Lady GaGa has been busy promoting her new album, Born This Way. She performed on “Saturday Night Live” and “Oprah” – mentored kids on “American Idol” – and debuted a concert special on HBO.
What a difference an album makes.
The last full length LP GaGa released was The Fame. On the date of the album’s release, GaGa was on tour supporting New Kids on the Block. She also made a little bit of time to call in to “The Ralphie Radio Show.”
The New York Times’ reporter Dave Itzkoff broke the news earlier tonight that Lady GaGa’s manager (presumably Troy Carter) has flip-flopped on his initial decision to prohibit “Weird Al” Yankovic from releasing a parody GaGa’s hit, “Born This Way.” Despite first telling Yankovic that the denial came straight from the singer herself, GaGa’s manager now alleges that he never played the song for his artist. After hearing the parody, entitled “Perform This Way,” it’s said that GaGa is a fan and Yankovic will be able to release it commercially both as a single and on his album.
“Weird Al” will donate all proceeds from the single and music video to the Human Rights Campaign.
Back in October 2008, a then relatively-unknown artist by the name of Lady GaGa called in to “The Ralphie Radio Show” and talked about her trials and tribulations in getting radio stations to accept her first single, “Just Dance.”
“Yunno, stations don’t know what to make of (‘Just Dance’),” said GaGa. “They’re like, ‘Is it a dance record? Is it a pop record? Is it a R&B record? But it’s kind of rock-y. Then she says playboy!’ No one knows what to think of it.”
Lady GaGa premiered a remix of a song from her forthcoming Born This Way at a fashion show in Paris on Wednesday. The track is called “Scheiße.” The remix does not feature the chorus – and GaGa says the overall “energy” of the song is similar to the album cut.
The superstar will debut the title track from her album at The Grammys on February 13.
