Lady Gaga shifted the cultural tides with her 2008 debut The Fame. The “Poker Face” singer has continued to expand her resume, winning acting awards for her roles in American Horror Story and A Star Is Born.
Unquestionably, Stefani Germanotta’s footprints still linger on the pop music landscape nearly two decades later. Artists like Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX ruled last summer’s charts. Like Gaga, all three women are known for playing with hyper-feminine conventions in their art. Recently, the “Die With a Smile” hitmaker shared some advice for pop music’s hottest trio.
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“Strong, Vibrant, Creative, Artistic” Women Lead This Year’s Grammy Awards
Airing on CBS and Paramount, the 67th annual Grammy Awards will broadcast Sunday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. Eastern from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
Women dominated the Album of the Year category, with six of the eight nods going to Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift.
Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft drew comparisons to iconic singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Additionally, Chappell Roan delivered ’80s-inspired synth-pop mixed with a drag queen-influenced aesthetic on The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Likewise, Charli XCX nodded at her brash London underground rave-scene roots on Brat. Finally, Sabrina Carpenter left us all wanting more with the aptly titled Short n’ Sweet.
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— Charli (@charli_xcx) December 18, 2024
All of them proved that pop music is at its best when it embraces both the serious and the unserious, the thoughtful and the outrageous. And as someone with 13 Grammys of her own, Lady Gaga is here for it.
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“They’re amazing,” the pop icon told Elle. “They’re strong and vibrant and creative and artistic. I think they’re being celebrated because they’re wonderful.”
Lady Gaga: “The Whole You Matters”
Becoming a household name at just 22 years old, Lady Gaga has learned a thing or two along the way.
If Mother Monster could impart any wisdom to her star-studded successors, ““it would be that the whole you matters.”
“Who you are at home is just as valuable as who you are when you’re onstage,” she told Elle..”And no matter what anyone says to you, you can value who you are outside of all of this.”
Sagely, she concluded, “I’ve been in this business for years. Being a woman and a product at the same time was really exhausting.”
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