Thursday

Hometown Girl, Born This Way

Shout out to 10-year-old Maria Aragon, whose cover of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" moved the modern day Madonna to tears—and prompted her to tweet about it:


CBC News says the video had been viewed about 3,100 times since being posted on Feb. 16. After Gaga posted a link Thursday morning, hits jumped to 61,000 (as of 1 p.m. EST).

"Born This Way" was unveiled to the world earlier this week, meaning Aragon mastered it in a matter of days. (Or hours, considering the time she undoubtedly had to spend away from her keyboard to attend school, etc.)

This is cool in and of itself, but it's extra cool to me, since Aragon lives in Winnipeg, a.k.a. everyone's favorite obscure Canadian city (and where I went to college). The Peg boasts two degrees of separation, and its residents are filled with a bizarre, fierce sense of civic pride—hence, my cheerleading.

Check out my sweet-singing homegirl:


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