Lady Gaga writes Bad Romance on the bus

July 2009: Number 50 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicMost musicians see the pop world stretching out before them and they consider it as a long line with art at one end and cash at the other. They set a limit on how far in each direction they are prepared or able to go, and they get to work. In 2009, Lady Gaga decided that this world was not flat. In fact, from her vantage point orbiting pop, she could see the line between art and commerce bending round so that t...

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