Lady Gaga looks killer as her American Horror Story: Hotel character, The Countess, in a new photoshoot with Michael Avedon for the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.

The look was created by Gaga in collaboration with Ryan Murphy and the Emmy-winning costume designer Lou Eyrich. "Black, red, and cream, are the main colors and then punches of brighter colors like the blues and greens," says Eyrich. "It definitely skews towards the '30s and '40s but then punch it up to be modern."

She continues: "One thing Ryan talked with me about is we wanted the audience to look at Gaga as an actor playing the Countess and completely separate from how her fans know her as Gaga."

On joining American Horror Story, Gaga admits: "I've felt it with only a few people in my career when you do something and you say, 'I belong here.' And I feel that way with the cast — I just feel like we somehow belong together whether I'm on the show or not."

In Hotel, Lady Gaga plays the owner of Hotel Cortez, who sustains on a healthy diet of sex and blood. "She's extremely strong," explains Gaga. “She's been through so much. It’s kind of impossible for anything to penetrate her."

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly hits newsstands on Friday.