Lady GaGa Elle Magazine Cover January 2010

Lady GaGa is the Elle magazine cover girl for the January 2010 issue.

Lady GaGa looks uncharacteristically subdued. Having her muzzled and covered in more blood than she smeared on herself at the VMAs 2009 would have been less shocking than this shish. The woman looks beautiful, but we need GaGa to look weird. Just like we need Britney Spears to have her matted weave roots showing (we’ll see about that later as there’s a cover from her coming up too). We need GaGa to either be on a motion cover rocking back and forth or in some form of ornate couture than is in danger of taking out some one’s eye.

The only thing we get a good look at, that we don’t often see, is the tattoo on her arm. It appears to be the serial number she was allocated in lieu of a name, in some foreign jail. I’m guessing, but it’s not a silly guess. There’s no way it’s just a regular (pretty cool) tattoo. It’s code for something. Something!

The Lady GaGa interview from the January 2010 issue is below.

On bodily reactions to stress: “I get all the symptoms of a pregnant woman. I get headaches, I get tired, I get blurred vision sometimes during a really intense session with [her creative team] the Haus.”
On a recurring theme in her work: “I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public, I can somehow cure my own legend. I can show you so you’re not looking for it. I’m dying for you on domestic television—here’s what it looks like, so no one has to wonder.”
On being a former waitress: “I was really good at it. I always got big tips. I always wore heels to work! I told everybody stories, and for customers on dates, I kept it romantic. It’s kind of like performing.”
On using her sexuality: “My album covers are not sexual at all, which was an issue at my record label. I fought for months, and I cried at meetings. They didn’t think the photos were commercial enough…The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.”
On her romantic future: “In eight to 10 years, I want to have babies for my Dad to hold, grandkids. And I want to have a husband who loves and supports me, just the way anyone else does. I would never leave my career for a man right now, and I would never follow a man around.”