Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Lewis Taplin on April 20, Features. November 10, 0. October 19, 0. Lady Gaga has been disrupting the music and fashion scenes since she first stepped into the spotlight. From her outrageous.
While her songs have often been marked as wildly controversial, there is a sense of vulnerability in her latest albums where she reveals a softer, more emotional side of herself. This artistic revelation is deeply rooted in her lifelong struggle with depression, insecurity, and her journey of overcoming trauma. However, her songs only scratch the surface of this surreal pop icon. This is her story. Posted by Goalcast.
Growing up in a middle-class duplex, Stefani was quickly recognized as a creative child with a unique personality. At 11, she began taking weekend acting classes, opening up her imagination to a future career as an actress.
Stefani attended a private, girls-only Catholic school where she was a notedly diligent student. Young Stefani became insecure, anxious, depressed, and knew far too well how it felt to be humiliated and isolated.
She escaped into the musical world where her artistic oddities were welcomed. Music was everything to Stefani. During high school, Stefani immersed herself in acting and songwriting.
She soon formed a band and they jammed out to covers of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin at open-mic nights. She worked as a waitress and at downtown cabaret clubs as a singer and pianist. Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but at age 19, Stefani was raped by a man 20 years older than her.
By the second semester of her sophomore year, she dropped out to focus on healing herself through her music. She found the cheapest apartment in NY, using a futon as a couch, and dreamt about getting a record deal by the time she was Without college to worry about, Stefani took on three jobs to make ends meet, including a stint as a go-go dancer.
She auditioned for shows all over New York in a desperate attempt to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming an actress. Her moment had come. Within the year, Gaga had released her first album, The Fame , to critical and popular acclaim.
It made her a legend, and she began returning the favor to her fans almost immediately. She still knows how to pick herself back up. After the critical and relative commercial flop of Artpop , it was clear that the act that made her famous wouldn't do it for her any longer.
So, four albums and seven years since her fame exploded, Gaga is staging another reinvention. Last year, she released an album of jazz standards with famous crooner Tony Bennett that went on to win a Grammy. And while many were surprised at Gaga's pivot from live antics to stripped-down solos, she's always been a musician first and foremost.
It's a great foundation for singing. Gaga has been many things in her career — fashion icon, sex icon, provocative pop chanteuse. But she has been, most importantly, a singer and a resilient star. Her latest Grammy, and her stunning Sound of Music tribute, earned her hard-won praise for being a fantastic musician.
They proved, though, that most importantly, Gaga doesn't need anyone's approval to be a star. That's something she does for herself.
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