you met stefani germanotta, better known as lady gaga. troy: yes.mily: she was an unknown at the time. troy: she had just gotten dropped from defjam records at the time. you know, this girl with these huge dark sunglasses, fishnet stockings, and no pants. she and i were kindred spirits right away. we just kind of really hit it off. emily: no one knew who she was. you could not even get "just dance" on the radio. you guys were playing clubs, multiple gigs a night, just pounding the pavement. how did you finally break through? troy: she's probably the hardest working artist that i have ever met. you just couldn't find an artist who put in more hours, studied the game, studied the craft. from songwriting skills to piano. she wasn't a dancer when we met. she was behind the piano. but she worked so hard at the choreography, all of a sudden, she was a dancer. she wanted to compete on the highest level. emily: you guys started your own social network, little monsters. i wonder how much that helped take her from here to international popstar. troy: you don'