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A private recording studio and a £7k-a-night suite: Inside the hotel shaking-up city hospitality

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The hotel’s rooftop W Deck complete with ‘igloos’ so visitors can enjoy the views in all weathers. Pic: W Hotels

The private music studio was apparently the idea of Lady Gaga’s producer DJ White Shadow.

When he was on the road with the Born This Way singer, the pair would record new material as soon as she wrote it in her hotel rooms. The frustration for …

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