Lady Gaga

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About

Lady Gaga is the stage name for American singer and songwriter Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotte (born March 28,1986).^[2] Much of her fame and stardom comes from her rather odd sense of fashion, bizarre music videos, and her massive fan base.

Online History

Lady Gaga first joined the social media site Myspace^[1], on May 24, 2005, gaining over 2 million friends, as of April 2012. Her official website www.ladygaga.com^[3] was registered on March 14, 2008. Her Youtube channel, ladygagaofficial^[4], was created on May 15, 2008. LadyGagaVEVO^[5] was also created on Youtube on May 11, 2009. On the music site Last.fm^[6], Gaga has over 160 million plays and over 2 million listeners.

On Twitter

Lady Gaga created the Twitter account @ladygaga on March 27, 2008. Her account is the most followed on site, with over 20 million followers. The milestone was covered by the BBC^[8], the Huffington Post^[9], and E! Online.^[10]

On November 28, 2010, Lady Gaga announced that she is one of many celebrities to sign off of Twitter as part of campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice, on behalf for the charity Keep A Child Alive, created by singer Alicia Keys.

Fandom – Little Monsters

“Little Monsters” is a term used to describe fans of Lady Gaga. The term was coined by Gaga during the Summer of 2009 due to her fans behavior resembling that of “monsters” during concerts. Their often use of a hand gesture called “The Monster Claw” prominently distinguishes them from other fans. There is even a website dedicated to this fandom.^[7]

Meat Dress

A noted image of Gaga is her infamous Meat dress which she wore at the 2010 MTV Music Video Awards. The statement behind was explained by Gaga as: “Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian,” “As you know, I am the most judgement-free human being on the earth. However, it has many interpretations. For me this evening, if we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights pretty soon, we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on own bones. And, I am not a piece of meat.”

More evidence on Gaga’s impact on the internet can be noted from the entries: Bad Romance, Is Lady Gaga A Man?, and Lady Gaga Falls; each with several video and image macros to show evidence of spread.

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Another image of Gaga has spawned a series of pictures called, “This Pleases X” which shows a series of pictures of people or fictional characters in a laughing state saying “Yes, this pleases X”.

She has also spawned a picture under the Poker Face meme:

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Lady Gaga Falls:
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