Kanye West is always looking for a new inspiration and when he found out what Lady Gaga was singing about on “Poker Face,” it got his attention. When Yeezy later saw her perform a different version of the song on the internet, he was hooked. Kanye then sampled the song for KiD CuDi’s “I Make Her Say”, formerally known as “I Poke Her Face.”

“It’s a single for Cudi,” Kanye explained. “Due to radio, the name of the song is called, ‘I Make Her Say.’ When I saw that YouTube, that’s what made me fall in love with the song — when I saw her play it the acoustic version. I could hear all the melody lines. On the ‘Poker Face’ single, she sings it straightforward, almost, like, ripping it or chanting it. But this [acoustic version], you hear the Broadway melodies run up and down. I was inspired by that. I wanted to sample it. I thought it was really dope — just on some hip-hop, ‘Say when I p-p-poke her face.’

Kanye continued “All the backstory to the song is really controversial,” he continued. “When I found out that her actual song is about her making love to her boyfriend but really thinking about her girlfriend, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s crazy.’ For us to even flip it to another level and challenge people’s opinions, that’s it.”