I'm coming back to say that I was not a true Lady Gaga fan until 3 nights ago. Her horrifying VMA performance and wardrobe changes were what did it. She is an installation artist, and I love me some art installations.

From a recent interview with Newsweek:

"It's less of me singing the song, and more of an art installation. A performance-art piece. It's very well-designed and thought out, and we've been planning it for months and months. It is for me a very meaningful performance, [for] where I am in my career, as well as the experiences I've had, as well as the co-headlining tour I'm going on in the fall. […] I sort of have this philosophy about things: there's never a reason to do something unless it's going to be memorable, unless it's going to change things, unless it's going to inspire a movement. With the song and with the performance, I hope to say something very grave about fame and the price of it."

Please note –– she's genius. I would post her performance here, but it's currently being hunted down and removed from Youtube by MTV.

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