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Lady Gaga Stops By Google Headquarters, Announces Directorial Debut

 & Chloe Albanesius Executive Editor, News

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Singer Lady Gaga stopped by Google headquarters on Tuesday to answer questions from fans and announce her directorial debut.

Gaga, nee Stefani Germanotta, took to the Google stage in Mountain View and announced that she will direct her next video, which will be for the song, "Judas." Her next album, "Born This Way," is expected in May.

"The superstar wowed a crowd in a venue that was (literally) packed to the rafters with adoring Googlers (Google employees)," Google said in a statement. "Googlers went Gaga, channeling their inner little monsters and donning everything from her signature bow-tie hairbuns to Mother Monster costumes and filling our Charlie's Cafe to the max."

Lady Gaga, Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of consumer products, conducted the interview with Gaga (click right for larger image). The artist answered questions submitted on YouTube and via Twitter; Google said the response was "overwhelming," with Little Monsters (Gaga's name for her fans) - submitting more than 54,000 videos and 220,000 votes.

"Just left Google, what a genius team," Gaga tweeted after the interview, posting a photo of her and Google co-founder Larry Page (above).

In October, Gaga became the first person to have her videos reach 1 billion views on YouTube; teen singer Justin Bieber reached that milestone several days later. She also has almost 9 million Twitter followers.

The one-hour and 13-minute chat is now available on YouTube; video below.

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Chloe Albanesius

Chloe Albanesius

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I started out covering tech policy in DC for The National Journal, where my beat included state-level tech news and all the congressional hearings and FCC meetings I could handle. I later covered Wall Street trading tech before switching gears to consumer tech. I now lead PCMag's news coverage.

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Getting my start in DC means I still have a soft spot for tech policy; Congressional hearings can sometimes be as entertaining as a Bravo reality show, for better or worse. But PCMag is all about the technology we use every day, as well as keeping an eye out for the trends that will shape the industry in the years ahead (or flop on arrival). I've covered the rise of social media, the iOS vs. Android wars, the cord-cutting revolution that's now left us with hefty streaming bills, and the effort to stuff artificial intelligence into every product you could imagine. This job has taken me to CES in Vegas (one too many times), IFA in Berlin, and MWC in Barcelona. I also drove a Tesla 1,000 miles out west as part of our Best Mobile Networks project. Of late, my focus is on our hard-working team of reporters at PCMag, guiding and editing their robust coverage.

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