Category — Lady Gaga

OH THANK GOD.

It’s almost been a minute since I’d last seen or heard something involving Lady Gaga.

Here she is with clothing designer/terrible tattoo enthusiast Marc Jacobs celebrating the delicate aesthetic of New York City for the “New York” issue (#67) of V Magazine.

Do we like? Oui, oui!

I don’t care if this is somewhat old news at this point: This is probably one of my favorite photos of Mademoiselle Gaga ever.

Such elegance in the midst of chaos. I’m crazy about this photograph!

So, this is something new and interesting.

The night before my interview with Sky Ferreira, I received a vaguely mysterious e-mail from MuuMuse reader Sam Lansky with an attachment entitled “Fame Fatale.” The e-mail suggested that the attached may assist me in preparing for my interview.

As soon as I began reading, I already knew: This had to be published immediately.

“Fame Fatale” is not only a remarkably in-depth analysis (and personal account) of Ferreira’s curious rise to fame, but a thoughtful contemplation of the manufacturing of the modern pop star and the very conventions of the music industry itself. It’s extremely well-researched, poses tough questions, and deserves your full attention.

With his permission, I’ve asked Sam to feature his article on MuuMuse. It’s an incredible piece, and I do highly recommend that all of my Muusers give it a thorough reading–even if it’s “tl;dr” territory.

I do, after all, hope to keep a literate company.

Click “Read More…” to read Sam Lansky’s “Fame Fatale: The Rise of Sky Ferreira.”

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Meet (the) Sirens, a girl group from Newcastle, England. You’ve probably never heard of them, but maybe you have.

The sirens of Sirens have actually been around ever since 2003, although their music has never really struck a chord with the general public. In fact, their greatest chart success was a single called “Baby (Off the Wall)” that peaked at #49 on the UK Charts, though the group did go ‘big in Japan.’ (For the record, so did Jennifer Love Hewitt. Make of that what you will.)

Don’t remember the song? Me either. Let’s review together, shall we?

As you can see, there was room for improvement.

Turn to 2010: The girls are back (can a girl group truly be ‘back’ if they were never here to begin with? I digress), and vastly better than ever thanks to a brand new single coming out later this year called “Stilettos.” You can now treat yourself to thirty seconds of the song below:

INCREDIBLE.

“Stilettos” was produced by Danish production team Deekay, responsible for tracks by JLS, the Sugababes, and most importantly, Paula Abdul‘s global smash, “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow.”

Yes, it’s a bit of obvious ‘modern sounding’ dance pop. And yes, the image and sound are all very heavily “inspired” by Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue. But who’s going to turn down an electro-stomper about a pair of pumps? I mean, come on.

Note: The full track is ALL shades of amazing. There’s lots of talk about inches and stomping and clicking. All good things.

Girls, welcome back. Or…well, welcome here in the first place.

“Stilletos” will be released on October 4 via Kitchenware Records.

And now Lady Gaga, appearing abnormally human in this short, sweet behind-the-scenes clip from SHOWstudio.

The photo shoot was conducted by Nick Knight for September’s Vanity Fair and styled by the always incredible Nicola Formichetti.

Oddly hypnotic, no?

The Freemasons have a new single coming out.

It’s called “Believer,” and it features the fabulously talented Wynter Gordon on vocals. The song is an absolute monster in its original form (the “Summer of Pride Mix”), clocking in at just over nine minutes long.

Featuring scorching summer synthesizers fit for the crowded dance floors of Ibiza, layers of angelic vocals, and a chord progression faintly reminiscent of Madonna‘s “Get Together,” “Believer” isn’t just your standard, mindless unts-unts club stomper: It’s something special–a sublime, cooing work of lust and ethereal trance.

There’s also a moaning chanty bit that vaguely recalls the tail-end of the chorus to Gaga‘s “Bad Romance.” Whoa-oh-oh-oh!

The song is not only another guaranteed smash from the Freemasons, but Gordon’s finest release thus far.

But don’t take my word for it! Click below to stream the “Believer” Summer of Pride edit directly, courtesy of Loaded Records.

“Believer” is also intriguing in that it’s being released on August 15, which comes only weeks after its final mastering. From the press release:

Defying convention the single will be made available worldwide on iTunes, Beatport, Juno and other download platforms almost immediately after being completed. “We’ve only recently finished the record and we just wanted to get it out there to the fans as we know they have been waiting a while for a new single” explains Russell Small from Freemasons.

I’ll be quite interested to test a personal hypothesis and see if officially releasing a song for purchase almost immediately after its recording/leak leads to improved sales figures. I sure hope so!

“Believer” is the lead single from The Freemasons’ upcoming studio album, due out in early 2011.

For more music from The Freemasons, click here. For Wynter Gordon, click here.

OH HAI THERE.

Have you guys heard of Lady Gaga? No? Me either.

Nonetheless, she’s got a remix compilation coming out tomorrow (August 3) called The Remix.

It was originally released in Japan earlier this year. Then it went the way of Europe. Now, it’s hit stateside.

The Remix is a convenient package in that it happens to feature LITERALLY THE BEST remixes from each one of her singles. This is not an exaggeration.

The Stuart Price mix of “Paparazzi”? Check. The Richard Vission mix of “Just Dance” with that epic breakdown first featured on the NewNowNext Awards from ’08? Yep. The Chew Fu mix of “LoveGame” with Marilyn Manson used for the song’s KILLER breakdown during the Monster Ball Tour? Got it.

MuuMuse is proud to be giving away EIGHT COPIES of Lady Gaga’s new remix compilation, The Remix.

To enter to win a copy, send me an e-mail with subject line “GAGAMIX” telling me YOUR favorite Mademoiselle Gaga mix, or twat me with the following phrase: “Hey @MuuMuse, I want to shake my disco stick to @LadyGaga’s #theremix!”

Winners will be selected and notified on August 9. Good luck!

For all things Gagalicious, check out her official website. Click here to preview and purchase all of her music from iTunes.

xXbradaloo

My mom was dancing the entire time which is LOL now that I think about it, but in the moment I was just like, ”mom…..no…please no”.

- Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, in a blog post from her Material Girl Collection website.

The budding fashionista writes in reference to her mother, former ’80′s pop star and professional Lady Gaga impersonator, Madonna, who joined Lourdes in attendance at a recent Jay-Z concert.

See Lady Gaga.

See Lady Gaga shot by Stuart Semple for the Summer issue of WestEast Magazine in the name of art.*

Art, Lady Gaga, art.

*IT IS ART BECAUSE THE COVER TELLS ME SO.

There was Flowerney.

Epic.