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Ever since Weird Al sent me a personalized, signed head shot after I wrote him a fan letter—c. age 13, right after Alapalooza came out, right around when I thought “Frank’s 2000 Inch TV” was one of the greatest songs ever written—the guy’s been pretty aces in my book. On the other hand, Lady Gaga seems like the most annoying person on the goddamn planet, so you can probably guess whose side I’m on here. Says Weird Al:

I wrote and recorded what I thought was going to be the first single off of my new album: a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga called “Perform This Way.” But after hearing it, Lady Gaga decided not to give me permission to release the song, so… it won’t be coming out commercially anytime in the near future. Sorry.

Weird Al has the details here, but the short version: Lady Gaga told Weird Al she’d need to hear the finished song before she gave her stamp of approval; then, once it was recorded, she said no, joining Coolio and Eminem in the super-small “People Who Like to Be Dicks to Weird Al Club.” Making Lady Gaga look like even more of a jackass? The message at the end of this video, which contains the parody song’s audio: “Had this been released, all proceeds from the sale of the song and video would have gone to the Human Rights Campaign.”

Nice one, Lady Gaga. YOU RUIN EVERYTHING.

With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.

12 replies on “Lady Gaga Ruins Everything, Vol. 2,493”

  2. Because having a Wordpress hosted site is the new recording your first album in your bathroom and mailing the tape to Dr. Demento.
    All the cool kids are doing it.

  3. Also, Gaga has to maintain complete control over her image and the illusion that she’s ‘creative’, ‘original’ and has ‘club cred’.
    Having Weird Al do a parody treatment of you sort of short circuits all of that.

  4. Dude, I have a signed, personalized headshot of Weird Al, too! I got it when I was like 7, though. My uncle was his tour manager.

  5. I got his autograph when I was a kid too. It was after a show at the Hillsboro Fair and he was eating a family sized bucket of KFC… He got chicken grease stains all over the paper I had him sign.

  6. So she wouldn’t give him permission to parody a song that she blatantly ripped off from Madonna? Why does this fail to surprise me? Just further proof that she needs to sit in the corner for eternity.

  10. So what you’re saying is that you no longer think that “Frank’s 2000 Inch TV” is one of the greatest songs ever written.
    YOU RUIN EVERYTHING.

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