10 Curiosities About Lady Gaga That You Certainly Don't Know

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She initially performed in theater, appearing in high school plays, and studied at CAP21 through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue a musical career. After leaving a rock band, participating in the Lower East Side's avant garde performance art circuit, and being dropped from a contract with Def Jam Recordings, Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing. There, recording artist Akon noticed her vocal abilities and helped her to sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own KonLive Distribution. Info

10 Curiosities About Lady Gaga That You Certainly Don't Know

1. She was a huge of My Little Pony toys when she was growing up. “I was obsessed with the idea of a creature that was born with something magical that made them the misfit in the world of the stallion,” she said.


 2. The meat dress she wore to the VMA’s was made up of cheap meats. Peter Cacioppo, a butcher at Ottomanelli Brothers on New York’s Upper East Side, analysed the outfit and said: “There are no expensive cuts here, no real steaks. The best you’ve got is the flank steak on top of her head.”


3. In high school, Lady Gaga had the lead role as Adelaide in 'Guys and Dolls' and Philia in 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'.


4. Gaga taught herself how to play piano by ear when she was four years old. By 13 she had written her first song, by 14 she had begun performing at open mic nights.

5. She admitted that her first sexual experience was terrible. “I didn’t lost my virginity until I was 17. But I have to say even then I wasn’t ready and it was an absolutely terrible experience.”


6. Gaga denied that the recent protrusions from her body weren’t real. “Well, first of all they’re not prosthetics. They’re my bones,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. “They’ve always been inside of me.”


7. Lady Gaga was once cited by Chicago cops for indecent exposure for wearing hot pants in public


8. During her early days at Intercope, she co-wrote songs for The Pussycat Dolls, Fergie and New Kids On The Block. She recently wrote two tracks for Jennifer Lopez’s new album ‘Love?’


9. She attended the same private Manhattan high school as Nicky and Paris Hilton.

10. Lady Gaga often carries a purple teacup and saucer in public. 'I drank tea with my mom, [so teacups] make me feel at home,' she told People magazine.

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