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Sorry about the lack of updates, I was literally in prison 😭 Kirill here. If you don’t know me, I’m the owner of Gaga Daily, and every social media post you saw from 2009 through 2024 was from me. I never use this account to post anything personal, but I feel like I owe you all an explanation. In early 2024, I was arrested in my home country for protesting against the government and sentenced to more than two years in prison. Throughout the MAYHEM era, this account has been run by my friends Christian and Anthony, who have done such an incredible job. I’m out now, I’m safe, and I can’t wait to get back to doing something I love so much. I’m incredibly touched and grateful for all the tweets and messages of support you guys have sent my way. I love this community so much, and it feels surreal that so many people who don’t know each other, whose only connection is something as silly as loving the same pop star, can form such a strong bond that lasts for so many years. Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to follow me on IG at @/krzzle if you want to stay in touch. LG8 when?

Today in 2013, Lady Gaga released “Applause” as the lead single from ARTPOP. A fan favorite, the song spent 14 weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, was certified 4× Platinum in the US, and is nearing 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Lady Gaga talking to the crowd before performing “Dance In The Dark” and “The Edge of Glory” acoustic in Manchester tonight 🖤 “I can’t tell you how much it means to me, some of you have been with me almost 20 years. And I remember a time in my life, a long time in my life, where I was at school and I didn’t feel like people really did wanna get to know me, or the real me, at all. And then I started to play music and my fans really wanted to get to know me, and that meant so much to me. I can’t tell you how much it means to me, almost 20 years later, that you bought a ticket to see my show. You bought a ticket to see the girl that loves to sing and dance in the dark.” 🎥: @mayhembygaga

Lady Gaga says “Abracadabra” is the quintessential ‘Lady Gaga’ song: “There’s just so much about ‘Abracadabra’ that is not what anyone would think of as something you’d hear on the radio or streaming. I mean, it’s not easy listening. It’s got all these niche references, and it’s so maximalist and loud. And so, during the songwriting process, I was battling a lot of judgment—inner judgment. I was judging myself for what I created. But that is what it was supposed to be. It has all the pieces of something that is quintessentially me: the intervals of the melody, the made up words, the fantastic idea mixed with these heavy dance beats and rock instrumentation. This blend of things is what Lady Gaga is to me. It’s almost like if you had one chance to design a building to show who you are, but you were desperate for people to know. So you just put gargoyles and columns and marble and grass, and there’s a lake, and it’s all just because you’re trying to say, ‘I’m everything, I’m all these things.’ Yeah, so I was judging myself. And then I sort of accepted who I am through the process and became okay with it.”