14 DAY TRIAL // Usually, Lady Gaga shocks with the clothes she chooses to wear, whether they’re made of little toy frogs or lack the lower part. Other times, the “Poker Face” star silences everybody with her statements, no matter if they’re about her public persona or aspects of her personal life. With the latest issue of V Magazine, Gaga does it again, but this time differently, since she manages to shock with her body.
Shot by renowned photographer Mario Testino, the entire Gaga-centered photospread is a play of contrasts. Gaga herself provides one element for it with her body, which is so ridiculously (fake) tanned it no longer looks natural: it’s not even orange anymore, some say, having passed right there in the dangerously “overbaked” realm. The other element is the huge, pink headpiece that covers her modesty and comes to emphasize her slender frame.
And that’s all that Gaga wears for the outrageous shoot, as those picking up the latest issue of the magazine will find out. The only exception is one single shot (aside from the cover), where the singer dons something “more like her,” with a long, blonde wig with bangs, a purple-and-white top and ‘70s inspired platforms. The other shots see her trying to hide herself behind her headpiece, while one black-and-white photo has her holding a lit cigarette, which has already drawn some criticism for the star, whom they say has a very “impressionable young fanbase.”
Like any other photospread Gaga has done so far, this one too is the epitome of glamor, even if it may be a bit too much for some fans to stomach. Speaking of her unique and often controversial style, the singer herself was telling Out magazine just recently that her public persona, while genuine, was an expression of what the public expected from her, in the sense that she was “selling” herself. “I’m a method actress.” Gaga was saying with shameless modesty about how she was pushing herself in the spotlight.
“There’s an art to fame. Even in the most humiliating and defaming moment of your life, you’re still ready for the camera. What I want to deliver, as a message about fame, is that anyone can have it. My fame lives in my friendships, in my convictions about the power of art and love – you could have 500 pairs of shoes that cost 10 cents and still be famous. This isn’t the Lady Gaga newscast. Nobody gives a [expletive] what is really going on – everyone wants me to tell them a story. Art is a lie, and every day I kill to make it true.” Lady Gaga explained.