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# Lady Gaga's Hobby Journey

b. 1986

Pop icon, singer, songwriter, actress (A Star is Born, House of Gucci), fashion provocateur

## Hobby Timeline

### Childhood

Piano (self-taught by ear at age 4)  Piano lessons  My Little Pony collection

### Teens

Jazz music  School theater  Dreaming of being a war correspondent

### Career

Italian cooking (loves pasta)  Horror movies (watches to fall asleep)  Makeup as creative art

### Later Life

Mental health advocacy  HAUS Laboratories cosmetics (hobby-turned-business)  Fashion and costume design

## Surprising hobbies

- ✦  Dreamed of being a war correspondent before choosing music

- ✦  Watches horror movies to fall asleep

- ✦  Taught herself piano by ear at age 4

- ✦  Childhood My Little Pony obsession shaped her 'beautiful misfit' identity brand

## How hobbies shaped their career

Early piano training by ear gave her the musical foundation for her songwriting. Jazz appreciation influenced her 'Cheek to Cheek' album with Tony Bennett. Horror movie fandom shapes her theatrical, provocative visual aesthetic. Her makeup hobby became a business (HAUS Laboratories). My Little Pony obsession planted the seed for her 'born this way' identity.

> “I was obsessed with the idea of a creature that was born with something magical that made them the misfit in the world of the stallion.”
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