Lady Gaga Heats Up the “Today Show” on NBC

Lady Gaga took over Rockefeller Plaza on a hot and humid New York Friday to perform on “The Today Show” for over 20,000 people!

The singer started with the classic Gershwin ballad ‘Someone to Watch Over Me,’ and then transitioned into her live performance of her mega-hit ‘Bad Romance.’

Before continuing the performance, the hosts of ‘Today’ talked to Gaga about the realities of fame and her new music.

“There are certainly things that are difficult to deal with,” Gaga said. “But the kind of fame that I cherish is the relationship I have with my fans.”

Lady Gaga also performed a brand new song ‘You and I,’ from her upcoming record. The singer sat alone at her piano to play the soulful rock ballad and climbed atop it for the finale of the song.

After a break, Gaga returned to the stage to sing ‘Alejandro,’ and then she closed her set with a performance of ‘Teeth.’

How can you not be entertained by Lady Gaga?!

‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ and ‘Bad Romance’

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New Track ‘You and I’

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‘Alejandro’

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Teen Group Says Lady Gaga Songs Are Unhealthy

An initiative to encourage healthy teen relationships says songs by Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga are the musical equivalent of junk food.

A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that their songs are among the top 10 with “unhealthy relationship ingredients.”

The commission on Tuesday released its list based on a “nutrition label” rating popular songs on healthy relationship themes.

The “Sound Relationships Nutrition Label” was developed by 14 teens after they attended a seven-week commission-sponsored institute on healthy relationship promotion and teen dating violence prevention. During the seven-week program, teens were also taught to evaluate music based on themes of power, control, equality and gender roles.

The teens then developed their list after analyzing songs from Billboard’s “Hot 100″ chart.

Mario’s “Break Up” featuring Gucci Man and Sean Garrett and Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” featuring T-Pain topped the list for the most unhealthy relationship songs of 2009. Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and Pitbull’s “Hotel Room Service” were also listed.

Among the teen panel’s top 10 songs with healthy themes: “Miss Independent” by Ne-Yo and “Meet Me Halfway” by the Black Eyed Peas.

Shaquilla Terry, 15, of Boston, a teen panel member, said it was important for listeners to go beyond the songs’ beats and listen to the lyrics.

The commission says its program aims to teach teens how to evaluate popular media, and help parents talk to teens about healthy relationships. Commission officials also said the label invites consumers to become song lyric nutritionists by helping them identify positive and negative messages about relationships in songs.

“We aren’t telling people what they should or should not be listening to,” Barbara Ferrer, the commission’s executive director, said in a statement. “We are giving them a tool that will help them make an informed choice about what they put in their bodies.”

In addition to the label, the commission also plans to released a lesson plan for teachers.

Jack Perricone, chair of the songwriting department at the Berklee College of Music, said pop songs generally allow listeners to get away from the bad news of the day. But he said pop music, by its very nature, is very repetitive, and sometimes if songs have negative messages, those repetitive messages can get inside teens’ heads.

“Some (artists) play up the bad boy image and put out negative images as a way to be commercially successful,” said Perricone, who was not affiliated with the commission. “But then they have to deal with the moral implications.”

Lady Gaga & Janet Jackson To Perform On “The X Factor” Dec. 6

Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson will perform on The X Factor next month.

Janet, who has released a greatest hits CD earlier this month, appears on the British TV talent show on Dec. 6. Lady Gaga will perform her latest hit, “Bad Romance,” on the same night.

Hopefully Janet performs a little better than her American Music Awards performance….and Lady Gaga…well we don’t have to worry about her.

Lady Gaga Performs “Bad Romance” On Jay Leno

Did you catch Lady Gaga on last night’s Jay Leno? The singing star talks about growing up in New York, her new LP The Fame Monster, and her upcoming tour. You don’t want to miss her live performance of “Bad Romance.” Here’s the video:

Missed the interview? Here’s that video: