EDMOND — As Edmond’s Greyson Chance sang the lyrics to Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” on Thursday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” he was actually describing what has happened to him in the past two days.

Little did he know when he first sang the song at a school event that it would be a prediction of what was to come for this young man with a beautiful smile and a ton of talent.

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A line from the song, “It’s so magical, we’ll be fantastical,” pretty much says it all for 12-year-old Greyson, a sixth-grade student at Cheyenne Middle School.

Earlier in the week Chance received a text message during his math class from his mother telling him the producers of “Ellen” had invited him to come on the show.

“”I said, ‘No, they didn’t,’” Chance told Ellen during the broadcast that aired this morning. When he got home from school his mother told him to pack.

“And here I am,” Chance said. He and his mother flew to California for the taping of the show Wednesday and arrived home at 2 a.m. Thursday morning.

Chance told Ellen and the audience he has been taking piano lessons for three years but has never taken voice lessons.

He sang Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” on the show, the same song he sang during a local performance two weeks ago.

“My No. 1 inspiration is Lady Gaga,” Chance said. He said he loves her individuality and the way she can harness that. “It takes amazing talent.

“It makes me want to dance, kind of like, Ellen,” he said jokingly to DeGeneres.

During the interview with DeGeneres, Chance got to speak with his inspiration, “Miss Gaga,” on the telephone.

“Keep following your dreams,” Lady Gaga told him. “Stay away from girls and be focused,” she instructed him.

“You have already won over everyone’s hearts,” Lady Gaga said. “Don’t be nervous. Have fun and have a performance of a lifetime.”

Fans can go on YouTube and hear Chance singing two of his original compositions, “Broken Hearts” and “Stars.”

“I write songs with meaning,” Chance said. “I write about things I live or feel.”

Of his song “Broken Hearts,” which Chance said was based on two girls, DeGeneres said, “Look at what’s happened to you. They (the girls) are going to be sorry.”

When Greyson sang at a chorus end of the year performance at a local church in Edmond two weeks ago, his father Scott Chance said it never occurred to him that the recording of his son’s performance would cause such a stir.

Wednesday Scott said he was using a hand-held camera to record Greyson’s act for his mom, Lisa, who was unable to attend because of work obligations.

“If I had known the video would end up being seen by more than a million viewers I would have used a tripod and tried to do a better job,” Scott said, laughing.

Although it was Greyson’s idea to put the video on YouTube, it was his sister, Alexa, a sophomore at Santa Fe High School, and his older brother, Tanner, a student at the University of Oklahoma, who came up with the idea to send the video to Ellen DeGeneres.

Once the video hit YouTube, within 48 hours it had become viral with more than 1.5 million hits on it.

Another line from the song reflects the majority of feelings of the more than 8.9 million hits on his YouTube page by Thursday evening, “I’m your biggest fan.”

Thursday evening Greyson said these last few days have been amazing.

“Ellen and her staff were all so nice,” Greyson said. “She is very funny but one of the nicest people. I am so grateful that she called. I had a blast.”

As for the references to Justin Bieber and his talent, Greyson said, “Justin is a great performer, and I think it is an honor to be compared to him.”

Greyson said the support of his family and his faith have helped.

“My family is a big, Christian family and my whole family, even my distant family have been behind me and have been so supportive,” he said.

Adding he has always been interested in the stage and performing, Greyson said, “I am literally living my dream right now.”

For fans who want to hear more from Greyson, he will sing with Summerstock in “Oliver!” this summer.

For Greyson, the last line of the song “Paparazzi” may be a prediction of what is yet to come for this seemingly overnight star.

“Baby, you’ll be famous.”