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Lady Gaga's song "Paparazzi" is written in the voice of an obsessed lover. The female speaker literally and figuratively compares herself to a dedicated paparazzo, stalking her victim: "I'm your biggest fan/I'll follow you until you love me/Papa-paparazzi." On one hand, the voice of the speaker is completely submissive. She is entirely enthralled with her subject and his 'biggest fan.' However, the determination to follow him until he loves her suggests a strong, possessive quality to her love.

Paparazzi are parasites, living off celebrities rather than creating their own fame. Celebrities do not really love paparazzi but try to avoid them, even though Gaga compares her determination to be absorbed in the orbit of her lover to these dedicated 'fans.' The song takes the form of a dramatic monologue, in which the words of the speaker and not really analogous to the words of the songwriter. "Dramatic monologue in poetry, also known...

Gaga takes on the persona of a paparazzo (despite being famous herself), a woman obsessed with a man. She is so abject that even the refrain stressing the 'papa' of 'paparazzi' makes her seem childlike and vulnerable.
However, another strange, ambiguous refrain of the song also suggests a blurring with Gaga's celebrity and that of the unnamed 'victim' of her desires: "Baby, you'll be famous/Chase you down until you love me / Papa-paparazzi." Gaga suggests that her beloved superstar will reach ultimate fame because of her attentions, subtly threatening her subject with the violence that obsessed fans have exhibited in the past towards the famous objects of their desire. Violence is one way to gain notoriety for a star and for a fan: it is a dark way to get the star's attention but worth it in the eyes of some obsessed people.

However, beyond the immediate implications of the song regarding the celebrity…

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Lady Gaga. "Paparazzi." Metro Lyrics. [13 Oct 2013]

http://www.metrolyrics.com/paparazzi-lyrics-lady-gaga.html

"Poetic technique: Dramatic monologue." Poets.org. [13 Oct 2013]

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5776
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