Where were you when Lady Gaga staged her own death at the 2009 MTV VMAs during Paparazzi?

Part two of our diva dive into Lady Gaga's The Fame, Ross and Sam revisit Lady Gaga's pivot from stereotypical dance-pop hitmaker to pop art provocateur with the campaign's third and fourth international singles LoveGame and Paparazzi.

From paying homage to Britney Spears and gender-bending like Madonna in the Joseph Kahn-directed LoveGame to delivering her first original epic with Paparazzi with Jonas Åkerlund, the second half of The Fame rollout aligned her with the pop greats then built a blood-drenched seat at their table. Plus, we revisit how Gaga received the transvestigation treatment by the media, The Fame Ball Tour and her star-making set at Glastonbury.

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00:01:27 LoveGame and Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)

00:04:17 "You wanna take a ride on my disco stick?"

00:05:50 LoveGame music video controversies

00:13:00 The Fame Ball Tour

00:18:30 Performing on The Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2009

00:22:55 The Transvestigation

00:31:36 Paparazzi

00:33:18 Paparazzi music video

00:43:32 Paparazzi at the 2009 MTV VMAs

00:53:55 Diva Diploma - what do we rate The Fame era out of 10?

We Ain’t No Divas is hosted by Ross McNeilage and Sam Prance. This episode was produced by Sam Prance, and edited by Ross McNeilage. Music provided by Monopoly Phonic.

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Dear Tate, we hope you're listening... Ross and Sam are back with an end-of-awards season special! Sam tells all about the 2025 BRIT Awards before we dive into JADE's star-making Angel of My Dreams performance and Sabrina Carpenter's royally racy Bed Chem performance.

We discuss the whelming 2025 Oscars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's spectacular opening performance, and that Bond tribute by Doja Cat, LISA and Raye. Finally, we dive into our beloved Tate McRae's number one (!) third album So Close To What, its whirlwind takeover and if its chart-topping success means she's now in pop's A-list.

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We Ain’t No Divas is hosted by Ross McNeilage and Sam Prance. This episode was produced by Sam Prance, and edited by Ross McNeilage. Music provided by Monopoly Phonic.

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RedOne! Konvict... GA-GA.

Lady Gaga arrived seemingly fully-formed in 2008 as a David Bowie-referencing, Grace Jones-dressing blonde New York party girl ready to disrupt pop. The one-two punch of Just Dance and Poker Face established her as a fashion-savvy, sexually charged visual artist ready to push buttons and take over the industry, while the record-breaking album The Fame introduced her and RedOne as two forward-thinking hitmakers inspired by the 1980s and Britney Spears' Blackout.

How did she get there? Who invented the character of Lady Gaga? And did Akon discover her? Listen to part one of our deep dive into the most game-changing era of the 21st century.

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00:01:16 Why we're revisiting The Fame

00:02:38 Where was music at the dawn of The Fame?

00:04:28 Who was Lady Gaga before 2008?

00:08:10 Who came up with "Lady Gaga"?

00:10:00 Signing with Interscope & meeting RedOne

00:11:52 Who were we before Lady Gaga?

00:14:41 Britney Spears - Blackout influence

00:17:36 Just Dance

00:21:13 David Bowie - Let's Dance influence

00:27:20 Who is Colby O'Donis?

00:29:40 The FASHION

00:32:57 Transmission Gaga-vision YouTube vlogs

00:37:45 Poker Face

00:41:21 Does she sing "F**k her face"?

00:43:55 Just Dance could've been a Pussycat Dolls song...

00:50:44 2009 BRITs performance with Pet Shop Boys

00:52:27 The Fame album review

01:09:00 How Gaga manifested The Fame

We Ain’t No Divas is hosted by Ross McNeilage and Sam Prance. This episode was produced by Sam Prance, and edited by Ross McNeilage. Music provided by Monopoly Phonic.

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