With The Fame, Stefani Germanotta aka Lady GaGa, will step into the ring with the likes of Robyn, the Pussycat Dolls, and Katy Perry and challenge for the crown of dance pop superstar. Her album, set for an October 2008 American release and a mid-August release in Canada and Germany, is set to blow up big time and should be a major hit.
A New York girl from the start, Lady GaGa learned piano by ear at the age of four and, by age 13, had started writing music. She composed a piano ballad and was performing by age 14. At 17, young GaGa gained early admission to the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and studied music. By 20, she was penning songs for Interscope artists like the Pussycat Dolls.
With 2008’s The Fame, Lady GaGa will finally strike out on her own. Her debut record is a fresh, exciting dance album with infinite hit potential.
The lead-off single, “Just Dance,” is a great indication of Lady GaGa’s unbelievable ability to generate an earworm (an outrageously contagious, “easily-stuck-in-your-head” pop track). Produced by Akon and RedOne, the song is a vivacious, bouncy dance-infused song with additional vocals from Akon and Colby O’Donis.
Other tracks follow related patterns, with Lady GaGa’s writing and performance blazing a trail through an album that includes tracks about checking out the boys (“Boys Boys Boys”) and getting paid (“Money Honey”).
The second single from The Fame, “Beautiful Dirty Rich,” is set for release soon. An industrial dance track, Lady GaGa cuts a Reznor-esque swath through the hard-edged drum-and-bass sketch and delivers a razor-sharp and edgy single ready for gobs of radio play.
It is Lady GaGa’s flexibility as a top-tier dance artist that is most remarkable about her debut. She plays with a triumphant reggae rhythm on “Nothing Else I Can Say” and “Poker Face” sounds like Aqua met The Knife in an alley somewhere for a techno face-off.
The Fame is as inspiring a dance debut as I’ve heard in a long while.
Lady GaGa hits the ground running and her song-craft is immaculate, creating infectious and addictive tracks laced with dance-pop righteousness and sweet melodies. While most people will have to be content with repeat spins of “Just Dance” for now, the long wait until the October release will definitely be worth it as another challenger enters the arena.
Article comments
1 - Lisa
LOVE "Just Dance" - what an amazing catchy and unique song! Cant wait for the album. .Why has it taken so long to be released??!!
Also read that Lady Gaga has written a song for Britney Spears' next album - due out in December. How cool is that??!?! Together, Britney and Lady could blow pop music out of the water!! can't wait
2 - jon
Great album!!!
3 - Sally
AWESOME ALBUM!!!
Lady GaGa is fantastic and i'm just dying waiting for her next album. I think she has blown maddona and christina over. Unfortunately i couldn't get tickets to the doll domination tour, even though i don't like the pussycat dolls i would be willing to suffer their music just to see GaGa. I'm sure her next album will be just as good.
I'm going gaga over GaGa
4 - Sally
If anyone says that Lady GaGa is not any good,well their wrong. Not just because i'm a fan of hers but because her song pokerface has reached the number 1 position everywhere for 7 weeks, Just Dance is always around number 17 or 18 and her other song Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) is about number 58.
I'm going gaga over GaGa
5 - Dani
I Love Lady Gaga!! Poker Face is my favorite song. She's gorgeous and though i would never dress like her...i applaud her individuality and courage lol...she's awesome..i have pictures of her all over my bulletin board! Please come to Colorado Gaga!
6 - ckb
i love when she sings dada doodoo. so original!!!!!!!1
7 - Cyrel Nicolas
I love Lady Gaga! She is very stunning and amazing. Her style in singing is very unique. Keep it Up. Lady Gaga.
8 - Do
We all love Lady Gaga!Because she is a unique singer and also most of girls like and love's her style. Best of luck and Keep it Up Gaga.