![]() ![]() Four months later they called me and we met up, and I ended up staying with her on tour for two and a half years. I did all the interludes for her first big concert run, and I had never even met her or talked to her at that point. So I did interludes for the Monster Ball tour because she blew up so fast she ended up going from 3,500 people in a crowd to like 30,000 people in a stadium. I didn’t know who Lady Gaga was at the time, but he asked if I could make interludes for her show. Her creative director came to a Sunday night show at this club that was the size of a closet, and I ended up making him a couple mixes to jam. I was DJing a lot in Los Angeles, and I always played crazy stuff, a little off the beaten path. When and how did you first meet Lady Gaga? White Shadow spoke with W to clarify how the songs featured in A Star Is Born may give you Lady Gaga like you’ve never heard her before, if only because these tracks were written for Ally, not the international superstar who portrays her. Ally’s songs were born out of the organic creative partnership between Gaga and her longtime producing partner, and the music evolved in tandem with the development of the screenplay. For A Star Is Born, however, he was presented with the new challenge of writing and producing solo songs for a pop star whose voice may “belong” to Gaga, but is part and parcel of an entirely different character altogether. But what you may not know is that behind the solo pop music sung by Ally is DJ White Shadow, the producer also known as Paul Blair who has collaborated heavily with Lady Gaga for nearly a decade.ĭJ White Shadow is recognized by Little Monsters (the nickname bestowed upon Gaga’s fanatics) for giving Lady Gaga’s Born This Way its eclectic blend of synth, house, and rock, and Artpop its heavy metal rave overtones. Aside from “Shallow,” the chart-topping duet that was released along with the film’s trailer, eliciting goosebumps and spawning a bevy of memes from fans eager to see the film, Ally’s powerful pop vocals and upbeat dance tracks contrast with Jackson’s slow-burning deep country twang. You might also know that the soundtrack, which will be released the same day the film opens on Friday, boasts contributions from Mark Ronson, Diane Warren, and Miike Snow, as well as Gaga and Cooper’s live singing voices.Īs Jackson and Ally embark on their intertwining journeys through fame and celebrity-his the downward spiral of a star on the wane, hers the rocky ascent to pop stardom-the songs they sing tell the story of their lives and careers. ![]() After this exhaustive press tour leading up to the official release of the film, you probably already know that Lady Gaga stars as Ally, a singer-songwriter plucked out of obscurity by Jackson Maine, a country rock star played by the film’s director, Bradley Cooper. We’re far from the shallow now, because A Star Is Born is finally here. ![]()
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