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).[1]
Biography
Lady Starlight was born Colleen Martin on December 23, 1975, and was raised in
upstate New York.[2] She moved to
New York City in 2001, at the age of 25.[3]
Relationship with Lady Gaga
Lady Starlight is best known in relation to
Lady Gaga, having met the performer during a Manhattan party.[4] The two became good friends and Starlight helped Gaga in making the "elaborate onstage costumes" for which she is now known.[3] 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.[5] 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.[3][6] The pair performed at the 2007
Lollapalooza music festival.[7] Starlight has influenced Lady Gaga's career[8] and her on-stage persona.[9]