Difference between revisions of "Born This Way (2012)"
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| + | In 2010, Lady Gaga was touring for her second world tour, The Monster Ball. At that time she started developing ideas for her second studio album, Born This Way.<ref>Neil Strauss. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110415054154/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-tells-all-rolling-stones-new-issue-20100621 "Lady Gaga Tells All"]. 21 June 2010. ''Rolling Stone''. Archived from [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-tells-all-rolling-stones-new-issue-20100621 the original] on April 15, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref> The first song written and recorded for the album was the title track itself which she wrote in Liverpool and Manchester, England, described by Gaga as a "magical message" song. She wrote it in ten minutes and compared the process to an Immaculate Conception.<ref>Jonathan Van Meter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110512204613/http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/lady-gaga-our-lady-of-pop/ "Lady Gaga: Our Lady of Pop"]. 11 February 2011. ''Vogue''. Archived from [http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/lady-gaga-our-lady-of-pop/ the original] on May 12, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:53, 1 February 2021
Born This Way is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, and the lead single from her second studio album of the same name. Written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, who produced it along with Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow, the track was developed while Gaga was on the road with The Monster Ball Tour. Inspired by 1990s music which empowered women and the gay community, Gaga explained that "Born This Way" was her freedom song. She sang part of the chorus at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in 2010 and announced the song as the lead single from the album, released on February 11, 2011.[1]
Key Lyrics
No matter gay, straight, or bi,
Lesbian, transgendered life,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was born to survive.
No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was born to be brave.
Background
In 2010, Lady Gaga was touring for her second world tour, The Monster Ball. At that time she started developing ideas for her second studio album, Born This Way.[2] The first song written and recorded for the album was the title track itself which she wrote in Liverpool and Manchester, England, described by Gaga as a "magical message" song. She wrote it in ten minutes and compared the process to an Immaculate Conception.[3]
Interpretation
Reception
Reference
- ↑ Born This Way. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ Neil Strauss. "Lady Gaga Tells All". 21 June 2010. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ Jonathan Van Meter. "Lady Gaga: Our Lady of Pop". 11 February 2011. Vogue. Archived from the original on May 12, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
