Gaga laying down in Chromatica's cover..

[Julien Lockhart 826]

Nicola F : Gaga wanted to own the roots of her past [in pop]. And we wanted to show that through fashion, as well. Before, we used to kind of hide her. Gaga was this mystery, with the wigs, the sunglasses, the makeup. She was an enigma. We still have that element, of course, but she’s much stronger, and you can really see more of her in everything. You start seeing more of her face, her skin.

In an interview for Vogue Nicola Formichetti talked about what the album cover and the clothes that Gaga wore for the photoshoot of it symbolize in terms of fashion. "The blend," says Nicola Formichetti, is seen from the outset: the cover depicts Lady Gaga strapped to a metal shield-slash-symbol; the squiggle is called a “sine,” and it represents the elasticity of sound. But it’s what she’s wearing that’s most intriguing: on one foot, a violent boot with a knife-blade heel, created by Cecilio Castrillo . On another, a shoe with a semi-ritualistic animal horn heel, created by Gasoline Glamour. Her outfit consists of welded claws by Gary Fay, leather belt straps , one-armed metal plating, icing-pink hair, and even a pseudo-collar made of octopus tentacles. It’s an assemblage of the outré costumes that originally helped to cement Gaga’s fame.

 

[The cover] is almost a tableau of different parts of her journey throughout her life. How she has always transformed herself into different characters, establishing these Gaga ‘codes.’ Punk rock. Avant-garde. Alien. Norbert’s style is very voyeuristic, almost more cinematographic in nature, which I think worked well for this. And, you’ll notice, she can’t move. She’s bonded to this fashion. But this isn’t a bad thing. It’s both about where she started and how far she has come.

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43 minutes ago, Rifek said:

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41 minutes ago, Focus said:

I always thought this was edited, it's the exact same shot of the final cover but with the people over it

it is edited

it's impossible for gaga to be in the exact same position, with people around and without them

[newseason 193]

Wait, she is lying down?? I feel so dumb right now, I always thought she was somehow hanging in air lol

[Trevstar4 242]

Funny how some people thought she was floating and others thought laying down! Someone make a poll!

[IllusionLover 6,762]

3 hours ago, dopega said:

I feel like the sine itself represents music and the round and sharp spikes on the symbol represent the duality of fame and how she has to choose between being famous or living a normal life. Her shoes represent how trapped she feels by Gaga as a persona, as if she had nothing more to offer than her image when she's Gaga.

I think the spikes are meant to make it look like sperm. Because, you know "life" 

[telliz 2]

I get visual satisfaction from see this

[dopega 3,733]

3 hours ago, IllusionLover said:

I think the spikes are meant to make it look like sperm. Because, you know "life" 

Could be that too who knows really 

[Haldy 1,258]

This cover really is one of the best album covers of all time.

[Klonoa 2,194]

It's a sine from above, it fell onto her.

[Stupid Oreo 14,256]

According to the booklet, it is the dancefloor she fought for, and she’d rather be buried with it instead of giving it away (hence the grey cover fossil image in the booklets)