Born This Way Cover

[Sweet Olive 422]

Won't lie, I used to prefer the Deluxe version cover. The Standard one felt a bit awkward.

But having in mind the meanings of that imagery, I started appreciating it a lot.

That grainy-a*s Deluxe cover is stealing the spotlight to the good sis motorcycle!

What are your thoughts?

[Didymus 32,739]

I ****ing love this cover. Ok, the font is off so I would've liked that to be different but I adore the overall idea and I never understood why people like that deluxe cover It's such an odd close-up and it wasn't even sharp

I love this 80s throwaway vinyl vibe. Like a trashy glam metal record no one listened to but got a cult following. Which I know is exactly the vibe she was going for. And the album even sounds like it, sort of. So I thought it was a perfect match between the visuals and the sound.

[messybottom 10,579]

I prefer the deluxe cover, but this one is just as badass. 

[PerfectGUY 7,822]

me too

I first liked the deluxe one more bc I thought was more pretty

But the standard one is def more iconic, has more style, and more meaning

[fivefoottwo 3,108]

it took like 6 years to grow on me  but now i love it

[Lord Temptation 11,209]

It’s...different 

[The Enigmatic 3,697]

It's iconic 

but creeps the hell out of me snssjsjsj

 

[Bio 23,538]

When it first got revealed I hated it but as soon as the album leaked I completely understood it. It basically embodies the album perfectly. 

[IAmNotHere1997 25,824]

The deluxe one is horrible

this one is just...ugh...it's perfect...and reflects the music...I love it so much...I want it framed when I'll buy my house

[jujubaruda 1,292]

Transhumanist queen.

[ReidOne 12,427]

It's an homage to heavy metal icons Judas Priest... and I love it! 

 

[RAMROD 96,330]

The cover is iconic and one of a kind.

Nobody of her peers that had big break at the same time does this but Gaga and why she is not basic. Her decisions may be hard to swallow at times, but she almost always chooses the right things. It's not her fault that some of her fans are basic and wanted pretty cover just like everybody does. Lots of them grew up in society that values being fit in than being someone or something unique. I appreciate that Gaga challenged their senses and taste this much. Not many pop stars do this.

[bluemonkey 635]

It’s a choice. 

I didn’t expect a pretty cover, I thought Gaga would be riding on a motorcycle not become one. It’s a little unsettling for me and people saying it’s an homage to the glam rock days, I don’t think they morph themselves into motorbikes. It veers almost into comical like She’s a Pokémon character and she’s saying “Gaga. Gaga. Ra Ra Ra!” With that expression. Still my least favorite cover of hers. It just looks random. 

[Miel 15,009]

I loved it then, and I love it now.

I remember being shocked in the best way possible when she released the cover during one of the spring 2011 MB shows. There was so much mania in the fanbase, and I just couldn't believe it. Third album in (some even consider it second), just rearing into her newly flourishing career, and Gaga did this? I couldn't help but laugh- it was such a bold move.

I know a lot of her explanations regarding it were weirdly serious, but what I love the most about that album cover (and album "era") was its odd and peculiar penchant for humor and comic.

[derpmonster 22,412]

1 hour ago, bluemonkey said:

It’s a choice. 

I didn’t expect a pretty cover, I thought Gaga would be riding on a motorcycle not become one. It’s a little unsettling for me and people saying it’s an homage to the glam rock days, I don’t think they morph themselves into motorbikes. It veers almost into comical like She’s a Pokémon character and she’s saying “Gaga. Gaga. Ra Ra Ra!” With that expression. Still my least favorite cover of hers. It just looks random. 

It was the beginning of the "hybrid" concept she developed further in ARTPOP.