This photo is such a great representation of Gaga’s debut. People in the audience didn’t know who she was. This was 2008 and artists were coming on TRL in jeans and a T-shirt. While it seems like a mild outfit for Gaga now, people in the audience were like wtf is she doing? Answer: changing the landscape.
I don't want to chalk up all of her success to "right place, right time" but it just has to be said when you look at photos like this; she debuted when the world needed her most.
"As long as there’s one Puerto Rican who defends the idea of independence, as long as there’s even one, we have the moral and political duty of defending the idea of Puerto Rico’s independence”
- Fidel Castro