Lady GaGa called into Z100 New York yesterday. She talked about the upcoming “Telephone” video, the Monster Ball tour and more.

The sky’s the limit for Lady Gaga — the young, mysterious and daring pop star — who’s charted a record four No. 1 hits off her first album, “The Fame.” With her outrageous outfits, sexually charged songs, and blood soaked performances, she has singlehandedly redefined just how far out “outlandish fashion” can be.

In an interview with Barbara Walters, Lady Gaga, 23, talked about her skyrocketing career, her family, and what she believes is the biggest misconception about her.

“That I am artificial and attention-seeking, when the truth is that, every bit of me is … devoted to love and art,” Gaga told Walters. “I am a songwriter. I’m a performance artist. I’m a daughter and a sister.

GaGa calls in on ‘Mojo In The Morning’ radio show, Detroit. They talk to GaGa about her past, boyfriends and more! They even already played ‘Telephone’ on the radio. <3

Reporting from Boston – Almost immediately after she deposited herself in a corner booth at L’Espalier, the restaurant at Boston’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel on the December afternoon after the first American date of her Monster Ball tour, Lady Gaga made a confounding statement.

“I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else,” said the 23-year-old known to her mom (eating lunch nearby) as Stefani Germanotta. “I don’t see myself as an heir.”

Yet there she was, in a blond Hollywood bob and black tuxedo-bra combo much like the costumes Madonna wore 20 years ago, discussing a show that conjures the spirits of Michael Jackson, David Bowie and the punk-rock drag queens of downtown New York and promoting music — the newly expanded edition of her 2008 debut album, “The Fame,” greatly enriched by eight new songs and repackaged as “The Fame Monster” — that pays blatant homage to ABBA, Queen, Eurodisco and Marilyn Manson.

Gaga doesn’t care. She wants you to trace her references. ” John Lennon talked about how with every song he wrote, he was thinking of another artist,” she said, making a less expected connection to a pop deity.

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Wish it was longer, she looks amazing!

Lady Gaga is only 70 minutes late, which I suppose (sigh) is quite good by pop-star standards. This gives me ample time to case the pavements round the May Fair hotel for the packs of paparazzi who are supposed to follow her everywhere she goes — but there are disappointingly none.

Her young English PR, Adrian, tells me that she is busy putting on her make-up, to which I respond rather forcefully that she really need not bother because I won’t notice whether she’s wearing 10 layers of slap or none. But according to Adrian, she won’t ever leave her room without full make-up. He takes me up to the penthouse suite where the interview will take place. All very Kelly Hoppen, black-and-gold upholstery, lacquer tables, buddhas, white orchids, bamboo, the usual. “Have a look at the bathroom!” Adrian says excitedly. It has a freestanding granite tub exactly like a sarcophagus. “And the master bedroom!” Circular white bed, ginormous flatscreen, more white orchids. Yes, the decor is impressive, but the waiting is long.

Eventually she appears, a frail little body tottering along on absurdly high platform heels, in fishnet tights, a rather skewwhiff Marilyn Monroe wig, and a short, black silk wrap, which keeps falling open to reveal her somewhat undernourished breasts. I preferred the photos of her at Glastonbury with flames shooting out of her bra. Her skin is pale, almost milk-white, but she has thick black hairs on her arms and a hodgepodge of tattoos (a ban-the-bomb sign, some lines of poetry), which spoils the porcelain effect. But she is very polite. She takes her sunglasses off as soon as we start talking, revealing lovely, big hazel eyes, and — best of all — produces two ashtrays, some cigs and a lighter, and tells me that, though she doesn’t smoke on performance days, she can today.

If you google Lady Gaga the first thing you see is a related search asking “Is Lady Gaga a hermaphrodite?” Naturally this question has been weighing on my mind and I have spent an unseemly amount of time studying close-ups of her crotch on YouTube. Jonathan Ross raised the question when she came on his show and received the immortal reply “I do have a really big donkey dick,” which certainly shut him up. Her early career seems to have been dogged by rumours that she was a man in drag, and Christina Aguilera said dismissively: “I don’t know if it is a man or a woman.” But why should she be a man, or even a hermaphrodite? She does have a deep voice but she is quite clearly a woman. The whole hermaphrodite story has the feel of a rather desperate publicity ploy.

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Journalism student and Cherrytree Records member Xandra Boersma recently interviewed Martin Kierszenbaum (Cherry Cherry Boom Boom) of Cherrytree Records on the subject of Lady Gaga, you can read the full interview below.

1. What was the first Lady Gaga song you ever heard and what did you think about it?
I’d heard portions of songs like “Boys, Boys, Boys” and “Paparazzi” but the first full song I heard her sing was the song we wrote together, “The Fame,” in the studio.

2. What did you think the first time you saw her?
She walked into my office with black hair. She was gregarious and dynamic. We talked music and especially a lot about Prince. We connected musically in terms of our influences and approach to pop song writing. I thought she was extraordinary from the very first time I met her.

3. Why did you decide to sign her on to Cherrytree Records?
We connected creatively and our work ethics are similar. I believed in her talent and potential. Most of all, I could see that I would enjoy working with her. That’s a key to it for me. If it’s fun, it usually works.

4. What’s it like to work with Lady Gaga?
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Released at the end of the Decade of Celebrity, the Warholian message of Lady Gaga’s The Fame – nowadays, we’re all superstars – was timely and almost profound. Railing against the “noise of mediocrity”, the 23-year-old New Yorker, otherwise known as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, not only unleashed a series of fantastically hook-laden singles, she also dressed exactly the way a pop star should, complete with fire-breathing breasts. Without her blend of Streisand’s imperiousness, Freddie Mercury’s showmanship, Bette Midler’s bathhouse cabaret and the young Madonna’s sass, chutzpah and ambition, the future would be looking considerably duller.

Can you sum up your journey so far?

It’s been incredible. Truthfully, I’m just very grateful, and I can’t work hard enough. I’ve been travelling so much, I’ve written songs in every continent around the world, and it’s been so inspiring. I love it all, and it’s only made me more hungry.

What has been the high point of 2009?

My relationship with the gay community has been the most incredible thing. I love them so much. My fans have a soul – they’re a subculture of music lovers, pop music lovers, misfits, an incredible group of young people who all have something in common and come to my shows to be freed.

And the low point?

Loneliness, being on the road. I have a chronic sadness that recurs. The lowest point was in Australia in May. I was overwhelmingly sad, and I didn’t know why, because I had all these things to be happy about. I went to the studio and played for hours, and I wrote what is going to be the greatest record of my career, a beautiful song about my father. I remember watching the mascara tears flood the ivories and I thought, “It’s OK to be sad.” I’ve been trained to love my darkness.

Have you met any of your heroes?

I met Grace Jones. It was a wonderful experience, she’s an incredible woman, and I got to spend a little bit of time with her. It was so nice. I’ve been really honoured by some of the people I’ve met, but I don’t like to discuss it because it takes away the sacredness.

Have you struggled with any of those outfits?

God, yeah. I arrived recently for a show and the stylist had brought this outfit and the damn thing was like fucking 100lbs – head to toe, leather, studs. And I was wearing this famous Vidal Sassoon haircut where only one eye is showing. So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing – and then my tits explode at the end. It’s not as easy as it looks!

You’ve toured the world this year. What was the most memorable place you visited?

Israel. I went to Jerusalem, to Jesus’s tomb and the place of the Last Supper. I swam in the Dead Sea. We all took our clothes off and rubbed ourselves in the boiling hot mud. Very spiritual. We drove along the partition wall and saw into Palestine. It was incredible.

What’s planned for 2010?

My history is already written. For me, it’s already April of next year. I’ve designed everything I’m doing until then. It’s finished. I feel as though the past two years have been training, and now I’m going to show everybody what I can do.