The Fame

The Fame Album by Lady GaGa

          An album that is definitely intended for high school and even college kids, Lady GaGa has become a favorite among many different age ranges. An artist that truly loves her fans and sings about being an outcast and not fitting in, Lady GaGa is definitely popular amongst today’s tweens. In her debut album titled The Fame, her music expresses her fascination and obsession with becoming famous and being loved by her fans, she even admits she’s afraid of not being in the spotlight. With an artist who is as influential as Lady Gaga, is this the right message to be sending kids? Her most famous tracks off her first album include titles like ‘Just Dance,’ ‘Starstruck,’ ‘Paparazzi,’ and ‘Pokerface.’ Although catchy and fun to dance and sing too, most of her songs and lyrics are superficial and definitely not G-rated. Her song Pokerface plays out explaining a bisexual relationship, Starstruck is exactly what it sounds like and the rest of her album would not be considered appropriate for eight to fourteen year olds, yet the listen to it and know every lyric to her songs.

                   As much as I enjoying listening and dancing to her music, Lady GaGa is definitely not meant for kids. The lyrics, content and visuals are meant for young adult and adults. But with radio and access via television and the internet, it’s so easy to watch and read information that is too mature of kids. Simply goingto YouTube and searching for Lady GaGa, Beyonce or any other artist and watching their music videos, it’s no wonder how kids know so much information that is clearly not acceptable for them to be aware of. Which brings me back to a point I made in an earlier review, is there such thing as parental supervision or control on what children should be allowed/not allowed to read or watch. While I don’t think it’s ok for a parents to be overly controlling about what their children watch or read, there definitely needs to be barriers of what children are allowed to view.