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Gaga performed "Paparazzi" live on the UK program, The album chart show on February 14, 2009 as promotion for the fame. The song was performed at capital radio in an acoustic piano version on May 1, 2009. On June 26, 2009, Gaga performed the song at the Glastonbury festival emerging from a silver case on stage. The song was a major part of Gaga’s performance in her first headlining Fame ball tour as the opening number of the setlist.

In a poll conducted by billboard the performance was ranked as the third best in the history of MTV music video awards.

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Freedom du Lac of the washington post said that even though Gaga turns somewhat serious while disapprovingly singing "Paparazzi", the song comes across as flat and faceless as well as vapid.

Erika Howard of the new times broad walk beach called it the most telling track from the album.
Jon Caramanica of the new york times said that "'Paparazzi' is a love letter from camera to subject but stops short of admitting that the affection runs both ways. Any notion that Lady Gaga is sketching an elaborate stunt is stopped cold at the lyric sheet, a perverse flaunting of simplicity that betrays no cynicism whatsoever. Pitchfork media ranked 'Paparazzi' number 83 on their list of 2009's 100 best tracks

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Artists opinion.

RS:   What's the story behind the song "Paparazzi," because there's been a few interpretations of it? 


Lady Gaga: Well I'm so glad there are a few different interpretations, that was the idea. The song is about a few different things – it's about my struggles, do I want fame or do I want love? It's also about wooing the paparazzi to fall in love with me. It's about the media whoring, if you will, watching ersatzes make fools of themselves to their station. It's a love song for the cameras, but it's also a love song about fame or love – can you have both, or can you only have one?

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The peoples opinions.

 “Paparazzi" is the fourth single from Lady GaGa’s debut album The Fame. Despite the pheonomenal comercial success of her three earlier singles, this is easily the top artistic achievement yet. Bathed in warm chords that communicate a swirl of emotion, the song is a tribute of sorts to the symbiotic but ultimately fake and "plastic" relationship between stars and their trailing paparazzi. The accompanying music video takes the song to another level entirely.

The paparazzi who trail stars looking for a lucrative photo opportunity are easy targets for scorn as seen in Britney Spears scathing ‘Piece of me’ However, here Lady GaGa points out there is a sort of symbiotic relationship between a star and those who, for better or worse, are there to document and, in a sense, create the stardom. Musically, "Paparazzi" relies on slightly langourous synth textures and dense percussion to convey the swirl of emotions that accompany the interaction between celebrity and photographer. Sexual desire, dread, resigned acknowledgment, and an insistence that fun is still possible all swirl together in an effective stew of emotion. Lady GaGa's voice floats over the top enticing the listener into the complex world of stardom.

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The music video was directed by Swedish director, Jonas Arkerlund  who has previously directed music videos for artists like The smashing pumpkins, Modonna, and U2. His wife Bea Åkerlund was hired as Gaga's stylist for the video. Gaga told MTV that she had finished shooting “ my video for 'Paparazzi,' which I really am very pleased with the way that turned out. It's like a short film.

The video was supposed to premiere on June 4, 2009, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Channel 4 However, while touring in Australia, Gaga posted a message on her Twitter account on May 29, 2009 saying "Stop leaking my motherf*****g videos", which referred to the video being released without the singer's consent.

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I find that this is one of lady Gagas weirdest videos – for instance, I don’t really understand what its about or the message its trying to portray to the audience.

It consists of Lady gaga being pushed of a balcony ironically by her ‘lover’ and it appears she has been murdered but by the end she murders him…is this some kind of pretentious nonsense or modern ‘art’ ?