Lady Gaga is all over the internet. In fact the term lady gaga concerts or lady gaga tickets, is searched over 13 and a half million times a month according to Google. That doesn't even count any of the other 100's for search terms used. Think about it. That is more than the population of the US's two largest cities combined. In fact, the equivalent of New York City, Los Angeles, and half of Chicago are searching for that one term every month. Over the course of a year it adds up to is 6 trillion. That's right, 6 trillion searches for one search term.
So why do fans love her? Search for an answer to that on the internet and you get two camps. Of course there must be those who don't care one way or another; but of those who comment, they either love her or hate her. Those that hate her say things like 'she's a one hit wonder', (that guy hasn't been paying attention), or "she's a freak, a monster". The majority of the criticisms are not focused on her music or even her style of music. You won't find criticisms about her concerts, or her lifestyle or much of anything she's said. She is criticized for her clothes. People say some pretty nasty things I can't repeat here and they are based on perceptions surrounding how she dresses so why would anybody want to dress like Lady Gaga?
To answer that let's look first at why Lady Gaga fans love her. Of course it's a complicated question but I see one thing stand out. It's about passion; Lady Gaga passion.
Lady Gaga is passionate and committed to her art.
Those fans who love her, strangely enough, love her for her music, certainly, but they love her also for her courage to express herself in her art in spite of the criticism. To fans, her clothes are a reflection of her passion, her art, and her bravery. They see it as evidence that she will risk being called names to be true to the art. She has said over and over that the music, the performances, and her wardrobe are part of the art form; its performance art and she will not back down from that.
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