Pop Will Never Die: Exploring the Secret of Lady Gaga’s success

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Introduction
The music closely bonds with our routine life. Why the people love to produce and listen to music? Music can heal our soul. Music is more than a couple of notes, it has power to change people and bring positive message. It is also the reason that I choose this topic.. Someone believes that the music industry is dying because of promoting passive listening. However, I do not believe the music is standardized. In my following essay, I try to analyze Lady Gaga, who contributes a lot and she is popular across the globe, the reasons of being famous. I divide the essay into four parts. Firstly, I will give you a brief idea of Lady Gaga. Secondly, I will go deep into the image, music style and lyrics of her. Thirdly, the trend of her will be discussed. At last, I am going to show you the reason that I do not think the popular music are standardized and promote passive listening.

Background of Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga’s birth name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986). She first came to prominence in America in 2008, her first debuted album, “ The fame”. Her vocal abilities widely drew the world’s attention. Next year, she had a music tour (The Monster Ball tour 2009-2011) over the world. It became one of the highest-grossing tours of all time. Everyone thought she was lucky to have her success. However, it was not true. Her family was tradition; they let Gaga to sing opera. No one believes that she would perform well in Pop music industry. Until now, she is still an inspiriting singer to influence the little monsters (her fans) through her fashion style, live performance, music videos and songs.

Popularity of Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is an irrepressible shining star that has 40 million twitter follo...

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... there is a few singers can truly to themselves in the music industry. She opens her bisexual identity to public, her political view for gay marriage is written into her songs. She is more likely a active politics than a artist. The fans-made videos reflect how Gaga inspires them and empowers them.

Lady Gaga and her followers exemplify how the music industry needs to ponder active listening rather than the passive one. Lady Gaga’s community is a subculture, which has a strong bonding between fans and Gaga. This supportive group is more than a fans club but a family.
Lady Gaga always hunts for the next album’s producer to avoid being passive listening. In her latest album, she invited Zedd who was only 24 years old as her producer. She likes to make a breakthrough in every debut, working with some young producers to have innovations.

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