who-da thunk... Lady Gaga?

[Ben]

So whadda ya all think of her? Kinda hard to miss these days all over the radio, tv, clubs, etc. And really, really popular on French Alizée forums! Maybe her speaking French in this EPK helped. Certainly the Clockwork Orange music there scored brownie points with me, as did the Bowie and Marilyn Manson influence. Though I find her LoveGame single horribly obnoxious. At least she writes her own music. Poker Face and Just Dance (think Eliza Dushku's short dress in the first episode of Dollhouse) are catchy. But my favorite track from her admittedly mixed debut album (yeah I bought it) has got to be Paparazzi. The video just came out and... whoah. It's like Mylene Farmer by way of Matthew Barney.

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