nswain1110 3,086 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Meet the genius who makes the bootleg Lady Gaga songs her fans are dying to hear. Nico Collins’s “Ma Ma Pa Pa Pa Perfect Illusion” was just the beginning. By MYLES TANZER November 30, 2017 On Tuesday, Lady Gaga secured two Grammy nominations for her Country-focused album Joanne. For her extremely dedicated fan base, it was a reason to celebrate, as they've stuck with her through every reinvention since she took over the world in 2009 with a tight collection of dance-pop hits. For fans wishing she'd return to that Fame Monster era, a mysterious hero emerged in August 2016 when Gaga announced Joanne's first single "Perfect Illusion." Out of the internet ether emerged a song pretending to be a "leak" of "Perfect Illusion," but was actually an all-original imitation of early Gaga songs. The voice sounds a lot like her and the fantastical songwriting is very spot on, too: "You win the game cause you’re the ace of spades / And I’m the queen of hearts, take my crown away." It holds a special place for people who talk about pop music on Twitter and is best known by its opening faux-Gaga bars, "Ma ma pa pa pa Perfect Illusion." When it was reported earlier this monththat Gaga performed a new song called "Frankenstein"( or "Frankensteined"), a new song from the same creator popped up and it's another instant classic. Both songs are actually the work of Nico Collins, who told The FADER over the phone that he lives in Los Angeles and writes and produces music professionally. He moved there a couple years ago with his sister Chelsea after signing to a production company. He is a Gaga fan and recently released some music of his own. In a quick interview, Collins explained his songwriting process and how his underground pop classics came together. NICO COLLINS: About a year ago when Lady Gaga had announced her song was going to be called "Perfect Illusion," she had two or three weeks before she dropped the song. All that there was was the title. My sister always jokes with me, like, "Sometimes your voice sounds like Lady Gaga's." I don't really hear it, but ok. But when I saw the title, I was like "Chels, let's make a fake Lady Gaga song and see if her fans will buy it and think it's her." We pulled out a guitar and thought of every Gaga cliche that we possible could have. Then I made a track with the same chord progression as "Bad Romance," and that's how we wrote "Ma Ma Pa Pa Pa, Perfect Illusion." When I was looking up "Ma Ma Pa Pa Pa" a couple weeks ago, I saw that fans were talking about a song called "Frankenstein" that she sang for some fans a few weeks ago. Someone tweeted that the guy who made "Ma Ma Pa Pa Pa" should do one for this too. I was like, Well...I guess that's another opportunity to troll this fan base! In both songs, I'll think of other titles or lyrics in her previous songs and try to incorporate it into mine. For the "Frankenstein" one, I say "Call the doctor / he went and took a bite of my heart" and she had this one song ["Monster"] that went "He ate my heart." In the same song she says, "Don't call me Gaga" and I said "Don't call me Gaga / I'm not that girl anymore." We uploaded it on a random channel on YouTube and her fans just reuploaded it a million times on Twitter and various other platforms. I guess that's how it spread. It's so funny, I'll look it up on Twitter sometimes and people still remember it and talk about it. I had no intention of it being talked about within our fan base. I've always been a big fan of Gaga. I've followed her career since the early days. I like the real version [of "Perfect Illusion"]. It's very different from her old stuff, which is how I made mine. The goal was to make the song as 2009/Fame Monster as possible. When a fan uploaded "Frankenstein" to SoundCloud, it started taking off, so I put up a song I made that I was planning to launch in the new year, and I commented like, "Hey, check me out!" If you ever want to hear what I really sound like, you should listen to it. https://www.thefader.com/2017/11/30/lady-gaga-nico-collins-ma-pa-perfect-illusion-frankenstein Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/natethetrailhunter/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggyZiggs 30,063 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Omg legend inb4 he works with Gaga soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLuca 2,554 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Nice! Frankenstein is his best. When will our fave tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggyZiggs 30,063 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 4 minutes ago, nswain1110 said: I was like, Well...I guess that's another opportunity to troll this fan base! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 He looks just like I imagined him to look A true Hunty I hope Gaga noticed him tho, he has talent tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nswain1110 3,086 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, ZiggyZiggs said: Omg legend inb4 he works with Gaga soon I lowkey kinda want him to 😆Seriously, his take on Frankenstein is catchy as hell! Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/natethetrailhunter/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrohemg 7,802 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, nswain1110 said: My sister always jokes with me, like, "Sometimes your voice sounds like Lady Gaga's." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeDontStop 909 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Legendary i got the boys in dubai Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo Craig 55,649 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 He is talented, hope Gaga notices him End Racism Now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
codymonster 8,624 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 These are actually BOPS tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfMiklaus 1,803 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Why is our fanbase so iconic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viniferrett 16,684 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 an icon sam smith who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReallyVenus 327 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Am I the only one who thought of Raven when he said "Chels" ? Who stepped on my taco? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 this fanbase is ****ed and i love it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babel 41,495 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 minute ago, viniferrett said: an icon sam smith who? Found dead with Gaga’s Oscar up on his butt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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