Lady GaGa and Starnight

I am interviewing Lady GaGa today.

For those of you not familiar with this blonde, fashion-loving, theatrical performance artist, her hit single is "Just Dance."

YouTube it.

Her up-and-coming singles include "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi." (Both songs I was previously unaware of but will admit to playing more than a dozen times in the last few days... they have made it onto my Top 25 Played playlist already...)

So I am beyond excited. It is my first big-time interview, and with that realization comes nervousness and a little self-doubt. I am actually two years older than she is, so I will try to keep that in mind while I ask her my questions. Although, it still is really hard for me to fathom what her life must be like right now. I can't even imagine having that kind of life at 22 years old. Wahnsinn.

I am also trying to figure out how to balance my professional side with the side that likes her music. I would feel so odd bringing my camera and asking for an autograph, because I, like most people, think celebrities are cool and want to prove that I have indeed met them. Or interviewed them. Writing an interview is one thing—an enormous clip that will be great for my career—but how to balance that other side? Should I act like a fan in the least bit, or just do my job?

I think I will just play it by ear. I will only have 10 minutes with her anyway, and of course I am going to concentrate on getting the information I need first and foremost. Then we will just see... of course it wouldn't harm anything to at least mention that I am a fan of her music.

Furthermore, there is an event taking place in Munich at the moment, called the DLD Conference. (Digital, Life, Design) It's a big deal. Many people important to the media, online especially, will be speaking, including people from Google, Facebook, The Economist, UPS, The Guardian, etc. will be there. Arianna Huffington was scheduled to come, and I was really, really looking forward to meeting her (she is one of my favorite columnists) but she unfortunately had to cancel her trip, due to personal reasons.

Tonight, following my interview, I am cordially invited to attend the DLD Starnight, during which Lady GaGa will perform. I am stokedddddd, and I hope I will (actually I know I will) meet a lot of interesting people there, and I know it will be a blast.

DAHHHHH it's so wonderfully excellent that I have been given this kind of opportunity. I am young, a budding journalist if you will, and even though those in careers similar to mine have had an abundance of experiences like this, some getting to speak with presidents, world leaders, inventors, actors, musicians, the list goes on and on; this is the first time I will be speaking with someone who is known world-wide. My more experienced colleagues' skills are chiseled to perfection; they are no longer nervous, perhaps it's just like breathing to them at this point.

But one must start somewhere.

My stomach clenches when I think of walking into that hotel lobby and meeting the popstar who is said to be "the next Madonna," but I will put my best effort forward, all the while keeping in mind that at this moment, I am doing exactly what it is I set out to do.

I don't know if there is anything greater than just to be given the chance.