Problems playing this file? See media help. Although released on July 6, 2009, in the United Kingdom and four days later in Australia, ' LoveGame' initially had been planned as the third single release in the former but deeming its lyrics and music video potentially controversial, it was decided that 'Paparazzi' would be released instead. 'Paparazzi' was the album's third single in Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom, the fourth in Canada and the United States and the fifth in Australia, France and New Zealand. 'It's a love song for the cameras, but it's also a love song about fame or love – can you have both, or can you only have one', she concluded. Further explanations said that the song was about trying to win the paparazzi and the media in one's favor. To the Australian Daily Telegraph, Gaga explained that 'Paparazzi' was about struggling to balance success and love. She was infatuated with Luke, calling him 'the love of her life', and ready to be his fan, to turn the camera around and photograph him. The song became a symbol for Gaga to escape her own narcissism and desire for fame. In a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, Gaga recalled her relationship with a heavy metal drummer called Luke, who became an inspiration for most of the songs on The Fame, including 'Paparazzi'. 'Paparazzi' was one of the songs written by Gaga and Fusari who also produced the track.

īy 2008, Gaga relocated to Los Angeles to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, The Fame, and set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga. Gaga talking about the different aspects of the song. They're not necessarily doing fine arts – something they put in the museums – but it's an art form. What am I really trying to say here? What will the act of me writing this song really do? Me making a conscious decision to write about the paparazzi – I thought about performance art and shock art and how Paris Hilton and her sister and Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie are shock artists in their own way. Towards the end of 2007, Gaga's management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed. Although the musical relationship between Fusari and Gaga was unsuccessful at first, the pair soon started writing more songs for Gaga. He also created the 'Lady Gaga' moniker after the Queen song ' Radio Ga Ga'. While working together, he compared some of her vocal harmonies to those of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen. Gaga traveled daily to New Jersey to work on songs she had written and compose new material with Fusari. Additional live performances of the song took place during many of her concert tours and residency shows.īefore she rose to fame, Lady Gaga met music producer Rob Fusari in March 2006 and began dating him in May. Gaga performed the song at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in a performance art piece symbolizing the negative effect of fame leading to death. The video won two MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 for Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. It shows her survival, comeback, revenge on her boyfriend, and experiences on the way to fame. The accompanying music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and portrays Gaga as a doomed starlet, hounded by photographers, who is almost killed by her boyfriend (played by Alexander Skarsgård). It was also commercially successful, reaching top-ten positions in the music charts of Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and topping the charts in the Czech Republic, Germany and Scotland. 'Paparazzi' was critically acclaimed for its 'fun-filled' and club-friendly nature. ' LoveGame' initially had been planned as the third single release in the UK, but when its lyrics and music video were deemed potentially controversial, it was decided that 'Paparazzi' would be released instead. The music video was released on May 29, 2009, and on J'Paparazzi' was released digitally in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and physically in Australia on July 10. Musically, it is an uptempo techno-pop and dance-pop ballad whose lyrics describe a stalker following somebody to grab attention and fame. The song portrays Gaga's struggles in her quest for fame, as well as balancing success and love. Gaga wrote and produced the song with Rob Fusari. It was released as the album's fifth and final single by Interscope Records. ' Paparazzi' is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame (2008).

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