 2014 release and was going songs left over from the album including "Princess Die". It didn't get released due to Gaga releasing ''Cheek to Cheek'', her collaboration with Tony Bennett instead.
38	** Early in Music/CalvinHarris' career, Gaga asked him if he wanted to work with her. Unfortunately due to Gaga not being quite as popular as she is now, Calvin declined the offer because he wasn't interested, [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude and her name sounded stupid to him]].
39	** "Do What U Want" had a video filmed, but it never got released due to mounting backlash against R. Kelly, and being directed by Terry Richardson who also had allegations of sexual abuse against him.
40	** Music/{{SOPHIE}} was heavily hinted at doing production work on ''Chromatica'' from as early as 2018, and while [[https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-chromatica-behind-the-scenes/ this was confirmed by album producer BloodPop]], their collaborations with her didn't make it onto the final album. [=BloodPop=] desired to finish those songs and release them down the line, though with SOPHIE's unexpected death in 2021, the future of such plans remain uncertain.
41	** "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" was supposed to be the second single off ''The Fame'', and even had a music video in production, but her label convinced her to release "Poker Face" as the second single instead. Gaga would later finish the video and put it up on her [=YouTube=] channel after ''Fame's'' promotional run ended.
42	** A song called "Nothing On (But The Radio)" was left off of ''Born This Way'' (later getting leaked online), which ended up getting recorded by Creator/AddisonRae of all people nearly a decade later in 2022… only for her version to ''also'' get leaked online, though her version did end up eventually being officially released in 2023.
43	* WordOfGod: In an interview with Australian radio, Lady Gaga said most of the placements were gratuitously placed there [[FauxSymbolism as a comment on American society.]] Apparently you are meant to feel sick by the end of the clip; that's authorial intent. On the other hand, given it's Gaga, one cannot rule out mind-altering drugs or Schrodinger's Intent as the real reason for these items being there.
44	* WorkingTitle: "Dope" was "I Wanna Be With You" and "Aura" was "Burqa".
45	** ''Chromatica'' was originally going to be titled ''Free Woman''.

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