Billboard names Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster as the 64th best album cover of all time: “Portrait shots can be iconic when done just right, and if there’s one artist who knows about iconic imagery, it’s Gaga.”
Here’s what Lady Gaga told Rolling Stone about the two covers for the album back in 2009: “[My label] was like, ‘It’s confusing, it’s too dark, you look gothic, it’s not pop,’ and I said, ‘You don’t know what pop is, because everyone was telling me I wasn’t pop last year, and now look—so don’t tell me what pop is, I know what pop is.’
It’s funny, because I fought and fought and fought, and I actually ended up having two covers, because I wanted to do this yin and yang presentation with the covers. When I go to see what my fans are saying, I go on Gaga Daily—they see the cover and say, ‘I don’t really like the blonde one, but the brown one is fucking sick.’ They love it, and I know what they love, so I make it for them, I don’t care what anybody else wants.”
The covers were shot by Hedi Slimane and styled by Nicola Formichetti and Matthew Williams.
“if I’m gonna be sexy on the vmas and sing about the paparazzi, I’m gonna do it while I’m bleeding to death and reminding you of what fame did to marilyn monroe." - lady gaga
Lady Gaga doesn't get tiktoks for outfits inspired by her eras. She gets official TV show episodes like Glee, Drag Race and the Simpsons.
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Lady Gaga got banned from these countries because she isn’t afraid to write about controversial topics. Instead of being a safe and basic writer she actually tries to push boundaries and help people through her artwork.
Good writers aren’t afraid to write