I think she's wonderful. She's a great songwriter who has released two very solid albums, she has a lovely voice and is a singular, distinctive personality in a sea of blandness.
Like Madonna, she's prone to stylistic missteps, but I think she's the most exciting thing to happen to pop music since the 80s.
Oh! I've just been clicking through some links on YouTube (can't link due to language) - my suspicion that she is actually a rock star masquerading as a pop star is borne out: her early stuff is glam rock!
Jesus I dont want to li ve in a world where people copy gaga, the streets would be like a circus. Also wearin just underwar, not too bad considering she used to be a stripper, could be worse. Not a good role model though.
She's a less than ideal role model, but most teenage girl's heroes are hardly wonderful either. I mean, I remember my parents disapproving of Madonna, and it's a good job they didn't know too much about Courtney Love, either.
However, I'd rather my offspring be inspired by Gaga than Katie Price or whoever. As for the hypersixualisation, that seems to be universal across music - but the Gaga aesthetic is a
rock aesthetic of the type that people like Courtney Love used to have: viewing themselves as instigators rather than as the simpering, passive playthings of any passing jock who might deign to hook up with them. She's got to where she is through raw talent, and that's definitely something I respect.
And she made all those 80s clothes fashionable again. I'd missed leggings!