Madonna reopens ‘copycat’ fight with Lady Gaga on Instagram
- The two pop stars have been arguing since 2011 and the fight is not over
- Madonna calls Gaga derivative and Gaga criticises Madonna for not writing her own songs
Without saying her name, Madonna is letting Lady Gaga know that she thinks she’s a copycat, reigniting the years-long feud between the two pop icons.
During her press tour for the film A Star is Born, Gaga continually repeated one specific quote to describe how her director and co-star Bradley Cooper advocated for her. She has said: “There can be 100 people in a room and 99 don’t believe in you. And you just need one to believe in you.”
Fans have made videos showing just how many times she’s repeated those words. Madonna took notice as well, and shared a video on Instagram Stories of one of her vintage interviews, in which she tells the camera: “If there are 100 people in a room and 99 say they liked it, I only remember the one person who didn’t.”
Further suggesting that her Instagram Stories post was directed at Gaga, Madonna shared several additional NSFW posts to her feed, with one captioned “don’t [expletive[ with me Monday” and an additional one reading: “I heard it all before ... talk is cheap. If you can’t improve the silence ... say nothing. #sorrynotsorry.”
Madonna and Lady Gaga have engaged in a war of the words since Gaga’s Born This Way single was released in 2011, earning comparisons to Madonna’s song Express Yourself.
“I mean, I recognised the chord changes,” Madonna said about Born This Way in a 2012 interview with ABC News. “I thought it was ... interesting. I certainly think she references me a lot in her work. And sometimes I think it’s amusing and flattering and well done.”