{"id":293,"date":"2010-05-13T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/wp\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-05-13T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T12:50:29","slug":"watching_greyson_michael_chanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/gap\/2010\/05\/watching_greyson_michael_chanc\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching Greyson Michael Chance Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I saw that Ashton Kutcher had tweeted about Greyson Michael Chance’s amazing cover<\/a> of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi,” I wondered what it must be like to go to school dreaming of becoming a famous musician only to come home and discover you’re a phenomenon. Also (betraying my age) I wondered how his mom felt. I mean, picture it: Dinner is on the table, parents ask how school was, and then “Well, um, mom, so I posted this video of myself playing the piano at
\nthat 6th grade assembly last week, and, uh, heh, a funny thing
\nhappened…um, a lot of people liked it, like, a lot, and well, I think I need to miss soccer practice tomorrow
\n’cause Leno emailed to ask if I can do his show.”<\/p>\n

But that was just in my imagination. In real life, turns out it was Ellen who made the call. <\/p>\n

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