Greyson Michael Chance is an overnight web sensation thanks to his wildly popular rendition of Lady Gaga's song "Paparazzi". He has written many of his own songs and has his own YouTube channel featuring them. But it was his performance at a school recital that has created all the buzz. He was featured on Yahoo Newshttp://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/39067/little-lord-gaga-greyson-michael-chances-paparazzi-is-a-web-sensation/, CBShttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/13/entertainment/main6480145.shtml, and even appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show. He talked to Ellen and then performed the song again for her and her audience. Greyson was suprised when Lady Gaga herself phoned into the show and praised him for his song, and told him to keep working hard.
Greyson is already been praised for his "deep" songs, such as "Stars", which is about a woman who dies of cancer and meets her husband in heaven. He has been called a "clone of Justin Bieber" in looks, but he certainly is not in style of music. He is inspired by Lady Gaga, and (according to him) a little know band named Augustana. He enjoys their music and hopes to create music combining the two when he gets older.
Life and Career
Greyson lives in Oklahoma with his family. He has a few songs to his name, titled "Stars" and "Broken Hearts". He enjoys writing the songs for his piano, an instrument he has great skill at playing. He has been labeled a prodigy by countless news organizations. He is currently in 6th grade, and shot to stardom almost overnight after posting a video of his school recital on his YouTube channel. His video was featured on Yahoo News on May 12th, 2010, and he appeared on the Ellen show the very next day!
Based on the lyrics of his songs, it is apparent that Greyson is wise for his short 12 years of life. His song "Stars" (seen here: http://www.youtube.com/user/greyson97#p/a/u/0/emblM4a76jg ) is the story of a woman who dies of cancer, and waits in heaven to be reunited with her husband. He is able to take a painful and sad situation and turn it into a touching and hopeful message in just over 4 minutes.
Greyson writes on his YouTube profile: "I am very inspired by Lady Gaga and Augustana. Lady Gaga is a freak but she has so much talent and her style of music is what I would like mine to be when i'm older. Augustana is one of the most underrated bands I think ever to step the planet. They have so much talent it is not funny. They have such a good concept with folk and rock. It is very sad that they are so unknown."http://www.youtube.com/user/greyson97#p/a/u/0/emblM4a76jg
"Paparazzi" by Greyson Michael Chance
Greyson Michael Chance does his cover of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" on piano for his 6th grade recital. He is inspired by Lady Gaga, and hopes to play her style of music as he gets older. He has become an overnight sensation thanks to the internet, and has appeared on Ellen's talk show.
