Lady Gaga-ville

Lady Gaga is a force to be reckoned with. She can write, sing, dance, and she is a classically-trained pianist.

She's performed on American Idol. Her songs have been used as performance music to break dancing crews on MTV's Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew. Miss Gaga has sold over 5 million albums, inspired fashion worldwide, and has put the art back in artist.

Gaga has become so influential that she made Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People issue in May 2010. She's only 23 years old.

Gaga is not just a musician. She's got an eye for fashion and art and it's exciting to see a woman who has no qualms about laying all her feelings on the table.

Upon seeing her album, Fame Monster at Zia Records, I stared at both sides intently and didn't quite understand what made her so special.

Then I became curious. Why is it that makes her so unique?

Fuse TV aired a special on Lady Gaga last year that was stripped down and high profile on the songstress. The questions Toure asked her were controversial and personal, and she carried herself with poise and genuine honesty.

In this interview she stated what her obsessions are (monsters, death), how the support of her father means a lot to her, and how she doesn't ever separate her life into two parts: regular person and artist---they are both equally intertwined in her being.

She discussed feeling uncomfortable and freakish growing up and the fact that she loves to write and create new music while on tour because the tour itself (fans included) inspire her to do so.

Once listening to this interview, I felt like I had more of an understanding of Lady Gaga as a person. As an extra treat, Fuse showed an hour of her music videos directly following the interview. While watching the videos, I thought more about what she was trying to communicate through her lyrics.

Each music video is a work of art. The costumes are definitely out there, but they're interesting and some of them are absolutely stunning.

I don't feel that her singles, "Just Dance" and "Love Game" show the amount of talent, creativity, and inner strength that she has as an artist. I like the fact that she's become more of an abstract performance artist.

Gaga described her fans as "little monsters." She compared herself and some of her strongly felt emotions to "monsters" and said that she relates well to her fans because she can see herself in them. We are all willingly becoming her "little monsters."

Her website has posted more dates for her upcoming Monster Ball II Tour. I might buy a ticket if she stops in Arizona. I'm already learning "Paparazzi" on guitar.

Lady Gaga stands out from the rest of the woman artists of this time---Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Rhianna, because she is willing to take things to the extreme, and not extreme in a slutty way---but a respectable, smart, and an avante guard way. May she continue to keep pushing boundaries. The sky isn't the limit anymore, and she's already proven that.