I still lived in Michigan but was lucky enough to get tickets to artRave from DJWS on twitter. It was the best night of my life. The room was electric. The food trucks were AMAZING, and the show was incredible. After the show we waited around cause we had an early morning flight and our phones were dead so we decided to kill time til we were kicked out. At about 3am Gaga came out (we all thought she was gone) and she sat down in front of the Koons statue and talked to the about 15 of us that were left. It was such a moment. I asked her what a Koons ball was and it was my first time meeting her. I’ll never forget the way she kept direct eye contact with me the entire time answering the question and how genuine and real that moment felt to me and all of us around. I went home, bought the album that I definitely didn’t listen to the leak of, and tweeted this picture. She then liked it and followed me back. That was a huge deal 10 years ago and I just abiut fainted when it happened. I literally screamed and my grandma was so scared she was like what?! And I had to explain what happened 😂 in the years since I’ve had the best moments with this fan base and with Gaga. I’ve met her after shows, I’m a flight attendant and got to meet her mom on one of my flights recently and had the best time with her and she got me a ticket to her NYC Chromatica show for my birthday, and I have countless other stories. Gaga has always been my hero and helped me find myself in my skin in my pivotal years. I know she was going through a lot behind the scenes making this album but for a lot of us this time/music still holds such a damn special place in all of our hearts and I hope that all of our good memories wipe away all of the bad ones she had from then. I love you ARTPOP and I love you too Gaga ❤️ #10yearsofARTPOP #artpop10