I mean, and I'm just having some new realizations as we're sitting here, but I'm just like, that's pretty weird. Gaga "Google." But he introduced me to the Smiths and the Smithereens and Revolting Cocks and Cabaret Voltaire and things like that.
We miss it so much. Gaga 's just my nickname.
We miss it so much. Gaga , until people in New York knew me as Lady Gaga .
That is the inside of a Vostok, it was called, sphere. Gagarin has this peasant background.
Anybody need any help? Lady Gaga -- disastrous childhood, drug addiction, homeless, saved by her grandmother, and becomes Lady Gaga .
Marissa Mayer: Please help me welcome Lady Gaga . Lady Gaga : Hi, everyone. Oh, my gosh. Marissa Mayer: Welcome to Google.
Oh, my gosh. Marissa Mayer: Welcome to Google. Lady Gaga : Thank you. Lady Gaga : The Google chairs are a little high.
Lady Gaga : Thank you. Lady Gaga : The Google chairs are a little high. Marissa Mayer: Thank you so much for coming.
Marissa Mayer: Thank you so much for coming. Lady Gaga : Just going to put my purse right there. We love you. Lady Gaga : I love you, too.
Hi, everyone. Lady Gaga : Did you just get out of jail? Lady Gaga : Me, too.
Lady Gaga : Did you just get out of jail? Lady Gaga : Me, too. Marissa Mayer: We are so excited to have you here.
Marissa Mayer: We are so excited to have you here. Lady Gaga : I just want to say before we begin, thank you so much. This is such an honor.
You know, when I was in high school, all my girlfriends wanted to get jobs here. Lady Gaga : And I wanted to be what they were searching for or putting on the -- you know, the side column, what comes up first. I believe that's what my friend Mary Haley does here at Google.
We made a portrait of you taking the millions of searches that come in for Lady Gaga . Lady Gaga : Beautiful. Marissa Mayer: So obviously, you've been a huge search star, also a huge YouTube star, Bad Romance has 360 million views, just that one video.
Marissa Mayer: So obviously, you've been a huge search star, also a huge YouTube star, Bad Romance has 360 million views, just that one video. Lady Gaga : Thank you. Marissa Mayer: And you're the queen of the download.
You're actually the most downloaded artist in history, with more than 20 million singles downloaded. Lady Gaga : Thank you so much. Thank you. Marissa Mayer: All of which brings us to today.
We'll go through those and also go -- >>Lady Gaga : Wearing the same dress. Lady Gaga : Branding. Marissa Mayer: So the first question I'm going to ask, it came in video form, but it was also going to be my first question.
Awwwww. Lady Gaga : Well, I am absolutely wonderful and a little bit choked up, because that is why I am still here and why I work so hard, it's because I really am very blessed to have fans with such a beautiful spirit.
So Gagafame11 from the U.K. asks, do you have any funny stories to tell about things that have happened backstage at the Monsterball? Lady Gaga : There are lots of funny things that happened backstage at the Monsterball. Lady Gaga : I don't like surprises, and I don't like pranks.
Lady Gaga : There are lots of funny things that happened backstage at the Monsterball. Lady Gaga : I don't like surprises, and I don't like pranks. I'm sure you can maybe tell that just from -- but I don't like pranks.
heard one of your songs on the radio? Lady Gaga : I was in Canada. Lady Gaga : And I'll never forget it.
Lady Gaga : I was in Canada. Lady Gaga : And I'll never forget it. But it's a very different -- it's funny, it's almost more enjoyable now when I hear it for the first time on the
And my tour manager, David, said, "How does it feel?" And I said, "It's about damn time!" Lady Gaga : So now when it comes on, it's a little bit more of a gracious, humbling moment. Marissa Mayer: So in terms of other special moments, solongadelaide from Sheffield, England, asks, when exactly was the moment in your career when you realized you were
going to be an international superstar? Lady Gaga : I still don't feel like one. I really -- >>Marissa Mayer: How is that possible?
I really -- >>Marissa Mayer: How is that possible? Lady Gaga : I know that sounds very silly. But even this morning, I was getting ready to tweet that I was coming here today, and I got, like, 50 frigging
They don't want anyone to know. Lady Gaga : I guess they were worried for security. But I need to market my record, you know.
If so, what did you say to them? Lady Gaga : I wouldn't say apologize. There's been lots of concert ticket requests.
There's been lots of concert ticket requests. Lady Gaga : And I think one of the most awkward things that anyone ever said to me was, "Well, my, my how the tables have turned." But to be honest, I don't have that kind
Marissa Mayer: I do think -- I think bullying is a really big issue right now, especially because -- The technology. Lady Gaga : I'm listening. Marissa Mayer: And so I imagine -- I imagine that Born This Way is a little bit about being yourself and how to
And paws up. Arrrr. Lady Gaga : What a cutie. Lady Gaga : I love my fans.
Lady Gaga : What a cutie. Lady Gaga : I love my fans. Yes, I actually vocally rehearse every single day.
I was you for Halloween in 2009. Lady Gaga : You were? I want to see it.
Marissa Mayer: Blond, and I have stars on my face and the long eyelashes. Lady Gaga : I'm sorry. Marissa Mayer: There's poker chips on my hat for Poker Face.
what happens to the garments after they're worn? Lady Gaga : How do I decide what to wear. It's actually not quite as complicated as some of you might imagine.
So TaylorMonster15 would like to know, why are all of your tattoos on the left side of your body? Lady Gaga : It was actually per my father's request. Marissa Mayer: So tell us more.
Marissa Mayer: So tell us more. Lady Gaga : He asked that I remain on one side slightly normal. Lady Gaga : So I only have my tattoos on my left side.
Lady Gaga : He asked that I remain on one side slightly normal. Lady Gaga : So I only have my tattoos on my left side. I -- I'm also a lefty.
Every time I watch them, I'm stunned by the creativity and meaning I love you, Lady Gaga , Strubydoo, your little monster. Lady Gaga : StrubyDoo. It's good, old faithful. I'm a creative person, and I just always -- at some point, the idea comes to me.
to be giving birth to my own head." Marissa Mayer: I was going to ask you about the kaleidoscope. Lady Gaga : And you hear the -- and he goes, like, why? And I said, "Because I see myself and my fans and I feel that they give birth to me and I give birth to them, and the
I was going to ask, so from Kentucky, what's your favorite YouTube video that isn't yours? Lady Gaga : My favorite YouTube video that -- it's so embarrassing but I love it. I love the boy that when he comes home from the dentist.
I love the boy that when he comes home from the dentist. Lady Gaga : I can't -- because I always -- whenever I'm really tired before a show, I always go, is this real live? Because I'll have been up for, like, 30 hours straight doing interviews, and then I'll hear the, you know,
I know there's Maria, the young girl, who I think really embodies a lot of what is interesting about technology. Lady Gaga : Maria is just so special. And, you know, she's, like, ten -- she's ten years old.
Just love yourself. . Lady Gaga : She's just so amazing. You know, and that's -- it's so -- What I would like to speak about is the way that we experience music now.
out charts . Lady Gaga : So my -- the fan experience now, digitally, is they buy the song, and then they get into chat rooms and they watch the song climb the chart.
So you had Gaga Vision on YouTube. And Gaga info from Twitter would like to know, please, could you bring back Gaga Vision. We miss it so much.
We miss it so much. Lady Gaga : I love Gaga Vision.
We miss it so much. Lady Gaga : It will never happen.
We miss it so much. Lady Gaga : Yes, of course I have.
We miss it so much. Lady Gaga : The last time, probably -- well, last night, I wanted to know if people knew that I was going to be
We miss it so much. Lady Gaga : So there.