The lyrics to Lady Gaga’s 2008 song “Poker Face” have been misinterpreted for years. That’s what the song is really about, as Gaga herself said.
It’s official! My childhood was ruined. I wandered through life not knowing the true meaning of those 2008 fireworks. Have you ever heard “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga?
It may be hard to accept, but “Poker Face” isn’t about the game of poker at all – and it’s laced with sexual innuendo. Honestly, it’s almost as bad as when we found out that the song “Shake It” in the subway station wasn’t about dancing. Keep scrolling as we reveal the true meaning of “Poker Face”.
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Lady Gaga in 2008
Lady Gaga just explained the true meaning of “Poker Face” and it’s dirty.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a poker face is “an expression on a person’s face that does not indicate what he is thinking or feeling.”
Obviously this goes hand in hand with playing cards, as you never want it to be clear to your opponent what you’re really thinking. However, many of us have assumed a “poker face” when it comes to playing cards. In fact, she can even be seen playing cards in the music video.
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But lo and behold: Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” is actually a sex anthem that celebrates bisexuality and suggests that women are better off having sex with women than having sex with men.
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While performing this song during her Jazz and Piano residency at the Dolby Live Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas in September. In 2023, Lady Gaga revealed this secret to fans.
“Bet you didn’t know this song is about sleeping with men and thinking about women all the time,” she said, adding, “It’s a good poker face.”
Later during the performance, the pop star began talking as if she were with a male partner in the bedroom. “Baby right here,” and “Mmmm, yeah, that’s so good,” she said with a hint of sarcasm.
She also made some changes to the chorus after the chorus. Instead of singing “ppp-poker face”, she instead said “fuck her face” and “I’ll fuck her face.”
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In a TikTok video taken during the performance, fans were shocked to learn that they had completely misinterpreted the lyrics and meaning of the song. Comments included: “I thought she was talking about cards” and “I’m just now realizing she doesn’t actually say poker face.”
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Lady Gaga actually revealed that “Poker Face” had explicit lyrics in 2009, but apparently none of us listened.
As mentioned, Lady Gaga sang the words “fk her face” during the song “Poker Face” during a performance in Vegas in September. 2023. However, this was not just a reworking of the play. This explicit word has actually been part of the lyrics since the song’s creation, but it has gone unnoticed. Most radio stations and fans thought she was singing “ppp-poker face”.
But performing at Wango Tango in Irvine, California. In 2009, Lady Gaga confirmed that the song’s lyrics were “fuck her in the face.”
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She noted that only one radio station actually heard the actual lyrics she was saying and took it upon themselves to censor it on air.
“KIIS FM is the smartest radio station in the world, and I’ll tell you why. Because this song was played all over the world on tens of thousands of radio stations, but KIIS FM was the only one who said that I had to censor my lyrics because they thought I was saying something bad,” she said.
Lady Gaga added: “And of all the radio stations in the world that played this record over and over again, KIIS FM was the only one that was right and stuck.”
Wow, she’s good.