Lady GaGa pe coperta Harper’s Bazaar

Cantareata Lady GaGa (25 de ani) este vedeta numarului din mai al publicatiei “Harper’s Bazaar” US. Pe coperta, artista poarta o rochie Versace, in timp ce in pictorialul realizat de fotograful Terry Richardson s-au folosit si creatii Thierry Mugler, Francesco Scognamiglio, Dior, Alexander McQueen si Tex Saverio. More: harpersbazaar.com

* On her prosthetics: “Well, first of all they’re not prosthetics. They’re my bones. They’ve always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am (…) They come out when I’m inspired. We all have these bones!”

* On being “Born This Way”: “It’s a performance-art piece. I have never, ever encouraged my fans or anyone to harm themselves, nor do I romanticize masochism. Body modification is part of the overarching analysis of “Born This Way”. In the video, we use Rico, who is tattooed head to toe. He was born that way. Although he wasn’t born with tattoos, it was his ultimate destiny to become the man he is today”

* On plastic surgery: “I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have. I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification. And how many models and actresses do you see on magazine covers who have brand-new faces and have had plastic surgery, while I myself have never had any plastic surgery? I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me”

* On being seen as promoting plastic surgery: “Trust me, I know that. I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women. But my fans know me. They would never hurt themselves. And if they have hurt themselves, they come to me and say «GaGa, I want to stop, and your music helps me want to stop. Your music makes me want to love myself». I am in no way promoting sadomasochism or masochism”

* On assimilation: “I had all these No. 1 records, and I had sold all these albums, and it was sort of this turning point: Am I going to try and embrace Hollywood and assimilate to that culture? I put my toe in that water, and it was a Kegel-exercise vaginal reaction where I clenched and had to retract immediately. I ran furiously back to New York, to my old apartment, and I hung out with my friends, and I went to the same bars”

* On Alexander McQueen’s suicide: “I think he planned the whole thing: Right after he died, I wrote “Born This Way”. I think he’s up in heaven with fashion strings in his hands, marionetting away, planning this whole thing” [Supporting GaGa’s claim was the decision by the label–not GaGa herself–to move up the release date for “Born This Way”, ultimately to the exact day of the one-year anniversary of McQueen’s death] “When I heard that, I knew he planned the whole damn thing. I didn’t even write the fucking song. He did!”

* On her motto: “You can quote me on this: People love you when they think you won’t be around for very long, and people hate you when they can’t get rid of you. But I’m not going anywhere”. More: harpersbazaar.com