The Origin Of The Name Of The World's Famous Musician, SZA To Lady Gaga

SZA (Photo: Instagram @sza)

JAKARTA - The world's singers and musicians have stage names that become a kind of 'alter ego' for some artists, this 'fake' name makes a difference between themselves as artists and ordinary humans.

Or some others also consider the stage name to be one effective way of marketing. They hope that with catchy names, they will be easy to remember.

Although not all world musicians use the name of the stage, there are quite a few out there who have interesting stories behind it.

Here are some of the world's top musicians' stage names and stories behind them. Anyone familiar?

Post Malone

The real name Austin Richard Post, this artist is quite inspired by rap music. The name Post Malone itself is a combination of the names he found thanks to the rap name generator that he still uses today.

Cardi B

Cardi B has another story. In an interview he explained that his stage name appeared because he had a younger brother named Hennessy, so people called the artist as Bakardi. From there his name was shortened to Cardi because Bakardi's name always failed to be embedded in his social media account.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's artistic spirit cannot be doubted. According to her, Gaga is a very strong name and can describe herself as a young and free-hearted person. The owner of the real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta began to call herself Lady Gaga from the beginning of her career.

John legend

Many thought Legend was a last name. But that name turned out to be the calling of his close friends. John had two choices, between pursuing a career and becoming a legend, or leaving that name. He chose the first.

Bad Bunny

This Puerto Rico artist is known to have had a brilliant career in his genre. Bad Bunny explained the origin of his name turned out to come from childhood experiences. In the past, he had a photo wearing a rabbit costume which his friends made fun of. But in fact, that name is now a moniker that makes him known to the world.

Halsey

Having the real name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, Halsey thought about making music with that name. But to make it sound artistic, he used Halsey which is an anagram of his first name, Ashley. The name was also inspired by a subway station in Brooklyn, namely Halsey Street.

SZA

SZA became one of the biggest artist names of the decade. Sol hala Imani Rowe is a Muslim artist whose name is inspired by Supreme Alphabet. S represents Sovereignignity, Z is Zig-Zag and letter A is said to refer to the power, or Allah. That name became the spirit and philosophy of SZA in music.