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Artpop
''Artpop'' (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by American singer Lady Gaga. It was released on November 6, 2013, by Streamline and Interscope Records. Gaga began planning the project in 2011, shortly after the launch of her second effort, '' Born This Way''. Work continued until 2013 while Gaga was traveling for her Born This Way Ball tour and recovering from surgery for an injury she had sustained while touring. Gaga described ''Artpop'' as "a celebration and a poetic musical journey". It displays an intentional "lack of maturity and responsibility" by comparison to the darker and anthemic nature of ''Born This Way''. Gaga collaborated with various producers on the record, including DJ White Shadow, Zedd, and Madeon. Musically, ''Artpop'' is an EDM and synth-pop album, with influences from R&B, techno, industrial, and dubstep, among other genres. The themes of the album revolve around Gaga's personal views of fame, sex and self-empowerment; references include Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArtRave
ArtRave (stylized as artRAVE) was a two-day event hosted by Lady Gaga from November 10–11, 2013, as part of the promotional campaign for her third studio album, ''Artpop'' (2013). The event, held in a large warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, served as an album release party and included a press conference and a live performance. During the press conference, Gaga revealed "the world's first flying dress", called the Volantis, confirmed plans to stage a performance in space in 2015, and introduced new works by Marina Abramović, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Jeff Koons, and Robert Wilson. The warehouse contained a giant statue of Gaga created by Koons on one side and other artworks, while screens all around displayed videos of Gaga's performances with Abramović. There were contortionists, a DJ booth, as well as free food and drink for the assembled crowd. The event was to have been sponsored by American Express, however they backed out at the last mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Applause (Lady Gaga Song)
"Applause" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third studio album, ''Artpop'' (2013). It was released as the album's lead single through Interscope Records on August 12, 2013. Written and produced by Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Dino Zisis and Nick Monson, additional songwriters included Martin Bresso, Nicolas Mercier, Julien Arias and William Grigahcine. "Applause" was inspired by the cheering of her fans, which kept her motivated during the months she toured with the Born This Way Ball in pain, before cancelling it due to a hip injury, and pays respect to the art of performance. It is an electropop, dance-pop and Eurodance song built around synthesizers and hi-NRG beats, with lyrics addressing how Gaga is dependent upon her fans' adoration and how she lives to perform. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who felt its chorus was catchy and favorably compared it to the material featured on Gaga's debut album, ''The Fame'' (2008). "Applause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. After Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and KonLive Distribution, in 2007. Gaga had her breakthrough the following year with her debut studio album, ''The Fame,'' and its chart-topping singles " Just Dance" and " Poker Face". The album was later reissued to include the extended play ''The Fame Monster'' (2009), which yielded the successful singles " Bad Romance", " Telephone", and "Alejandro". Gaga's five suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do What U Want
"Do What U Want" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, featuring guest vocals from R. Kelly. The song was released on October 21, 2013, as the second single from Gaga's third studio album ''Artpop'' (2013). The singers wrote the song with DJ White Shadow, Martin Bresso, and William Grigahcine. DJ White Shadow first presented Gaga with the song's initial concept two years prior to its release. Production on "Do What U Want" was completed in 2013, with Kelly's vocals added soon after. Its sudden popularity upon premiering led to the song becoming the album's second single. It is a synth-pop, electropop and R&B song featuring 1980s-style synthesizers and an electronic instrumental track. The song's lyrics discuss the media's appetite for publishing opinion and critique, with Gaga telling detractors that her thoughts, dreams, and feelings are her own, no matter what one does with her body. Critics praised the song's simplicity and production. The single cover for "Do What U Wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ White Shadow
Paul Edward Blair (born September 20, 1978), known by his stage name DJ White Shadow, sometimes written as DJWS, is an American music producer, musician, songwriter and DJ. Based in Chicago, Illinois, he is best known as the producer for Lady Gaga's albums, '' Born This Way'' and ''Artpop''. He also produced and wrote songs with Gaga on the soundtrack for the 2018 film, '' A Star Is Born''. Blair has played in numerous cities throughout the United States and has toured as a headliner. He has also toured with Lady Gaga internationally. He has two kids. In addition to his writing and producing, Blair has released three EPs as part of a Trilogy through DECON Records. He was featured in the Anheuser-Busch '' Pac-Man'' commercial for Super Bowl XLIX, the song for which he remixed using the original Pac-Man music. His remixes have appeared in other television commercials including for Beats by Dre. Blair won a Grammy Award in 2020 for his work on the ''A Star Is Born'' soundtrack. Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Monson
Nick Monson is a producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, based in Los Angeles, CA. Monson is known for his collaborations with Lady Gaga, beginning with ''Artpop,'' in which he co-produced 9 songs'','' including the lead single "Applause", which reached No.4 at US Mainstream Top 40 Chart. Monson produced and co-wrote Selena Gomez's " Good For You" (featuring A$AP Rocky), which reached No. 1 at US Top 40 and Top 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Charts. In 2017, Monson was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, along with co-writers Nick Jonas and Justin Tranter for their contribution to the ''Ferdinand Soundtrack'' with "Home". He continued his work as both a writer and producer in 2018, credited on seven of the album's tracks on Lady Gaga's ''A Star Is Born'' soundtrack, which debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts. Monson has written and produced for several artists, including Britney Spears, Nick Jonas, Rag'n'Bone Man, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheek To Cheek (album)
''Cheek to Cheek'' is the first collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, released on September 19, 2014, by Columbia and Interscope Records. It is Bennett's fifty-eighth studio album, and Gaga's fourth. The two first met at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City in 2011, and later recorded a rendition of " The Lady Is a Tramp" together, after which they began discussing plans of working on a jazz project. ''Cheek to Cheek'' consists of jazz standards by popular composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin. It was inspired by Bennett and Gaga's desire to introduce the songs to a younger generation, since they believed these tracks have a universal appeal. In January 2013, the album was announced by both artists and started its recording process after Gaga recovered from a hip surgery. It was recorded in New York City, where Bennett and Gaga were accompanied by a live band and jazz musicians associated with bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Very Gaga Holiday
''A Very Gaga Holiday'' is a live EP released by American singer Lady Gaga, containing songs performed on the ABC holiday television special '' A Very Gaga Thanksgiving''. It was made available for purchase in the United States on November 22, 2011, exclusively on the iTunes Store and Amazon, and on November 26 in the rest of the world. The EP is made up of jazz covers of the songs " Orange Colored Sky" and " White Christmas", the latter featuring an extra verse added by Gaga herself, and acoustic versions of " You and I" and "The Edge of Glory", both songs originally from the singer's second studio album, '' Born This Way'' (2011). A recurring theme on the EP is Gaga stopping midway through singing to talk about background information on the songs with her listeners. Following its release, ''A Very Gaga Holiday'' received mixed reviews from music critics. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for Allmusic, listed "White Christmas" and "Orange Colored Sky" as highlights. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zedd
Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German disc jockey, DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaiserslautern, Germany. His stage name, Zedd, was derived from ''zed'', the Z#Name and pronunciation, English pronunciation, barring American English, for the first letter of his surname, Z. In 2012, he released "Clarity (Zedd song), Clarity" (featuring Foxes (singer), Foxes), which propelled him to mainstream success, reaching the 8th position on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and earning him a Grammy Award, Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, Best Dance Recording at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, 56th Grammy Awards. Later in 2012, he released his debut studio album, ''Clarity (Zedd album), Clarity'', with hit single "Stay the Night (Zedd song), Stay the Night" (featuring Hayley Williams) appearing on the 2013 delux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival. This is respectively exemplified in his most popular songs "Blow the Whistle" and " The Ghetto". A pioneer of West Coast rap, Shaw began recording in 1983, cultivating a large following in his native Oakland. In 1987, his fourth album ''Born to Mack'' attracted the attention of Jive Records, who signed him and distributed the album nationally. His subsequent 1988 album '' Life Is...Too Short'' was highly successful, going double platinum, and he remained prominent into the 1990s. Early life Shaw was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California. In the early 1980s, he and his family moved to Oakland, California. He was a drummer in the band at Fremont High School in Oa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs poll. In 2013, ''Billboard'' crowned "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time. Born and raised in Paris, he released his first album, '' Just a Little More Love'', in 2002. Later, he released ''Guetta Blaster'' (2004) and '' Pop Life'' (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his 2009 album ''One Love'' which included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over", "Gettin' Over You", "Sexy Bitch" and "Memories", the first three of which reached number one in the United Kingdom. The 2011 follow-up album, ''Nothing but the Beat'', continued this success, containing the hit singles "Where Them Girls At", "Little Bad Girl", " Without You", "Titanium" and " Turn Me On". In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. They produce and perform psytrance, electronica, dream trance and psychedelic music. They are one of the best-selling groups in Israeli music history in terms of both domestic and international sales. They employ a variety of musical sources, including acoustic guitars and complex synthesized basses. Their compositions often contain changes of drum beat and tempo. Infected Mushroom's live shows feature vocals and analogue instruments in performances that are set against a multimedia backdrop. Members Erez Eisen was born on 8 September 1980 in Qiryat Yam, Israel. He began classical musical training at a young age, learning to play the organ at the age of four and studying classical piano at the Haifa Conservatory from the age of eight. Eisen became involved with computerized music at age 11, beginning with Impulse Tracker and later moving to more advanced musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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