Sixth-Grade Gaga-Bieber Hybrid Wows on YouTube

By Zach Dionne Posted May 11th 2010 04:15PM

What looks like Justin Bieber, sounds like Lady Gaga and plays piano like a sixth-grade virtuoso? This guy! The viral Venus Flytrap that is The Daily What snagged this stunning video of a young Biebz-look-alike/Gaga-sound-alike jamming a 'Paparazzi' cover Tuesday morning. We spent our day watching the clip, like, 95 times.

Whether it's the soulful, way-too-mature-for-a-kid-this-old vocals, the hairdo (how'd he get it so Bieber-y?!) or the effortless confidence -- maybe all three -- this clip is a classic. Meet the artist known as Greyson Michael Chance:

Wow, huh? PopEater commends this grade-school genius for putting a unique spin on the oft-covered music de Gaga. We also applaud these sixth-grade females for not fainting in the wake of this spectacular performance.

Young Greyson-san's 'Paparazzi' cover has netted him over 1.5 million hits thus far -- which is a few more views than the two original home video jams hosted on his YouTube channel. Here's the bio from his page -- Greyson97, leading us to believe he was born in '97 and is around 12:

I am very inspired by Lady Gaga and Augustana. Lady Gaga is a freak but she has so much talent and her style of music is what I would like mine to be when I'm older. Augustana is one of the most underrated bands I think ever to step the planet. They have so much talent it is not funny. They have such a good concept with folk and rock. It is very sad that they are so unknown.

Greyson undeniable awesomeness has already inspired a Facebook fan page, which currently has over 5,200 devotees screaming "WOW!" and "Sooooo Cool!" in unison.

Further proof he's a phenom? Ellen DeGeneres has booked Greyson to stop by her talk show this Thursday.

Here's hoping for more from Greyson...soon. In the meantime, here are two of his own songs:

'Stars'

'Broken Hearts'

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Tuesday 11 May

By Laura

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This kid is crazy talented! Wow, I am so impressed!

Wednesday 12 May

By bazel

OMG!!! Way better than Lady Gaga!!! Keep going kid!!

By boz

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Talent trumps all the money in the world; the girls were stunned by his brilliance.

By wake up call

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"watching the clip, like, 95 times" might be termed "cruel and unusual punishment." A steady tempo is far more impressive, sixth grade or not.

By Robin

Well...my 11 yr old daughter is a pile of mush now....:) This kid is going to be huge..and I like how he puts his own spin on the songs.

By Gordon

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WOW and again WOW. That kid has true talent, but he's only 11. Where that makes it more amazing, he's still a boy, and boys' voices change. I'd love to hear him when he's older. BTW, I'm no Lady Gaga fan, but I'm his already.

By Myka

This season's American Idol could of used this kid...maybe they should lower their age limit.

By rissa

i agree. This seasons american idol contestants are terrible, hes decent. Better than justin bieber. And he looks older than justin bieber rofl.

Thursday 13 May

By jimma

This little dynamo does NOT NEED an idiot show like AI! He''s got it all on his own...you watch!!!!

By gary

WHOA!!!!!!!! This young man is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK BUDDY! I ACTUALLY HATED THAT SONG UNTIL YOU BLESSED IT!
DJ GARY A.

By charlene

He's great!!!! Finally a kid that has talent. He just needs to lose that awful hair-do.

By fldhcky

r u kidding me i love his hair, so cute!!!!!

By debbie

What do you mean "finally"? There are tons of kids out there with amazing talent. It's just only a priveleged few that ever get any attention. Go search youtube and you will see. There are a whole lot of kids that have way more talent than most of the ones who are lucky enough to make money.

By fcdeacy

This is what Simon has been telling American Idol contestants to do since the beginning! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By kayann98

Finally!!!! He makes up for everything Justin Bieber lacks!! awsome!! :)

By garjaya

I agree with you 100%.

By fred

Justin who???? This kid will help everyone forget about yesterdays idol. This guy can actually sing. Don't know how long that will last being he is an adolescent. I guess we will see.

By gabbiechang

So true! That kid can sing for real when JUSTIN B needs autotuning~!

By ingrid

u forgot 2 mention hes not GAY! and he doesnt just sing about girls it gets really annoying if i were famous i would want to do a duet with HIM!

By Dth8207

This child is extremely talented and sounds great. Hopefully he will find his place and have much luck!

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