For Lady Gaga, actual singing has always been a very small part of the pop star persona, not that she doesn't have pipes. Which is why the thought of Gaga dispensing sage singing advice to former-friend-of-Winehouse Mark Ronson--someone whose body of work is most noted for producing other singers--makes all the sense in the world. So what was her advice? Encourage intersex rumors? Wear wild hats? Nope, it's simpler than that.

Ronson told the BBC, "We were working in the studio and I started singing and she said, 'Take some lessons'." Burn. But leave it to Ronson to know his limits: "I started going last July and then I just went every week." Ronson and Gaga have been friends for a while, with the former acting as the latter's tour guide back in 2009 when Gaga visited London. Meanwhile, he still contends that Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, which included the following hit that incidentally foretold her demise...

is his pièce de résistance. "I think it's the best thing I've ever done." Which could be what also caught Rihanna's ear. The pop princess is now eyeing a collaboration with Ronson too.