Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in New York City on March 28, 1986, the oldest child of Joseph Germanotta, internet businessman, and Cynthia. She learned to play piano at the age of four, wrote her first piano song at 13 and began performing live by age 14. At the age of 11, Gaga started going to Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school on Manhattan's ,[ but has often said her family wasn't rich, saying that her parents "both came from lower-class families, so we've worked for everything � my mother worked eight to eight out of the house, in telecommunications, and so did my father." Gaga said her high school life was "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "insecure" as she told in an interview, "I didn�t fit in, and I felt like a freak."
At age 17, Gaga was admitted early into the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and lived in a NYU dorm on 11th Street. There she studied music and helped her songwriting writing essays on art, religion, social issues and politics. Gaga felt that she was more creative than some of her classmates. "Once you learn how to think about art, you can teach yourself," she said. By the second semester of her sophomore year, she left school to focus on her musical career. Her father agreed to pay her rent for a year, if she agreed to go back to Tisch if she failed. "I left my entire family, got the cheapest apartment I could find, and ate shit until somebody would listen," she said.
Lady Gaga released a new album called Born This Way, on May 23, 2011. At midnight on New Years 2011, she said on her Twitter and Facebook pages that a new single would come out on February 13. Born This Way will be Gaga's third album in three years, and her second album with all new songs.[21] She stated, "It came so quickly. I've been working on [the album] for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."[22] Gaga has said the album is about "what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid."[23]
Gaga also worked with Elton John to make a new duet for the soundtrack to the upcoming Disney movie Gnomeo and Juliet. The song, called "Hello, Hello", will be released in February 2011.[24] She released her single Born This Way on 11 February 2011.
Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in New York City on March 28, 1986, the oldest� of Joseph Germanotta, internet businessman, and Cynthia. She learned to� piano at the �of four, wrote her first piano� at 13 and� performing live by age 14. At the age of 11, Gaga started� to Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school on Manhattan's , but� often said her� wasn't rich, saying that her� "both came from lower-class families, so we've� for everything � my mother worked eight to eight out of the house, in telecommunications, and so� my father." Gaga said her high� life was "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "insecure" as she� in an interview, "I didn�t fit in, and I felt like a ."
At age 17, Gaga� admitted early into the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and� in a NYU dorm on 11th Street. There �studied music and� her songwriting writing essays on art, religion, social issues� politics. Gaga felt that� was �creative than some of� classmates. "Once you� how to think about art, you� teach yourself," she said. By the second semester of her sophomore year, she� school to focus on her musical career. Her father agreed to pay her rent for a year, if she agreed to go back to Tisch if she failed. "I left my entire family, got the cheapest� I could find, and ate shit until somebody would listen," she said.
Lady Gaga released a new album called Born This Way, on May 23, 2011. At midnight on New Years 2011, she� on her Twitter and Facebook pages that a new single would come out on February 13. Born This Way will be Gaga's third album in three years, and her second album with all new songs.[21] She stated, "It came so quickly. I've been working on [the album] for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."[22] Gaga has said the album is� "what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid."[23]
Gaga also worked with Elton John to make a new duet for the soundtrack to the upcoming Disney movie Gnomeo and Juliet. The song, called "Hello, Hello", �be released in February 2011.[24] She released her single Born This Way on 11 February 2011.
