Lady Gaga has a long tradition of getting a tattoo for each new album, and for her latest effort Joanne, she got the album's title inked on her arm. The tattoo is an homage to the singer's aunt Joanne, who died of the autoimmune disease lupus eight years before Gaga was born.
"She's like this goddess that we worshipped in our family our whole lives," Gaga said of her aunt during an interview with Howard Stern. "Her picture was always up, and it was framed so beautifully in the house. We talked about her all the time, every family meal... she was like a guardian angel or spirit guide."
Gaga isn't the only member of the Germanotta family who decided to get inked, either. The singer's father, Joe, paid tribute to his late sister with a matching design as well. "Got Joanne tattooed on my arm in her actual signature," Gaga told fans on Instagram. "My dad got one too. With an angel on his shoulder."
My new tattoo. pic.twitter.com/FTKDQj65tZ
— Joe Germanotta (@germanottajoe) October 25, 2016