DJWS talks about meeting Gaga for the first time

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Paul Blair spent his childhood living on a farm in Ohio. “It was in the middle of nowhere. In the morning, I used to collect chicken eggs before I went to school,” he recalls.

His world was completely rocked in the second grade when he was given a tape filled with rap songs called “Mr. Magic’s Rap Attack.” “I fell in love with it,” shares the Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter, who was forever hooked. “I never asked for toys. I always asked for music. I had to keep buying it.”

By the fifth grade he started writing songs from a notebook his mom gave him. He wrote raps about his classmates. “There was a kid in my class who wore Reeboks every day, and I wrote about him,” shares Blair.

Even with his passion for music, he never imagined it could be his career until the family moved from Ohio to Detroit. There he discovered live DJs on the radio and the vibrant music scene. He thought, I want to do that when I get older. At 15 he strategically worked at a car wash. “Everyone wanted to get a job at the record store, so it was very difficult, especially when you are 15,” he explains. “I got a job at the car wash next door just so I could spend all my money at the record store after work.”

A international business student at Michigan State University, Blair did a Japanese exchange program in order to study abroad. While there, he flexed his fierce DJ chops at Delta Market in Takamatsu, Back the States his DJ prowess became legendary, especially his hip-hop/old-school mash-ups. He was in demand everywhere, DJing for Pete Wentz and Seth MacFarlane. A talented producer, he also started making and playing his own techno music.

When Blair was DJing a guy approached to let him know how much he liked Blair’s music. “What is this?” the man asked. It was one of Blair’s songs. The man requested more. It turned out the guy was Lady Gaga’s creative director. After Blair sent along his music it was returned with Lady Gaga singing her words on the tracks. “It was incredible,” he shares.

Three days later Gaga herself called. “I thought it was a joke, one of my friends playing a prank,” says Blair. It wasn’t. After they met in Chicago, his home base, she asked Blair, “Do you want to go with me on tour and we’ll write more stuff?” he recalls.

“So I went home, packed a bag, and five years later I came home.”

Frequent collaborators, Blair co-wrote and produced many songs on the “Born This Way” album, including the title track. He also produced and co-wrote most of her ARTPOP album like the single “Applause.” He was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Most recently he co-wrote “The Cure” with Gaga and others which was released in April. “She is like my sister and is a very smart, kind, caring, amazing woman — a creative force,” says Blair. “My father told me show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future. If you surround yourself with rad people who are positive and awesome they will inspire you to push yourself.”

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[KleinGa 18,177]

This is 

Let's hope he stops over producing stuff now 

[Chromatislaps 34,848]

okay lemme be annoying: Release ARTPOP ACT II Paul sis  

[iAdrian97 869]

I’m glad gaga met him. His work on ARTPOP was amazing to me. I feel people give him **** since ARTPOP didn’t do so good. I wouldn’t mind if he’s in future albums 

[monketsharona 80,598]

RedOne, Garibay and DarkChild are still my favorite Gaga producers

But Paul is nice

[ANVEEROY 61,192]

1 minute ago, monketsharona said:

RedOne, Garibay and DarkChild are still my favorite Gaga producers

But Paul is nice

I second that 

[Cailleach 2,974]

15 minutes ago, yASSsss said:

Paul Blair spent his childhood living on a farm in Ohio. “It was in the middle of nowhere. In the morning, I used to collect chicken eggs before I went to school,” he recalls.

Now we know where gaga got her farming inspiration from 

[xoxo Craig 55,649]

I'm so happy to read this

[Ryusei 61,110]

"5 years later, I came home" Wut? 

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30 minutes ago, yASSsss said:

If you surround yourself with rad people who are positive and awesome they will inspire you to push yourself.

I fully believe this in my day-to-day life

good read!

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8 minutes ago, Ryusei said:

"5 years later, I came home" Wut? 

He wrote and produced the songs with Gaga and went back home 

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40 minutes ago, yASSsss said:

It turned out the guy was Lady Gaga

Spoiler

Aaawww but seriously this is such a cute anecdote 

 

[Leeo 2,366]

Paul is really nice, love him. I think by far he's the one that...like... he really talks in such a personal way when he's talking about Gaga. He always call her "sister"... It's not like other people didn't but idk Paul seems very close (and I mean... he's the only producer that has been around since 2011  )

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33 minutes ago, Cailleach said:

Now we know where gaga got her farming inspiration from 

I was going to say the exact same thing 

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"I'm dropping my new single tomorrow, it's called "Collecting eggs." I wrote it with DJWS one morning on my ranch in Malibu. We were just both collecting eggs from my chickens, because it's what he used to do as a kid, and we really just kind of connected over our youth and you know how growing up is just like, collecting eggs y'know, like accumulating eggs until you have that full basket of family, friends and lovers, creating a nest for yourself and finding comfort within it and always coming back to it."

- Lady Gaga, Vogue, 2018 November Issue

Calling it now