"Gaga, ooh la la."

            She’s got the shock value like no one else. But she has the voice to go on top of it. Born as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, Lady Gaga’s stage name is inspired by the 1984 Queen song, “Radio Ga ga.” She has since grown to superstardom, even becoming the number one most followed person of all time on Twitter. Her album “The Fame” shot to the top of the charts in many countries, residing at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in America. You can hear Lady Gaga’s songs playing at nearly any given time on the radio. On Sunday, September 12^th, she won a record 8 VMA’s including Best Video for “Bad Romance.” Some may see Lady Gaga as just an image with her revolutionary and outrageous fashion but she has become a rallying point for those less conventional. One of her quotes explains why she never seems to dress as we’d call normal. “When I meet celebrities and they’re in casual clothes, I’m always like: ‘Whaaat?’ I don’t mean to be judgmental, but it would do them better to be who they really are, all the time. This is really who I am all the time. When I get out of a car and there are 30 fans waiting for me, I know I’m dressed the way I should be. There’s a reason they have that emotional reaction.” She spreads the word of gay pride wherever she goes and is adamant about the things she supports. She is currently doing all in her power to have the DADT rule of the military repealed. Lady Gaga is bending the rules and expectations of society.

You either hate her or you love her, but either way, she’s made an impression.

- Brittany Harris