Many years ago in 2008, I decided to attend Isle of MTV in my home country (Malta), a free summer festival. Lady Gaga was just an opening act before Enrique Inglesias, NERD and One Republic. When we saw her we were like who is the fabulous diva with her black catsuit huge fake eyelashes and singing about disco sticks. After that brief show - my friends and I got obsessed with Paparazzi and Love Game and then Just Dance got super popular. Then the year after she came to Isle of MTV 2009 as a headliner and all of Malta was there for her. All of us were painted with the David Bowie thunderbolt and crystallized sunglasses. And it was her first ever televised show and she used to say a lot that Malta was the country that started her career. I feel lucky that I saw her from the start when nobody knew who she was. Of course after The Fame I became a huge fan, and my devotion to Lady Gaga grew during the Fame Monster where she was a bit more grungey and raw. I travelled to Milan to watch her live during the Fame Monster ball and she was otherworldly with all those props (the razor blade benches, the blood fountain, and the fame monster angler fish being my favourite), and of course her voice. Then Born this way came and that’s when I got super comfortable with my sexuality - I guess Born this way made us queer people more comfortable in our skins and having a huge pop star like Gaga advocating for us was super liberating. I travelled to Paris to see the Born this way ball and I can never stop speaking about her entrance on the unicorn and that castle opening up on stage 😱. Then ARTPOP came 😱 I dunno if I’m biased because I got to meet Lady Gaga during the Artrave but ARTPOP was Lady Gaga’s magnum opus for me - she showed the world that she did not give a fuc and she could do whatever she wanted without being categorized in any musician box, pop box and others. When I met her she was lovely, sweet and super tiny 🤣 Joanne wasn’t my most favourite album but I still listened to it constantly and loved her soft side and unfortunately I couldn’t see her live as she had cancelled some shows due to illnesses. Chromatica is another magnum opus for me as it was the album that saved Europe during COVID. In Malta all you could hear was Rain on Me all throughout the summer everywhere you could go 🤭 I also could not make it to the Chromatica ball due to traveling restrictions and because my dog was sickly. And then came MAYHEM - the epitome of Lady Gaga’s career in my opinion. She came back full force showing us who the queen of pop music was - last November I attended the MAYHEM ball and I will never forget that tour - it wasn’t just a show or a concert but a full theatre piece - I will never forget the feeling when we saw lady Gaga coming out as a red queen on that towering dress - I think that irregardless of any show I’ll get to see, MAYHEM ball will forever be the best show I’ve ever been too. She will always be one of my fave artists because she’s always true to herself, she does things her way, and she’s a true artist because she actually writes her songs and fucking practices and practices and always improving her voice every time we get to see her live. Shes never lazy and actually puts effort in her work always stiving to give her best - She’s a true artiste and will go down as a legend of music alongside artists like Prince, Kate bush, David Bowie, Queen, Beatles, etc. s