Quote:Lady Gaga and her longtime creative director Laurieann Gibson have parted ways professionally.

...Their partnership goes back to 2007, when Gaga was a new signee at Interscope Records. Though the singer's vocal ability and musicianship was always there, Gibson has been credited by many with shaping the then-struggling singer into the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning performer of today.

Gibson recalled the pair's initial conversations during an interview with The Times in 2010. “She came to me like, 'I got dropped and I don’t really know if I have it in me to know what I need to do to make my dream come true.' And then she played me her record and I said, 'Listen, I’ve got enough for the both of us, let’s go.’ We started designing her opinion as a live performer and what that would be, what the records would feel like visually. How would 'Just Dance' turn into 'Poker Face,' into 'Bad Romance' — and now the 'Monster Ball' [tour].”