Lady Starlight

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Lady Starlight

| image = Lady Starlight Dirty Showbiz.jpg

| caption = Lady Starlight performing as an opening act of the Dirty Showbiz Tour in 2010

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| birth_name = Colleen Martin

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|23}}

| birth_place = New York, U.S.

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| occupation = {{flat list|

DJ
musical performer
go-go dancer

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| years_active = 2007–present

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| associated_acts = {{flat list|

Lady Gaga
Surgeon
Len Faki
Regis
Cassegrain mule

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Colleen Martin (born December 23, 1975), known professionally as Lady Starlight, is an American DJ and musical performer. Based in New York City's Lower East Side, she is best known for her numerous collaborations with Lady Gaga. Starlight released her debut extended play, Untitled, in 2017. The following year, she released her second extended play, Which One of Us Is Me?. Besides her own performances, she also sometimes performs with Surgeon (Anthony Child).{{cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/feed-item.aspx?id=82590 |title=Watch Surgeon and Lady Starlight open for Lady Gaga in full |last1=HerrJordan |date=December 3, 2014 |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=April 21, 2016 }}

Biography

Lady Starlight was born Colleen Martin on December 23, 1975, and was raised in upstate New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lady-starlight-mn0003627419/biography|title=Artist Biography by Rich Wilson|last=Wilson|first=Rich|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 11, 2019}} She moved to New York City in 2001, at the age of 25.{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/access-all-areas/a/-/14084262/starlight-shines-on-gaga |title=Starlight shines on Gaga - The West Australian |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=June 29, 2012 |accessdate=July 11, 2012}}

Relationship with Lady Gaga

File:Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza 2007.jpg (right) at Lollapalooza 2007]]

Lady Starlight is best known in relation to Lady Gaga, having met the performer during a Manhattan party.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a188528/dj-i-was-lady-gagas-mentor.html |title=DJ: 'I was Lady GaGa's mentor' - Music News |work=Digital Spy |date=November 25, 2009 |accessdate=July 7, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128185830/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a188528/dj-i-was-lady-gagas-mentor.html |archivedate=January 28, 2010}} The two became good friends and Starlight helped Gaga in making the "elaborate onstage costumes" for which she is now known. The two hosted a weekly party entitled New York Street Revival and Trash Dance, in which they performed songs from the 1970s and 1980s. Their "outrageous performances" included lighting hairspray cans on fire and go-go dancing.{{cite news |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-11-19/music/lady-gaga-some-like-it-pop/ |title=Lady GaGa: Some Like it Pop |last=Hobart |first=Erika |date=November 18, 2008 |work=Seattle Weekly |accessdate=January 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109192648/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-11-19/music/lady-gaga-some-like-it-pop |archive-date=January 9, 2009 |url-status=dead }} The two then performed in 2007 as Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue, "a surprise hit", where Starlight played 1970s glam and metal records between Gaga's pop songs.[http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/lady-starlight-adds-more-metal-to-lady-gaga-shows/ Classic Rock (online)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622105547/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/lady-starlight-adds-more-metal-to-lady-gaga-shows/ |date=June 22, 2012 }}, April 16, 2012. The pair performed at the 2007 Lollapalooza music festival.{{cite news|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/10/lady_gaga|title=Going Ga-Ga for Lady Gaga|last=D'Souza|first=Nandini|date=October 18, 2007|work=W Magazine|accessdate=January 3, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513084651/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/10/lady_gaga|archivedate=May 13, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Starlight has influenced Lady Gaga's career{{cite web|url=http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/31/lady-starlight-lady-gaga-interview/|title=PopEater.com|access-date=August 31, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902015535/http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/31/lady-starlight-lady-gaga-interview/|archivedate=September 2, 2010}} and her on-stage persona.{{cite news |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/meet-the-woman-who-inspired-lady-gaga_100324226.html |title=Meet the woman who inspired Lady Gaga |last=Cassis |first=Christine |date=February 22, 2010 |publisher=Thaindian News |accessdate=February 3, 2010 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192129/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/meet-the-woman-who-inspired-lady-gaga_100324226.html |url-status=dead }}

Discography

Operator (2014){{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/operator-single/id909225751 |title=Operator - Single by Lady Starlight on Apple Music |website=iTunes |access-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822125601/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/operator-single/id909225751 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
Untitled (2017){{Cite news|url=https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/03/stroboscopic-artefacts-welcomes-lady-starlight/|title=Stroboscopic Artefacts Welcomes Lady Starlight|work=XLR8R|access-date=2018-02-14|language=en-US}}
Which One of Us Is Me? (2018){{Citation|title=Which One of Us Is Me? - EP by Lady Starlight|date=2018-01-15|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/which-one-of-us-is-me-ep/1327447879|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424081525/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/which-one-of-us-is-me-ep/1327447879|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2018|language=en-US|accessdate=2018-04-23}}
W (2019){{Cite web |url=https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/4251648414865 |title=Lady Starlight – W |publisher=Record Store Day |language=en-US |accessdate=2023-06-01}}
3 Days From May (2020){{cite web |title=Lady Starlight – 3 Days From May |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15637487-Lady-Starlight-3-Days-From-May |website=Discogs |access-date=14 October 2023}}