Lady Gaga Reveals 'Jazz Makes Me Not Care About The Way I Look'
Last year at this time, Lady Gaga was all ARTPOP everything. There was face paint, Botticelli babe bikinis, merkin masks, and more. It was a lot of look and a decidedly different one from the one she's been favoring during promotion of Cheek To Cheek, her jazz album with Tony Bennett. Gaga—err, "Lady," as she introduces herself now—spoke with Yahoo about her relationship with fashion, her new look, and more. Below we've pulled a few of our fave excerpts from the interview—head over to Yahoo to peep the entire thing.
As far as fashion reflecting her mood, ARTPOP and Cheek To Cheek are on opposite ends of the spectrum: During ArtPop my mood was kind of a mess. It was erratic. I was shape shifting on a daily basis trying to find my happiness. With Cheek to Cheek, it’s totally different. I’m in a serene place. I feel I’m my peaceful, young musician self. I’ve been enjoying dressing up, and you know, feeling like a lady.
There's a reason she's mostly a brunette these days: I had been working with Tony for two years recording, and [when we started] I was quite blond, but I found the sexuality of it all to be quite distracting. It was unnatural in a way. So I began to experiment with the hair that I had back in high school. It was dark and curly. More natural. Something about jazz makes me not care about the way I look.
She knows people are going to talk about what she wears: I feel like I carry the spirit of many fashionistas that came before me. I feel a very strong kinship to them. The history of art and the history of fashion are very important to me. My fashion is something that people are going to pay attention to. They are going to talk about it.
Dressing for Cheek To Cheek is different than anything she's ever done: It's totally different from my previous message where there was an intention behind each look. Jazz brings out the fighter in me. The type of clothes that I’ve been wearing is less form fitting. Other days I’ll wear something more corseted and glamorous. Right now I’m wearing a leather jacket that my sister made me with Cheek to Cheek painted on the back and piercings and bleached brows.
She has all the clothes she's ever worn, NBD: I have a huge archive in Los Angeles. It’s 40,00 square feet. I have every single outfit. All those pieces mean so much to me. I’ve kept every single one.
