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Post by Mpol on Oct 14, 2011 17:21:41 GMT -5
She looks prettier with some weight. Her body during the Telephone/Alejandro videos looks almost sickly thing. She looks great. The kind of face that suits a few extra pounds. <3
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 14, 2011 21:57:47 GMT -5
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 15, 2011 13:04:24 GMT -5
V Magazine Gaga Memorandum No. 4 V MAGAZINE GAGA memorandum No. 4 Re: REMODELING THE MODEL From: M†SS.GAGA To: STEPHEN GAN Copy to: Ms. Vreeland Haus of Gaga Nicola Formichetti V Collective Little Monsters The world Art historians Intellectuals Jo Calderone My study of gender manipulation, though not a new endeavor in the fields of art and fashion, has been both revealing and terrifying — perhaps my most emotionally challenging performance to date. Beginning as an invention of my mind, Jo Calderone was created with Nick Knight as a mischievous experiment. After working together tirelessly and passionately for years, eating bovine hearts, throwing up on ourselves, giving birth to an alien nation and an AK-47, Nick and I began to wonder: how much exactly can we get away with? Given the nature of this V Magazine issue, an exploration of “the model,” I felt it appropriate to investigate, in diary form, how the past few months of my work have been a deliberate attack on the “idea” of the “modern model,” or, in my case, the “modern pop singer.” How can we remodel the model? In a culture that attempts to quantify beauty with a visual paradigm and almost mathematical standard, how can we fuck with the malleable minds of onlookers and shift the world’s perspective on what’s beautiful? I asked myself this question. And the answer? Drag. Nick and I photographed Jo, omitted his biological sex, and shopped the photographs around to men’s fashion magazines. The cover of Vogue Hommes Japan, a major Japanese men’s publication, was a coup to say the least, exciting mostly because we had convinced the editors that Jo Calderone was a male model and had sold his look as the next big thing. Nick Knight, a photographer with intuition that borders on godly, wondered immediately if they would be able to feel my spirit in the photograph. He wondered, knowing good and well his photographs were marvelous and utterly masculine, if there was still no way to mask my intensity as a performer. What an interesting venture it was, because, in truth, really brilliant models have the chameleonic ability to transform into new creatures all the time. So why should I be any different? Was our experimentation devious? Or is it nobody’s business whether or not Jo has a cock in his pants? It was a few weeks later, after the cover was printed, that Nick said to me, sweetly, “Gaga, I believe Jo has to sing.” I wrestled with this idea. Would it be convincing? What was the purpose of the piece? And if I were to do it, what would its significance be in relation to my work as Lady Gaga? Yes, this is me, but in the fantasy of performance I imagined (or hoped) the world would weigh both individuals against one another as real people, not as one person playing two. Lady Gaga versus Jo Calderone, not Lady Gaga “as.” That would be the intention of the process, to co-exist with an alternate version of myself — in the same universe. So I reasoned, how could remodeling my current image ignite a statement or revelation about me as an artist? What is the new model of the performer and how can I push the boundaries? The answer was that Jo would not just make a statement about me as performer, but would reveal things about me as a woman. I decided then that there was only one way to execute this piece: Jo and Gaga had to argue. As I began to reckon with Jo, I found it important to excavate what he didn’t like about me, or rather, what I struggle with liking about myself. Concurrently, I felt it necessary to imagine what the public expects of me during a performance of this magnitude — the opening of the VMAs — and how I might destroy this expectation in a variety of ways. On a stage, the laws of fantasy are meant to be broken, but I have always found it difficult to bring my real pussy out there with me. (Or do I bring it out there and just don’t know it?) I have always feared that the reality of love, if brought into the spotlight, has the potential to destroy creativity. Needless to say, the line between fantasy and reality is blurred in my life, as this psychobabble may indicate, so I drew upon my personal experiences to initiate a deeper parallel. Do my lovers feel like an extension of my audience? Because I refuse to draw a distinction between what’s real and what is artifice, do they feel a part of the show? How can Jo become more relatable and lovable than I am? During my performance and the three days I spent as him, I felt permission through him to confess things about myself as a woman, things I would normally keep hidden. In a way, it seemed that he could get away with a lot more than I can. He talked about his feelings, wore Brooks Brothers, smoked Marlboro Lights, drank beer on stage, and talked about what I refuse to discuss publicly: my relationships. It was by remodeling myself into something completely foreign, and in some ways crafting the anti-pop performance, that the complexities of “the model” began to unfold. For someone known as much for her image as for her music — and this has become my model — the presence of Jo in no way eradicated my spirit from the stage. I was still ever-present, and, in fact, more myself than ever. Jo had a clean slate. Jo had no past or future to answer to. Jo existed only in that moment, as I chose for him to. By remodeling the “model artist,” “model citizen,” or “supermodel,” we can liberate the present. The transformation detaches the model from any universal paradigm and allows him or her to reinvent perspective in a pure, unattached moment. Within the different archetypes of our psychology, which part of ourselves can tackle an obstacle with more honesty or strength? Is it a farce to transform? Or is it an injustice to “the model” to treat him or her as a prototype? How will you remodel yourself and discover which model is best for today? Use every ounce of potential you have, raise revolution against what people expect of you, and tell the world this is not a rehearsal. This is the real me. And listen up, ‘cause it could be the most honest incarnation yet.  VMagazine
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Black Jesus
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 16, 2011 8:09:34 GMT -5
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 16, 2011 8:53:41 GMT -5
I CAN NOT at this lmfao
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 16, 2011 14:19:34 GMT -5
Thanks BJ, Gaga did a great job.   |
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 17, 2011 12:05:32 GMT -5
How Lady Gaga Found Her Calling A devastating career setback helps Lady Gaga discover her calling. Oprah's Lifeclass All New Weeknights 8/7c on OWN - Oprah Winfrey Network Airing: Tonight! :)
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 17, 2011 13:31:44 GMT -5
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 17, 2011 15:10:04 GMT -5
She looks wonderful! Both in the pics with Bill and the crazy outfits! I love them all!
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Post by when the pawn... on Oct 17, 2011 20:09:08 GMT -5
@ladygaga: I can't believe we got 6 Europe Music Awards nominations! I'm so happy! Only halfway through this album, + I can't believe how far its come. Only halfway through the album? As in 3-5 more singles? If so, she won't be able to avoid the harder tracks Schiebe/Americano/Heavy Metal Lover.
@ladygaga: Just wrapped my 5th music video, can't wait to unfold all its secrets and share with you moments from my past I have yet to reveal.
@ladygaga: Put Born This Way back in the vessel, for rebirth, as I lay in mine. When too strong to divorce, then buckle up, MARRY THE NIGHT.
Weird to think this was originally supposed to be the album's first single.
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Post by CammyCan on Oct 17, 2011 20:40:36 GMT -5
Oct 15 - A Decade of Difference - Backstage the-fame.org Gorgeous, I'm loving this look. |
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Post by nightshade on Oct 17, 2011 21:57:26 GMT -5
GaGa's single cover for Marry the Night. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2011 22:15:16 GMT -5
Glorious pic above
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2011 0:33:38 GMT -5
Y she coping Michael Jackson being on that car n shittt??!!!
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Post by GRRR on Oct 18, 2011 0:46:37 GMT -5
I am LOVING Heavy Metal Lover now, such a fun song to strip to :o
HML for 6th single!
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 18, 2011 11:15:51 GMT -5
SHOWstudio: Intro film Monster Ball - Lady Gaga, Nick Knight, Ruth HogbenSHOWstudio: Tornado Monster Ball - Lady Gaga, Nick Knight, Ruth HogbenSHOWstudio: Toilet So Happy Monster Ball - Lady Gaga, Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben (Um...lol)+SHOWstudio: Puke on Gaga — Ruth Hogben, Nick Knight, Lady Gaga
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 18, 2011 11:18:20 GMT -5
Y she coping Michael Jackson being on that car n shittt??!!!  |
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Post by freeman on Oct 19, 2011 23:25:49 GMT -5
I just heard Americano on a commercial for the 'Puss in boots' movie!  Sounded great going along with the clip. |
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Oct 20, 2011 12:51:28 GMT -5
@ladygaga: I can't believe we got 6 Europe Music Awards nominations! I'm so happy! Only halfway through this album, + I can't believe how far its come. Only halfway through the album? As in 3-5 more singles? If so, she won't be able to avoid the harder tracks Schiebe/Americano/Heavy Metal Lover.  I knew it!!! Scheiße & Americano would be in the talks for becoming a single. Let's see if one of them will be next after 'MTN' :) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2011 13:51:30 GMT -5
I only see her going 8 singles deep if she can get some more big hits out of this album. They're not going to release 3 more singles if it's not benefitting the project.
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Post by blue in moonlight on Oct 20, 2011 15:52:29 GMT -5
I just heard Americano on a commercial for the 'Puss in boots' movie! Sounded great going along with the clip. I thought the same thing last night when I saw the commercial. It kind of reignited my interest in that track. |
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 21, 2011 13:50:14 GMT -5
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Post by jazzyskye10² on Oct 21, 2011 13:52:24 GMT -5
Lady Gaga by Terry Richardson: New Pic  |
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 21, 2011 15:13:54 GMT -5
@ladygaga: DRINKS UP FOR MONSTERS. Just woke up with the hangover of the decade so a bloody mary should do. You always make me :). Tour meeting today!
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 21, 2011 15:41:04 GMT -5
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Post by nightshade on Oct 21, 2011 15:54:29 GMT -5
That line-up slays me. Foster the People, Demi, Kelly, and GaGa. :'(
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 21, 2011 17:12:45 GMT -5
I kinda really wanna go but I can't :(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2011 17:38:10 GMT -5
The Born This Way: The Collection cover is that good.
That's the kind of imagery I've wanted from her -- too bad the music never connected.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Oct 21, 2011 23:19:57 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 14:34:38 GMT -5
Oct 15 - A Decade of Difference - Backstage Loooove this look. She looks really good here. Does anyone have the UK sales for BTW and her other albums? |
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