"Really, she really is naked?" - whispered around excited fans, who because of other people's heads could not see the star. It seems that it is. The street is hardly warmer than zero, and the singer has only a lace dress in the style of "nude" from Dolce & Gabbana. Usually in London it's hard to shock anyone with your appearance, but the outrageous singer succeeded. Local press, fans and just passers-by for a long time will remember the brief visit to their city of this Madonna of the 21st century.
I'm not afraid of anything.
To say about her "personality" is not to say anything. Those who recently did not notice Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta, today can not tear off greedy gazes from her unusual scenic image - Lady Gaga. A mop of whitened hair, a corset studded with tiny mirrors, dirt smeared over her half-naked body, or exquisite expensive laces in which she is clothed from head to toe ... Her extravagant, often defiant style is the perfect mask. Or is it not just a mask?
About the fact that Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta is not afraid to stand out from the crowd, her loved ones learned, even when she was just a baby. Already in four years she was able to play the piano and loved to perform at contests, where she often won. When asked if her scene is frightening, Stephanie shrugged her shoulders in surprise. Parents, Italians by birth, identified a daughter in a Catholic school in Manhattan, but this could not calm her temper.
The girl did not think about prayers - after the lessons she ran headlong to one of the clubs, where anyone could demonstrate his musical abilities and, trying to shout over the cassette tape recorder, selflessly performed the hits of the Madonna and Michael Jackson, adored by her. But it never waited for approval of the public: "I'm not afraid that someone will not understand my music, I do not care how many times I'm thrown out of the scene - I'll still come back." Where in this eccentric so many ambitions and self-confidence? "Well, the desire to act in my blood," laughs Stephanie.
Teenager my father played in different groups, wanted to follow in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen. You see, I have tough parents! .. And I was born to cheer and entertain people. "
Glory as a drug
Acting 17-year-old Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta was noticed by well-known music producers and invited her to study with vocal teachers and record in a professional music studio. Two years later, Stephanie abandoned her studies and work in the studio - she came to the conclusion that she already knew everything. And although the first contract was terminated after three months, it did not break it - on the contrary, it only gave strength.
In the afternoon the girl fell asleep, at night played in New York clubs, special attention, giving choreography and her stage image. And in her understanding - it's frank, unambiguous movements, juicy make-up and practically naked body. The audience was raving, watching the performances of the young actress, but her relationship with her parents was getting worse every day. "I played in leather strings, and for my father this sight was unbearable. He did not even try to understand me. What was even worse was that I was not accepted in show business. Watching the performances of Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta in the clubs, many famous people said that I was too theatrical, and listening to my experiments with music, casually dropped: "It's so pop ..." Salvation for me was ... the work of Queen and David Bowie. Thanks to them, I found my style - a perfect synthesis of pop music and theater. " And Freddie Mercury's song Radio Ga Ga, which the girl constantly sang to herself, gave her an artistic pseudonym, the name that every teenager knows today - Lady Gaga.
Here comes the success
However, the rapidly growing career almost killed the young star Stephanie. It all started as if innocently - a few cigarettes with weed smoked on stage, and eventually ended in serious drug addiction. Fortunately, Stephanie managed to stop in time. "I could easily die. But she was sober. What's left in the past has helped me become what I am. " Today, Lady Gaga tries to forget this twilight period of her life, but does not forget to thank the one who came to her aid in the hardest moments and helped to cope with the ailment, her father. Now the only drug in her life is success. But he did not fall upon her suddenly: in order to become famous, the singer had to work hard.
Lady Gaga has the gift to compose songs that immediately become hits. At first, she tested her abilities on others - she wrote songs for R'n'B-icons and even for Britney Spears - but in parallel she worked on creating her own disc. However, even when she found herself in the crucible of artistic bohemia, the girl did not strive to make friends with anyone and always knew herself the price. "I am an outsider and have always been so," she explains. - I never craved a society of famous people and did not try to fit into their world. I'm very strange to them. It does not bother me, even on the contrary - I like being different. "
Moving from New York to Los Angeles, Stephanie began creating dance hits, mixing pop, rock and rock and roll elements. Her debut album was released in the summer of 2008. She gave him the name Fame ("Glory") - and was not mistaken. The album brought her a stunning success and a nomination for the main award in the music world - the Grammy. But the glory did not turn the girl's head. She answers the questions of journalists very sensibly: "I do not think, as some in Hollywood: it's enough to shoot one song, to star in one film - and the world will fall to their feet. Someone should appreciate what you are doing, learn that you have talent and that you are a person worthy of attention. And if you hear such confessions, and more than once or twice, then you are truly worthy of celebrity. "
Style icon
"Fashion saved my life," confesses Lady Gaga. - Thanks to her, I felt absolutely free, strong and resistant to criticism. Jennifer Aniston, for example, is beautiful, and that's all. And I want to be interesting. " On the cover of the magazine Rolling Stone, she appeared ... clothed only in soap bubbles, ready at any moment to fly away from a gust of wind. The singer frankly plays with her images, changing them almost every day. "When I compose a song, I immediately imagine what will happen to me when I sing it on stage. It's important for Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta - because it really works! "
If earlier, before the success of the first album, her eccentric look scared off many, now everything has changed. "A year ago I dressed exactly the same way, and it seems to me that this greatly discouraged the men, I inspired them with fear," laughs Gaga. - And recently I was invited to speak on the radio, and I came into the studio with a hair-cone on my head. After the air, the DJ told me it was very sexy! But I still can not believe that someone has "hooked" my cone. Until recently, everyone was just saying that I'm crazy, and today I like men! "Among the admirers of Stephanie Joanne are Angelina Germanotta - and the most demanding fashion critics who call Lady Gaga an icon of style. "It seemed that the world had already seen everything, and there was simply nowhere to take a new, original one. But here she appears and convinces the opposite. It is so ingenious to combine absolutely incompatible things and accessories so far few people succeeded, - write fashion editions. "Before every appearance, people try to guess that this time Lady Gaga will put on herself ... And she surprises every time!"
Ready for shock?
Today, Lady Gaga - multi-station: singer, pianist, composer, author of texts for his songs. But will she become a star of Madonna's level, with which she is so fond of comparing, implying Italian origin and a propensity for shocking?
"When I saw her show for the first time, it was unfinished - apparently because of a lack of money," the queen of pop herself said about her young "successor". "My eyes were ruffled with mistakes, but I immediately noticed that there is something in it." These words of the Madonna were for Lady Gaga a real "green light": now everyone knows what she can, and will be shocked at every opportunity - during performances, parties and even at a meeting with the British queen. And it will be a quality, impeccable show! And, it seems, she always surpasses herself - so, at last year's performance during the MTV awards ceremony, the singer, performing her hit Paparazzi, depicted ... her own death. A storm of indignation rose in the hall: "This should not be allowed!" But Lady Gaga was impassive: "While I'm on stage, you must be ready for shock."
Today, Stephanie works tirelessly and is generously rewarded for her work. Recently, to all of her awards and awards, the singer added two more Grammy figurines. And you can not doubt: this girl will not let herself be forgotten for a long time! But will she ever remove the mask under which she hides her real face? Lady Gaga does not hurry to answer this question. All that is still her thoughts - rhythm, movement and drive. "I'm inspired by Andy Warhol. He wanted commercial, mass art to be perceived as seriously as the classical art. Good pop music can sound anywhere and anywhere in the world if people want to dance. And all the rest - to hell! "