Shola Ama - Someday I’ll Find You (ft. Craig Armstrong)
This is one of the highlights of the Pet Shop Boys-curated Noël Coward compilation, Twentieth-Century Blues*. I saw Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfadyen singing bits of it on stage today in Private Lives; their performances were appealing, but suffice to say they’ve not quite got the vocal talent of Ms Ama. I couldn’t wait to get home and play this. And so I have.
* Other bright spots include Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry and Suede featuring Raissa. But you knew that.
I have to say that meeting you is rather odd. It’s like interviewing Mr. T. What to call you?
[Laughs] Lady Gaga or Gaga is fine. Everyone calls me one of the two, and it’s very normal. I think it’s mostly about being in my world and understanding what I do. … When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.
What does [your spiritual guide] bring to the party?
What I like about him is that he doesn’t speak to me like I am a normal person. He understands that I have an eccentric way of life and personality. And he also understands that I am famous, and I appreciate that.
Don’t you think it’s kind of creepy when you refer to yourself in the third person?
No. Not if you’re an artist, it’s not. I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don’t live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans. And that way, I have to think about not what is best for my vagina but what is best for my fans and for me artistically.
