Ever wondered how the queen of pop, Lady Gaga, came to be the way she is today? One of her most recent singles claims that she was "Born This Way," but an upcoming special television event may beg to differ.The documentary-style hour-long piece, titled "Lady Gaga: Inside The Outside," will premiere Thursday at 9 p.m. on MTV. The singer, who has had three top-selling albums and 12 singles since 2008 including, "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi," is clearly an international hit-making machine-as well as a prominent activist for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

From dodging rumors of hermaphroditism to showing up to the 2010 Grammy Awards inside a larger-than-life egg, it seems like Gaga's antics are always on everyone's minds. But how much do we actually know about the superstar?

A sneak preview on MTV's website promises viewers that Gaga will reveal the details of her upbringing as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Growing up in New York City, she was bullied in high school, received Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" from her parents and was introducd to writing music.

So why is she speaking out now? "I think it took me to get to know my fans and to see similar struggles in them to access that wound in myself," Gaga explains in her MTV special, according to Popeater.

One interesting aspect of the show will be finding out how much of Gaga is merely a persona and how much of the singer is natural eccentricity. "I'm really quite traditional actually, contrary to what some people might think about me," Gaga said in a promotional cut of her interview with MTV. "I'm traditional in the family sense." She speaks these words while sitting on a flame-lit stage, sporting two-tone hair and black face paint. This outfit, however, is conservative compared to her usual found-art swag-think of the soda cans as hair accessories in her video for "Telephone" with Beyoncé.

None of the previews acknowledge her publicity stunts or her too-cool-for-school wardrobe, instead depicting her as your average, victimized adolescent back for revenge against her demons with her stardom.

Personally, I'm less interested in Lady Gaga's high school social struggles and more interested in the thought process behind Haus of Gaga, her creative production team, and who her stylist is.