Lady Gaga Goes Naked Again: This Time Covering Her Body With Grass For 'Do What U Want' Single Cover Art [PHOTO]

Move over meat dress, Lady Gaga’s covering herself up in a new way now. Just because it’s not made of meat, doesn’t mean it’s any less jaw-dropping. For the cover art for her new single “Do What U Want”, Gaga decided to strip down to nothing, but cover herself up with some grass. That’s right, like the front of your lawn grass. The single is set to release of Oct. 21st and in it, she collaborates with mega-star R. Kelly. Gaga tweeted about the song: “I REPEAT R KELLY IS ON ARTPOP. AND HE SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.”

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ArtPop is Lady Gaga’s thirds studio album set to release on November 8th. The first single of the record, “Applause” has already been a huge success toping the charts as well as providing the theme music for several commercials, including car company Kia’s new ad. Lady Gaga is no stranger to shocking outfits and barely there stage costumes. 

Most notably, Gaga busted out of a giant egg on the Grammys stage during The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. From there, she doned the infamous meat dress, her own version of a male doppleganger and even posed as an erotic nun during her Monster Ball Tour. 

Lady Gaga recently made her return to the pop scene after having hip surgery that kept her of the stage for quit some time. Now, Mother Monster is back and ready for action. Gaga has recenty taken to Twitter for aQ&A with her mosters answering any questions they may have about her, the new album, and what we can expect to see from her in the future. As amazing as the green grass looks on Lady Gaga, we can certainly expect to see much more from the pop megastar. 

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Lady GaGa Is the Second Most Influential Person Over the Past Ten Years

Lady GaGa Is the Second Most Influential Person Over the Past Ten Years

Lady GaGa is more influential than J.K. Rowling and U.S. President Barack Obama, according to Time Magazine. However, it seemed that she had to defeat Aung San Suu Kyi first if she wanted to be the most influential icon of the past decade. 

During the last ten years, GaGa collected a whopping $52 million, five Grammys, and over 35 million Twitter followers. She also set up a Born This Way Foundation which was dedicated to anti-bullying and youth empowerment schemes. 

As for Suu Kyi, she spent the most of her past 10 years being placed under house arrest while fighting for the freedom of Burma. After being released in 2010, she was elected to become part of the Burmese parliament in 2012. 

GaGa and Suu Kyi managed to beat other influential people including President Obama, First Lady of the U.S. Michele Obama, former United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, talk show host Oprah Winfrey, and Google founder Larry Page.

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DJ Zedd 'made a lot of songs' for Lady Gaga album Artpop

Producer and DJ Zedd has said he and Lady Gaga have made "a lot of songs" for the singer's upcoming album, Artpop.

The 23-year-old has been collaborating with the Grammy-award winner on her third release, due out this year.

However, he remained tight-lipped on which tracks would make it onto her final cut. 

"She will decide how many will be on her album and I don't know how many that will be," he said.
Zedd, who's real name is Anton Zaslavski, also clarified quotes which suggested he thought Lady Gaga was a long way off finishing Artpop. 

He said: "There's been an interview where someone basically took a part of what I said and turned it into what everyone would love to hear - which was not true."
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On his collaborations with Lady Gaga, Zedd explained: "[We] just started collecting ideas. I didn't know which song would be for her.

"If she didn't like a song I'd probably use it for myself or maybe she'd sing it for me. We just made music.

"I feel it sounds right in the middle between Zedd and Lady Gaga."


Zedd, like musicians such as Calvin Harris and Skrillex, is one of the current crop of in-demand young producers.

His debut album, released in 2012, featured collaborations with Ellie Goulding and Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic.

He's now preparing for the release of his new single, Clarity, featuring British singer Foxes.
Speaking about the collaboration, Foxes, aka Louisa Rose Allen, said she felt "honoured" to be singing on it.


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Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball World Tour Announces Complete North American Tour Details

THE BORN THIS WAY BALL TO STOP IN 25 NORTH AMERICAN CITIES

TICKETS GO ON-SALE BEGINNING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT LIVENATION

Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball World Tour Announces Complete North American Tour Details

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 5-time Grammy Award winner LADY GAGA and Live Nation Global Touring have revealed complete details for North American leg of her The Born This Way Ball World Tour!  Following overwhelming ticket sales and sold out shows throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, The Born This Way Ball will continue in 2013 visiting 25 cities in North America including performances in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto.  In this brand new tour, Gaga performs her latest album Born This Way as well as music from both The Fame and The Fame Monster. The Born This Way Ball began on April 27^th, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Tickets for North America go on-sale beginning Friday, September 21^st atwww.LiveNation.com. 

Pollstar's 2012 Mid Year report ranks the Born This Way Ball as the top grossing tour by any female artist worldwide this year. About the show, the Hong Kong Daily News wrote "Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball is effortlessly brilliant in both the visual and musical sense," while Seoul Daily said that with her "splendid and unprecedented stage, she is the absolute queen of pop!" The UK's Daily Telegraph called the Ball "quite spectacular," while affirming that "Lady Gaga occupies pole position as the 21^st century's ultimate pop star."

"The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage," said Mother Monster. "The Born This Way Ball is an Electro-Metal Pop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame. How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating."

The Born This Way Ball is Lady Gaga's first tour since the release of her album Born This Way(Streamline/Konlive/Interscope), which has sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide since its release in May 2011. The album is the follow-up to back-to-back Grammy Award-winning albums 2009'sThe Fame Monster, and 2008's The Fame. Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 15 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga's hit singles have combined sales of over 90 million worldwide.

Gaga was named Forbes' Most Powerful Woman in the World 2011 and was included in Time's annual "The 2010 Time 100" list of the most influential people in the world. With over 2.2 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living people on Facebook with over 53 million 'likes' and is #1 on Twitter with nearly 30 million followers. She has also recently launched her own social network just for fans, LittleMonsters.com. Lady Gaga is the only artist in the digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with her first two hits.

Fans will have first access to ticket presales via LittleMonsters.com on Tuesday, Sept. 18^th. To receive an access code for this exclusive presale, sign up for free at LittleMonsters.com and RSVP to the concert that you wish to attend.

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Chris Brown and Rihanna Together again in the Mediterranean?

Rihanna and Chris Brown have traveled some rough seas in the past, first together, then very much apart. But have the two singers been canoodling on a boat in the South ofFrance? 

Here's what we know: Rihanna has been on an extended vacation with girlfriends, first indulging a retail-heavy stint on Sardinia, an island off the coast of Italy.

From there the gang drifted to the French region of the Mediterranean, where she relaxed and partied on her rented yacht with the likes of Magic Johnson in St. Tropez, the Daily Mail said. Chris Brown conveniently touched down on a boat himself, also in St. Tropez, where he's in town to film a music video with rapper Ludacris.

Brown reportedly joined Rihanna in Sardinia, according to the New York Daily News, prior to joining Luda for the video shoot.

"He was probably there for two days," the newspaper said, claiming an eyewitness had seen Brown present with Rihanna's group, adding, "[She] doesn’t want anyone to know that they are together."

For good reason: The two have faced endless criticism for remaining friendly, even working together, since Brown assaulted RiRi ahead of the 2009 Grammy Awards and earned a felony conviction for it.

Sardinia or not, Brown's current presence in France is strictly business, his rep said. "There is no Rihanna connection," the spokesperson told Hollyscoop, adding that Breezy's girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, is in tow.

Complicating matters: Rihanna's delirious and profane (you've been warned) Twitter feed. All vacation long she's been sending brooding shots of herself in repose to her "baby" or "boo."

Not to mention Sunday, when Brown landed in St. Tropez via helicopter, Rihanna tweeted, "Touch down baby, help me pick out my fit," presumably referring to her ensemble. 

No matter their relationship status, these two still know how to make waves. 

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