Season 2 - Jaracza's Gaga Getaway

Lady Gaga

## Enter the Season

**Jaracza's Gaga Getaway** was the second season of **Jaracza Music Getaway** series. This season, the participants listened to *Stefani Germanotta*, known as **Lady Gaga**.

## About The Artist

**Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta** (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as **Lady Gaga**, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. After Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and KonLive Distribution, in 2007. Gaga had her breakthrough the following year with her debut studio album, *The Fame,* and its chart-topping singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album was later reissued to include the extended play *The Fame Monster* (2009), which yielded the successful singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro".

Gaga's five succeeding studio albums all debuted atop the US *Billboard* 200. Her second full-length album, *Born This Way* (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies in its first week. The title track became the fastest-selling song on the iTunes Store, with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her EDM-influenced third album, *Artpop* (2013), and its lead single "Applause", Gaga released the jazz album *Cheek to Cheek* (2014) with Tony Bennett, and the soft rock album *Joanne* (2016). She ventured into acting, winning awards for her leading roles in the miniseries *American Horror Story: Hotel* (2015–2016) and the musical film *A Star Is Born* (2018). Her contributions to the latter's soundtrack, which spawned the chart-topping single "Shallow", made her the first woman to win an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Grammy Award in one year. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her sixth studio album, *Chromatica* (2020), which yielded the number-one single "Rain on Me". She followed this with her second collaborative album with Bennett, *Love for Sale*, and a starring role in the biopic *House of Gucci*, both in 2021.

Having sold an estimated 170 million records, Gaga is one of the world's best-selling music artists and the only female artist to achieve four singles that each sold at least 10 million copies globally. Her accolades include 13 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and recognition as *Billboard*'s Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015). She has also been included in several *Forbes*' power rankings and ranked fourth on VH1's Greatest Women in Music (2012). *Time* magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019 and placed her on their All-*Time* 100 Fashion Icons list. Her philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBT rights; she has her own non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which supports the wellness of young people. Gaga's business ventures include Haus Labs, a vegan cosmetics brand launched in 2019.

## Background

It was Wiciu's idea to continue the discovering and listening to the music artists in group. Lady Gaga was chosen because it was the most known big artist to the presenter, and it was highly requested by Eric. Although the idea was initially criticized by Jules, all the participants were happy to listen to the albums of Lady Gaga.

The season had many different features, such as:

* Video Presentations of the Results
* Awards and Special Events
* Trivia Facts
* Honourable Mentions (introduced from the second week)
* Eric's reviews for every album

## Promotion and Schedule

The idea was kept in secret, where Eric was the only participant who knew about the Getaway. The presenter has teased the calendar, and released a video, which introduced the participants to the time-line of the getaway. These were posted a week before the official first week of the getaway, which was also criticized by Eric and Doma. Each album was announced on Monday, Trivia facts on Friday and Deadline on Sunday. The results were released on Wednesday the following week.

The results videos were combined into a YouTube playlist, available here.

## Final

The last days of the Getaway *(28th-30th March)* were spent to rank every Lady Gaga album. The getaway would end on 28th March, which is the **date of birth of Stefani Germanotta**. However, Wednesdays was the day each results were released. For the final night, there were presented all the music videos, results of *Love For Sale* album, and total results of album ranking. The playlist with the music videos can be found here.

The video ends with a little teaser of *Beyonce's* Sweet Dreams song (*I AM... Sasha Fierce)*, meant to tease the next getaway season.