Gaga is expected to discuss her experience working on her upcoming feature film, House of Gucci, scheduled for release on November 24.
More details to come.
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Gaga is expected to discuss her experience working on her upcoming feature film, House of Gucci, scheduled for release on November 24.
More details to come.
The video will air exclusively on MTV networks on Friday, October 29th. Read more details here.
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In the interview for British and Italian Vogue, Gaga discusses her role in House Of Gucci and what it took to bring Patrizia Reggiani to life. She states, "I only felt that I could truly do this story justice if I approached it with the eye of a curious woman who was interested in possessing a journalistic spirit so that I could read between the lines of what was happening in the film’s scenes." She also talks about her method acting and how she achieved the Italian accent by recalling how "[She] lived as [Patrizia] for a year and a half. And [she] spoke with an accent for nine months of that."
As a humorous remark regarding her newly-brunette hair, she said, "It was nearly impossible for me to speak in the accent as a blonde, I instantly had to dye my hair, and I started to live in a way whereby anything that I looked at, anything that I touched, I started to take notice of where and when I could see money."
Gaga also said, "'I became fascinated with the journey of this woman.' She spent more than a year poring over newspaper clippings and recordings of Reggiani, although, tellingly, she did not read Sara Gay Forden’s The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, the 2000 book on which the film is based. 'I did not want anything that had an opinion that would colour my thinking in any way.'"
It was then revealed that, "[Ridley] Scott originally sent her the script shortly after A Star Is Born, her triumphant arrival as a Hollywood lead, was released, in 2018."
Click here to read the articles for both British and Italian Vogue and HERE to see the whole photoshoot.
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You can cast your vote online for Best Artist on MTV EMA's website, every day until the day of the show.
The 2021 MTV EMAs will take place in Budapest, Hungary on November 14th.
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The film tells the story of Patrizia Reggiani, played by Gaga, who in 1998 was convicted of orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci (Driver), head of the high-profile Gucci fashion house. The star-studded cast also includes Jared Leto, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, and Salma Hayek.
House of Gucci is set to premiere at the newly-opened Academy Museum in Los Angeles, prior to its wide release on November 24.
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This exhibition will run from October 18-30. Visitors will get a look at the sculpture designed by Gaga and Nicola Formichetti. The limited edition piece is “encasing a jeroboam of Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2005”.
All profits from the sale of the sculpture will go to the Born This Way Foundation.
In addition to getting a look at the sculpture, guests can book a masterclass that features a tasting of Dom Pérignon. To book, visit kadewew.de/.
Dom Pérignon are selling their Lady Gaga Limited Editions of the Vintage 2010 and the Rosé Vintage 2006 at the exhibit.
Thanks to @_lamps on Twitter, we have a first-look at the Berlin experience.
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In addition to her established setlist, Gaga also added a few new numbers from her recent duets album with jazz legend Tony Bennett "Love For Sale." She performed the eponymous "Love For Sale" and "Do I Love You?" She also performed the 1954 hit "Mambo Italiano."
Along with new songs added to the setlist, Gaga also debuted many new outfits in rotation for the show designed by her sister Natali. She donned several garments including a baby pink feathered gown. She also featured bottles of her new collaborative Dom Pérignon champagne on stage.
Jazz & Piano Engagement shows in Las Vegas run from October 14th to October 31st. Tickets can be purchased here.
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With more than 41K units, Love For Sale debuts at #8 on chart. It marks Bennett’s sixth top 10 album on the chart and Lady Gaga’s 10th top 10.
The record also debuted at #1 on both the Jazz and Traditional Jazz albums chart. This week, The Fame returns to #1 on the Top Electronic/Dance Albums chart, making Lady Gaga the first artist ever to simultaneously hold the top spot on the Jazz and Electronic charts.
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Anderson Cooper led the interview as he spoke to Gaga and others about working with Bennett as he battles Alzheimer’s Disease.
News of the legendary jazz singer’s dementia came back in February of this year. Gaga and Bennett released their renditions of classic Cole Porter songs as Bennett’s final album. The duo also performed together in a two-night concert event titled “One Last Time” in New York City. The concerts which were held in August, were the final performances of Bennett’s timeless career.
Gaga spoke to Cooper about the changes she has had to make when interacting with the legendary crooner. She expressed that keeping it simple is important, questions which he could reply with “yes” or “no” were easier for Bennett to answer than asking him which song he’d prefer to sing. Gaga also noted how Bennett would transform when the music would start, he would know exactly what he was doing and she was mindful “not to get in the way of that.”
The "One Last Time" concerts were indeed revealed to be an emotional experience. Footage from the event showed Tony lighting up as soon as the curtains rose. When Gaga made her entrance, he greeted her by saying her name - Gaga later revealed that this was the first time he had done so "in a long time".
One Last Time: An Evening With Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, the concert filmed at Radio City Music Hall, is set to air Sunday, November 28 @ 8PM ET/PT on CBS.
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Lady Gaga spoke about the mission of her Born This Way Foundation and her love of working with the legendary Tony Bennett.
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Watch the new video below.
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You can watch the video below.
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About Chromatica and Dawn of Chromatica
Gaga says the remix wasn’t a bone thrown to fans to tide them over until the 2022 tour is announced. “The remix wasn’t strategic—it was love,” she says. “I love young artists and support them. All of them on the album have something to say, and they performed their hearts out.”
She adds that her transition from one persona to the next is part of her art. “Some people are constantly trying to figure me out,” she says. “I’m trying to figure me out, too. But this is artistry that is boundary-less. This is love that’s boundary-less. If I have love to give and I have a way to give it, I’m going to do it.”
About House of Gucci
“I felt the best way to honor Maurizio and Italians was for my performance to be authentic, from the perspective of a woman. Not an Italian-American woman but an Italian woman. Choosing to work in a film that’s set in Italy is where my heart lies,” says the performer, whose birth name is Stefani Germanotta. “When I went over to film this year, every day I was able to plant my feet on the ground and know that I was in a place where my family lived before coming here and working hard so I could have a better life.”
About Love For Sale
“I gave my heart to every note of this album. Singing with Tony is the great honor of my life.”
Read the full interview on WSJ.com
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You can watch the video below.
Don't forget to tune in later today for the premiere video of "I've Got You (under my skin)".
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Like the videos for previous singles I Get a Kick Out of You and Love For Sale, the video is set to premiere on MTV at 12 PM ET. It is also expected to be broadcast simultaneously in Times Square in New York City.
Love For Sale, featuring selections by legendary composer Cole Porter, is available now. Stream/buy it here.
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The record features the duo performing renditions of jazz standards by great American composer Cole Porter. It serves as a follow-up to 2014's Grammy Award-winning Cheek To Cheek, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
The album, said to be Tony's final studio release, was preceded by singles I Get a Kick Out of You, I've Got You Under My Skin and Love For Sale. It will be supported further through a series of specials and documentaries, including a broadcast of Gaga and Tony's "One Last Time" concerts, an MTV Unplugged special, and a making-of documentary titled The Lady and the Legend.
Stream and buy Love For Sale here.
Read our review of Love For Sale here.
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The performance will feature selections from the new album performed by Gaga in an intimate setting. Tickets are free, but donations to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation and Tony Bennett's Exploring the Arts Organization are encouraged.
All previous geo-restrictions have been lifted, and the event is now available to stream WORLDWIDE.
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Love For Sale: Review by Matt and @aviintheroom
7 years after the release of the monumental Cheek to Cheek, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are back again with a jewel of a follow-up: Love For Sale, a new jazz album made of covers of songs by legendary composer Cole Porter, born out of a desire to solidify the chemistry between the two legends.
All Little Monsters will remember the shock of the first transition between ARTPOP (Lady Gaga’s 4th studio album) and Cheek to Cheek, the first jazz project from Tony and Gaga. The record marked a profound change of direction for Gaga: from the prominent EDM sound and shocking imagery of ARTPOP and her other previous albums, to a raw, stripped-down and classy style that received rave reviews all over the world, proving to the general public that Gaga still had much to say. Not only was Cheek to Cheek an example of Gaga’s masterful ability to shape-shift, but it also introduced her younger audience to a genre that is more often appreciated only by older generations.
Cheek to Cheek paved the way for something much more profound than a successful album (which earned a Grammy Award and was supported by a sold-out world tour): a beautiful and long-lasting friendship between two artists that would change one another’s lives forever. Gaga even symbolized their bond through getting a trumpet drawn by Tony tattooed on her right arm.
Although for Tony, the album was an addition to an already long list of successful studio albums (61 this year), his connection to Gaga swayed the crooner to ask her for another collaboration. He invited her to work on a passion project of his that had been years in the making: a Cole Porter tribute album.
Love For Sale is special for many reasons: it is being referred to as Tony’s final studio album, due to his ongoing battle with Alzheimer’s disease. His illness forced him to cancel his upcoming tour. He bid farewell to his performing career with a pair of concerts at Radio City in New York, One Last Time, alongside Lady Gaga.
Many of the songs on Love For Sale are far removed from the swing-y, at times humorous sonorities of Cheek to Cheek. Here, we have a more mature, sophisticated body of work, which is reflected in both Gaga’s vocal quality and the soaring orchestrations. Gaga’s growth and maturity between jazz albums is evident, and beautifully compliments the timeless talents of Tony Bennett.
This album, like Cheek to Cheek, finds special little moments of intimacy and sincerity between the pair. Subtle jokes and improvisations, such as Tony and Gaga’s laughs during I’ve Got You Under My Skin, or Gaga’s promiscuous ‘meow’ in You’re The Top, are a delight. But we also notice that it’s somehow different from the last jazz album, more serious, classy, almost like the complexity of the songs themselves pushed the duo to aim for perfection.
We can’t help but marvel at (and cry at) Lady Gaga’s perfect vibrato in her touchy solo track Do I Love You, originally performed by Ella Fitzgerald, and our jaws drop at Tony’s super-strong vocal steadiness in his solo Just One Of Those Things. But we also laugh often, thanks to silly and irreverent tracks like I Get a Kick Out of You, Love For Sale, or romantic ones like I Concentrate On You and It's De-Lovely, each equipped with catchy choruses that stick with you for the rest of the day. A special mention goes to Gaga for her ability to transform Let’s Do It from lullaby to jazz fest with a theatrical change of tune midway through the song.
Behind it all, the winning duo not only proves their ability to produce a strong, solid record once again, but they share with us a perfect combination of camaraderie and love that can be heard in every song, filterless and without tweaking. To appreciate it fully, allow the music to guide you through your day. Listen to the lyrics, and enjoy the pure talent of the two icons delivering them.
We know that some of you have yet to return from space, where we’ve all been partying to Chromatica and Dawn of Chromatica, but we urge you to come back down to Earth soon. Love For Sale is almost here, a celebration of jazz for the 21st century that is as humble and genuine as it is magnificent.
Lady Gaga is gearing up for the release of her new jazz album with Tony Bennett, Love For Sale, through a one-of-a-kind online performance brought to you by Westfield! Set to take place on September 30, the performance will feature selections from the new album performed by Gaga in an intimate setting. To register for the online stream of Lady Gaga Celebrates Love For Sale, click here or on the poster above.
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This photo features Lady Gaga in the center surrounded by her fellow actors, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, and Al Pacino.
Gaga also stated in the tweet that the film is set for a Thanksgiving release.
The movie was worked tirelessly on earlier this year, with Gaga and the team in Rome for filming.
Be sure to purchase your tickets when the film is released and see it in theaters later this November.
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In the trailer, the iconic pair discusses the making of Love For Sale and the value of their friendship.
The trailer offers a sneak peek at several songs from the album, including “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, “Just One of Those Things”, “Night and Day”, and “Do I Love You?”.
Watch below:
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Watch the interview on Apple Music HERE or below (thanks @gagaflix).
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Trigger Warnings: Sexual Assault & Self-Harm. Please be mindful of these warnings as you read the following article.
"My career is an answer to all the bullying I've received. My life is hard work, respect, and love for my Italian family". Lady Gaga left the meat dress, the fire gun bra, the fake blood, and all the provocations she brought on stage for the last 12 years as queen of pop. And she goes back as "the catholic girl that knows how things work". That's how she describes herself. Her voice arrives from a warm morning in Los Angeles. She answers just in time for our phone appointment. A small group of agents, press workers, and stylists are listening. Among them, the Frenchs from Dom Pérignon, the champagne brand which Lady Gaga is sponsoring. Lady Gaga greets us in Italian. "Just a few questions", her staff say. But she answered (almost) everything.
Violence in School
Since the day she told the story of her sexual assault from 16 years ago to Oprah Winfrey, Gaga keeps showing us the other side of herself. The one of a rich, but tormented woman, worshipped but also suffering, who had to fight every day to find a good balance between her depression and her therapies, which consists of medical drugs, meditation, and physiotherapy. The old traumas that weakened her are back again. She doesn't hide anymore, Stefani Angelina Germanotta. She finds her safe space with her family, originally coming from Naso, near Messina (Sicily). The first trauma was bullying. The violence started in junior high. "Some girls used to take me and throw me into the trash bins. They used to say that it's where I belonged because I was trash” she answered to The Guardian. Her friends laughed, instead of defending her. She couldn't move, she felt "petrified, embarrassed, mortified and useless".
Her Traumas at 14
Her mother Cynthia resumed her daughter's teenage years in 3 words: "Mortified, laughed, and alone". She was 14 when they threw her in the trashcan. At that age she lost the joy of living, "from a happy girl she turned into a person full of doubts, unable to understand her value", recalls Cynthia Germanotta. The two became even closer since then, and now they're both ONU ambassadors for mental health awareness, and they created the "Born This Way Foundation", which helps young people fight mental health issues. Now that she has more than 49 million followers on Instagram, Lady Gaga has moved forward from the infamous post of one of her classmates on Facebook with just 12 likes "You'll never become famous". Now the first woman in history to win an Oscar, a Grammy, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe in the same year, needs to go back to those memories, perhaps because it's the only way to fight her dark side and win the match.
How does Lady Gaga manage to heal the scars left from the school bullies?
"When you're bullied, especially when you're young", says the pop star with a calm but still voice, as if she's resuming the plot of a book she just read, “you go through very hard times. To me, in particular, left with a goal: prove that those who bullied me were wrong. And in some way, my career has been an answer to that social reject I felt." She spent her teenage years through bullies and violence, and it gave her away to freedom.
"Unfortunately it's not the same for everyone", Lady Gaga continues. "I deeply respect those who, even when bullied when they were young, managed to not feel overwhelmed. Today we live in times dominated by social media, and everything is different for the new generations. With the "Born This Way Foundation" we're working to change these dynamics. We want to celebrate the world for its diversity, whether it's culture or genres. This duty makes my life worthy."
Her latest album is titled Chromatica. The sixth studio album by Lady Gaga, climbed all the charts in the main markets worldwide. Among the sixteen tracks, we find features with Ariana Grande and Elton John. Lady Gaga launched Chromatica in Italy with an Interview with singer Tiziano Ferro, broadcasted by RTL 102.5. The album was born during a time where the singer was suffering from deep depression. At the home studio once owned by Frank Zappa, producer BloodPop pushed her to work during her moments of solitude. She locked herself up upstairs. "C'mon get down, let's write a song, let's make music". BloodPop begged. When she felt better, Lady Gaga came out of her room, sat at the piano, and played some chords, ready to record with the microphone open, "the first ideas are always the best". In the end, this album is therapeutic. The main theme is "dancing through your pain, and sing until the pain goes away". She explained to Ferro.
"I didn't acknowledge the therapeutic effect, then I understood how there is a still part of me that wants to dance and be joyful even when I touch the rock bottom. I'm so grateful for what I have. I have a relationship with God, maybe it's just energy, a sex-less entity, that pushes me to wonder how my stories can help others dance through the pain". The downfall from depression take the form of a piano, she tells at CBS's Sunday Morning: "I hate being famous. I hate being a star. I felt exhausted and used. One morning I saw the piano and I thought how it ruined my life, turning me into my worst enemy, Lady Gaga. Now when I watch that piano I feel that I love it, it makes me express myself and create poetry".
One of the songs in Chromatica, 1000 Doves, talks about the help you need when you're struggling with mental health issues. Lady Gaga narrates the lyrics. "I need you to listen, closely, please believe me. I'm completely lonely, please, don't judge me. When your tears are falling, I'll catch them as they fall. I need you to listen closely, please don't leave me. I know I'm not perfect, but I'll keep trying. When your tears are falling, I'll catch them as they fall". She takes a small breath. "this song is about kindness". She explained.
Family and the Indian psychic
Kindness is a word much used by Lady Gaga. She even uses it when she recalls with us her meeting with Amma, an Indian psychic who gifts hugs and explained to her the formula to heal: "Time, commitment and divine grace". A meeting that made her understand the "importance of kindness, to land a hand to who's suffering". When we asked her to tell us about her childhood, she replies that she has always been like this. "When I was younger" she recalls, "I was a dreamer, extrovert, music lover, and I used to love helping others, I was extremely curious. And I hope that this innate curiosity, will stay with me for the rest of my life". All thanks to the education that she received from her parents. "My family" she affirms "taught me the values of my ancestors, who arrived here from Italy: hard work, respect, and love for your own family". A very "Italian" bond with her parents and all her close relatives.
Just like any girl living with the Italian traditions, Lady Gaga loves to cook, and she keeps the memory of the smell of tomato sauce, meatballs, and sausages, every Sunday at 14 after Church, with all seated at the table. Kindness and family are the main thread of our interview via Zoom that connects Los Angeles with Milan. Even when we ask about the biggest joy of her life, she doesn't answer "selling 15 million copies with her first disc, or singing and win an Oscar. She answers: "My happiest memory? The day my sister Natali was born! I love her and I'm so happy to have her. It really changed my life and my way of thinking. For me and for my whole family".
When we move the topic towards the way Lady Gaga's songs are made, and where she takes her creativity and freedom, Lady Gaga becomes a neo-romantic.
"Creativity for me", she explains "comes from humanity, from nature, and the way men and nature interact with each other. The artist always tries to translate the joy, beauty, and greatness of nature itself. And sometimes we create art full of pain. For me, creative freedom is not something we have from the day we are born, but something that we can all achieve. In my life, creative freedom was the main source to narrate my essence, my truth. I think that no artist managed to create something as beautiful as nature itself. Us artists, try to do our best".
Very often her name was mentioned with Madonna, for their explosive start and the music quality. But what are the women (and men) who really inspired Lady Gaga?
"It might sound like a statement", she explains, "but I love to be inspired by everyone! I think that each one of us has something to offer and that everyone has something to learn, even from the bad sides. In my work, like in my life, it's the people who I respect to offer me inspiration with their example, but I can also learn from nature. I don't exclude anyone as my source of inspiration: each person I've met allowed me to learn and learn. And this is what pushes me as an artist to grow".
Maureen Callahan, a famous musical journalist who dedicated to the singer a very controversial biography, listed a couple of terms that have been thrown at Lady Gaga: "Weird, Drag queen, hermaphrodite, a gay man trapped into a women's body, hardcore, grotesque, trash". And then she wrote "She's someone who screams on stage "I'm a free bitch", but if you take the stage outfits, she's just dark and insecure.". This portrait could be dated back to 2010 when the book came out. Now, she's 35, and Lady Gaga is a woman who wants to turn her traumas into her pride flags and use them to strengthen her humanitarian side through her foundation. Gaga keeps unveiling herself showing us her scars through her memories, just like she did with Oprah Winfrey, revealing the story about the time when she was sexual assaulted at the age of 19 and got left outside her parent’s house while she was sick and vomiting as a result. Tragically, the assault had left her pregnant. The abuser is a producer who threatened her if she did not comply, telling her she would not have a career. The violence caused her to develop post-traumatic stress disorder. She never managed to treat her trauma because so soon after, she became infamous. Since she was not processing the trauma in therapy, she began to cope with self-harm. In addition to the PTSD, she was later also diagnosed with fibromyalgia. “I started feeling an intense pain in my whole body. Like the one I felt when I got raped. Four years ago I learned that it was somehow the ghost of that day that kept hurting, now I’m fighting it with a therapist that helps me during my crisis.”
Pain and the acknowledgment of the fragility
This journey to self-discovery, acknowledging her fragility, pushed her to fight for human rights, such as writing songs about loving yourself, making her an LGBTQ+ icon all over the world. Now the only question remains: “how should the world change in terms of human rights?”
”When we talk about human rights”, explains Lady Gaga “we need to use a critical eye to observe the system that surrounds us. Which hasn’t been built perfectly. So we have to organize a movement and dismantle it.” A call to do something and fight for our rights. “I think that all humanity”, she explains “needs to follow this approach, but first of all we have to look inside of us to make grow and mature what we feel it’s right for us. Love, understand, and accept ourselves is the first step to reach the goal.” The Dom Pérignon campaign is dedicated to this goal.
How's the Born This Way Foundation involved?
"As you already know, family is very important to me", reminds us Lady Gaga. "I wanted to know the Dom Pérignon family before our decision to collaborate. What hit me the most was the passion, the art, and the creativity behind each Dom Pérignon. Even after many years from the foundation of the Maison by a benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon, the elevated art behind this Champagne remains the same. Once I saw the art and the charm of this Maison, I understood that we could connect it with my "Born This Way Foundation" because we share the same dream of generosity, and so we decided to collaborate". The director of the campaign is Nick Knight, the photographer who made the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles for the 90th birthday of the sovereign. "When I spoke about a possible collaboration with him, I received such a lovely answer that I learned how amazing the Dom Pérignon team was, they were enthusiastic and daring. Being daring means to be one step ahead from the others."
One last question: how do you define love?
Lady Gaga stops for one second, then she smiles and says goodbye in Italian "ciao ciao Luciano". It's not the right time to talk about love or her love affairs. And she goes away followed by her managers and press officers.
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Throughout the night, Gaga was spotted socializing with a number of pop culture icons including Katy Perry and Cher. She later graced the event with a performance of "La Vie En Rose" and “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” by Cole Porter, off of her upcoming album Love for Sale with Tony Bennett.
Open to the public starting September 30, the Academy Museum will be “the largest institution in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking” with “six floors of exhibitions [taking] you inside over a century of moviemaking magic”.
More images are available at gagaimages.net.
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The concept for the beauty brand has always been to encourage self-expression, creativity, bravery, and kindness. Gaga has spoken many times about the transformative powers of makeup and how it has changed her life. Makeup has played a huge role in the singer's own self-expression, and Gaga has "tried so many different products, so creating makeup that could withstand a stage performance was important to [her]." Every product is tested by Gaga herself, including the all-new Love For Sale palette.
The creation of this palette was started back when Gaga and Bennett were recording their album together. Each shade is named after either a song from their album, or a famous jazz singer. Gaga boasts that the palette is completely made in Italy (just like herself), and that it features new and innovative formulas. The singer and entrepreneur spoke to the versatility of the palette and how each purchase makes a difference: "I actually use this palette every single day. And it’s also nice because it’s called Love for Sale. It’s made with love, and it stands for love: One dollar from every purchase on Hauslabs.com will be donated to Tony Bennett’s charity, Exploring the Arts, which provides greater equity and opportunity in the arts for underserved teens."
Gaga teased that you can see the palette in action in her upcoming film, as her makeup artist, Sarah Tanno, used it to help the actress transform into the character of Patrizia Reggiani for Ridley Scott's "House of Gucci". She also hinted at a whole new Haus Labs collection that will be released soon as well.
For more details, read the full interview here.
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Two editions are available for pre-order in the United States via ReserveBar:
Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2006 Lady Gaga Limited Edition ($439)
Dom Pérignon Vintage 2010 Lady Gaga Limited Edition ($249).
Dom Pérignon's collaboration with Lady Gaga is built on "a shared belief in absolute creative freedom". They describe the "rippling" design of the packaging as "a visual ode to creativity. A vital impulse. A celebration of those who push boundaries."
Both editions can now be pre-ordered HERE (select US markets only).
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Lady Gaga Celebrates Love For Sale, set to take place on September 30, will feature selections from the new album performed by Gaga in an intimate setting. Westfield will exclusively stream the event online, in addition to offering in-center "fan zone" viewing party experiences in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The "fan zones" will broadcast the performance at Westfield shopping centers, offering cabaret-style seating and complimentary food and beverages. Photo opportunities and limited-edition Lady Gaga merchandise will also be available.
Two US "fan zone" experiences will be offered, at Westfield Century City (Los Angeles, CA) and Westfield Garden State Plaza (Paramus, NJ). The performance will air online and in-center at 10:30 AM PDT/1:30 PM EDT.
Tickets to the online performance and in-person "fan zones" are free, but donations to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation and Tony Bennett's Exploring the Arts Organization will be accepted.
To register for the online stream of Lady Gaga Celebrates Love For Sale, click here.
For more information or to register for the Westfield Century City (Los Angeles, CA) "fan zone" event, click here or on the invite below.
For more information or to register for the Westfield Garden State Plaza (Paramus, NJ) "fan zone" event, click here or on the invite below.
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Lady Gaga by Mark Selliger
The article detailed how Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, celebrated an extremely generous donation to their Born This Way Foundation from Dom Pérignon. The sum of the donation has yet to be announced, due to it being raised by a charity lottery. The lottery gave entrants the opportunity to "win an extraordinarily special, limited-edition sculpture – only 110 of them exist – which forms just one part of the epic, two-year partnership between Lady Gaga and Dom Pérignon, centred on an all-new, limited edition Rosé Vintage from 2006."
The limited-edition sculpture was designed by Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, and Dom Pérignon. Gaga described the piece as "It’s full of life and energy [...] What I love about it is that it seems to have momentum and that is something that I wish very much for humanity, that we will have momentum through love.”
The notion of love played a vital role in the collaboration, between the sculpture and the video campaign created by Nick Knight. Gaga spoke about the film and sculpture, expressing:
“I hope that the love we’ve shared in this collaboration is something that shines through when you watch the film that Nick has made, when you see the sculpture, if you drink the champagne, that you feel the love between us all. That was something that we cared about. I care about it in all of the collaborations that I do, I even became close with the people that work at MGM before I began my show in Vegas. I believe in family, I believe in relationships and I believe that culture should involve realness and authenticity. All of that was infused into this.”
The collaboration between Lady Gaga and Dom Pérignon was born from their mutual value in creative freedom. This value became the heart of the campaign. Dom Pérignon's Chef de Cave Vincent Chaperon, said that the reason they reached out to Gaga in the first place was due to “her drive for reinvention, humanity, the fact that she’s the embodiment of creation and innovation herself.” Two years were spent learning about one another and understanding mutual inspiration and connection. Gaga stated that she decided to work with Dom Pérignon once they'd met and began to build an artistic family,
“I don’t claim to be an expert in champagne, but I am an expert, I think, in people. They are wonderful people and we’ve worked well together. I think creative freedom is something we’ve enjoyed exploring and it’s created a lot of love and a lot of alchemy between us.”
Lady Gaga by Mark Selliger
Along with the values of love and creative freedom, there is a shared importance of risk-taking between the collaborators. Chaperon described it as "having the courage to explore the unknown, to go beyond your territory without losing ‘you’", with an emphasis on risk-taking without aggressiveness. Seeing as Gaga is notorious for reinvention while remaining firm on kindness, the pair were a sort of perfect marriage. Gaga was described as "the perfect embodiment of the Dom Pérignon ethos." Chaperon explained that the reason they chose the rosé for the campaign was because “It encapsulates this idea of pushing boundaries, as it is the hardest of all of our wines to produce.”
Gaga spoke in more detail about the film that Nick Knight created, expressing her excitement to create something "extremely bold, mesmerising and [that] embodied artistry". The film was centered around the concept of "Queendom" - an idea that was born based on the old saying that champagne was made for kings. Gaga did not like the patriarchal view of champagne, and wanted to show that champagne was made for queens just as much so,
"we liked the idea of empowering women as well, or celebrating anyone that would identify with a Queendom, which includes everyone. Whenever possible, if I see a capable moment to dismantle something I believe is not serving humanity, not just the patriarchy, I will put it into the work.”
When asked by British GQ what the biggest risk she'd ever taken is, Gaga answered in a way no one could disagree with: “In one way, I could answer that question simply and say my whole career was one big risk.”
Gaga was also asked whether there was a moment in the past decade that she was most proud of, to which she replied:
“I’m very proud to have heard the stories of so many people around the world and [that I] decided to devote my life to the sharing of those stories. [I’m glad I was able to] meet people, hear their struggles and make that a part of my art [...] Do I believe that art and activism are one in the same? Not always. I believe that art can possess a spirit of activism, but I believe that activism is a lifelong work and it’s one that I’m committed to every day. I’m committed to a lifetime of unlearning.”
Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2006 x Lady Gaga is launching exclusively at Harrods for the month of October 2021 and available from wider stockists as of 30 October 2021.
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