Perfect Celebrity

Lady Gaga * Track #4 On MAYHEM (Reissue)

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Lady Gaga

2025

Perfect Celebrity by Lady Gaga

Release Date

Fri Mar 07 2025

Performed by

Lady Gaga

Produced by

Lady Gaga & Cirkut & watt

Writed by

Lady Gaga & watt & Cirkut & Gesaffelstein

About

“Perfect Celebrity” is a raw and self-reflective song where Gaga charges her anger and frustration toward both the industry and herself. She describes how it feels to live in several different disguises at once as she examines the emotional struggle between her own self, Stefani, and her public char...

Perfect Celebrity Lyrics

[Intro]
Oh, ooh, ah
Uh

[Verse 1]
I'm made of plastic like a human doll
You push and pull me, I don't hurt at all
I talk in circles, 'cause my brain, it aches
You say, "I love you", I disintegrate

[Pre-Chorus]
I've become a notorious being
Find my clone, she's asleep on the ceilin'
Now, can't get me down
You love to hate me
I'm the perfect celebrity

[Chorus]
So rip off my face in this photograph (Perfect celebrity)
You make me money, I'll make you laugh (Perfect celebrity)
Show me your pretty, I'll show you minе
You love to hate me
I'm thе perfect celebrity

[Post-Chorus]
Uh

[Verse 2]
I look so hungry, but I look so good
Tap on my vein, suck on my diamond blood
Choke on the fame and hope it gets you high
Sit in the front row, watch the princess die

[Pre-Chorus]
I've become a notorious being
Find my clone, she's asleep on the ceilin'
Now, can't get me down
You love to hate me
I'm the perfect celebrity

[Chorus]
So rip off my face in this photograph (Perfect celebrity)
You make me money, I'll make you laugh (Perfect celebrity)
Show me your pretty, I'll show you mine
You love to hate me
I'm the perfect celebrity

[Post-Chorus]
Na-na, na-na-na (Perfect celebrity)
Na-na, na-na-na (Perfect celebrity), ah-ah
Na-na, na-na-na (Perfect celebrity)
Na-na-na-na-na

[Bridge]
Catch me as I rebound (Without a sound)
Save me, I'm underground (I can't be found)
Hollywood's a ghost town
You love to hate me
I'm the perfect celebrity

[Chorus]
So rip off my face in this photograph (Perfect celebrity)
You make me money, I'll make you laugh (Perfect celebrity)
Show me your pretty, I'll show you mine
You love to hate me, you love to hate me

[Outro]
(Na-na, na-na, na, perfect celebrity)
You hate me (Na-na, na-na, na, perfect celebrity)
Show me your pretty, I'll show you mine
You love to hate me (Na-na, na-na, na)
I'll be your perfect celebrity
Ah-ah
(I've become a notorious being)

Perfect Celebrity Q&A

Who wrote Perfect Celebrity's ?

Perfect Celebrity was written by Lady Gaga & watt & Cirkut & Gesaffelstein.

Who produced Perfect Celebrity's ?

Perfect Celebrity was produced by Lady Gaga & Cirkut & watt.

When did Lady Gaga release Perfect Celebrity?

Lady Gaga released Perfect Celebrity on Fri Mar 07 2025.

What did Lady Gaga say about "Perfect Celebrity"?

I feel like what I’m dealing with on “Perfect Celebrity” is a lot of anger that I feel towards myself, about like what is this thing inside of you that you needed that, why are you this way. And the song is almost like humorous in the way that I’m talking. But it’s super angry. It’s almost like comi...

What was Gaga’s inspiration while making the song?

In the studio, we all kind of shared that love for 90s. “Perfect Celebrity” is sort of like an electro grunge song. It was also inspired by the Cure, and this song “Never Enough” that I used to play in my apartment, so it had that influence as well.

—via Zane Lowe interview

How did the song perform commercially?

During the tracking week ending March 22, 2025, the song debuted at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.