Comment on The fact that there's a lady out there named Stephanie who insisted the whole world call her Lady Gaga and we're all just like, "okay."

• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It was actually brilliant. Got everyone talking about him without really giving up ‘Prince’ in the public consciousness.

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  • chepox@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Never thought of it that way but yeah. Gave up his name without actually giving it up. Brilliant. That guy was savy as fuck. Also a genius.

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• Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He chose an unpronouncable symbol because it allowed him to break his recording contract.

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  • TeaHands@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I seeee! Never heard the finer details of that whole thing (I was young and not super into his stuff anyway). Smart guy though by the sounds of it!

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