Ugh, I’m so sick of Lady Gaga being on magazine covers. Some of her photo shoots can be quite interesting, but she’s over-saturated the market with too many cover interviews – she doesn’t have anything new to say, and it’s especially rough because Gaga was just on the cover of Vanity Fair a little more than a year ago – and in that time, she’s appeared on multiple covers of Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vogue, etc. It’s too much. Oh, and Gaga isn’t just on the cover of the January Vanity Fair – she’s also on the cover of Elle UK. I’ve included some Elle images at the bottom of the post. Anyhoodle, here are some excerpts from Gaga’s latest VF interview:
Lady Gaga gets candid with Vanity Fair about her history with relationships: “I have never felt truly cherished by a lover. I have an inability to know what happiness feels like with a man,” the singer tells contributing editor Lisa Robinson. “I say this honestly, and this is my new thing as of the past year: when I fight with someone I’m in a relationship with, I think, What would my fans think if they knew this was happening? How would they feel about my work and about me as a female if they knew I was allowing this to go on? And then I get out.”
Will her rumored romance with Vampire Diaries actor Taylor Kinney be a departure from this disappointing history? “I have this effect on people where it starts out good. Then, when I’m in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it’s all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.”
But her creativity is the one thing she says she will not compromise on, no matter the cost to her romantic life. “Perhaps it’s a whose-dick-is-bigger contest. If I go to the piano and write a quick song and play it back, they are angry with how fast and effortless it is. That’s who I am, and I don’t apologize for it. But it’s a hideous place to be in when someone that you love has convinced you that you will never be good enough for anyone. I had a man say to me, ‘You will die alone in a house bigger than you know, with all your money and hit records, and you will die alone.’”
In these dark moments, Gaga tells Robinson, she has found meaning in her work: “Even though I know it sounds a bit Hallmark, whenever I [was] in that kind of stressful, worthless moment, I would think, I’ll show you.’” Gaga continues, “I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it’s my mind.”
Gaga says the weird thing is, after she’s left a few people, they’ve asked her to marry them. “How f–kin’ romantic, you a–hole. Sure, pop a ring on my finger and make it all better. I can buy myself a f–kin’ ring.”
Robinson spends time on the set of Lady Gaga’s most raw and personal video to date, “Marry the Night.” It is “autobiographical,” according to Gaga, and required the grueling task of “getting ready to relive the worst day of my life.” She has never talked about it before. Prior to filming a hospital scene in which Gaga, appearing bruised and drugged up, is wheeled on a gurney into a women’s clinic, she asks Robinson and a few others in her trailer how far she should go with the re-enactment; she decides to commit to it fully.
“It’s chaotic and sad. But I don’t want it to be safe,” she says.
[From Vanity Fair]
Do you think Gaga’s lovers are truly “angry with how fast and effortless it is” for her to write her music? Maybe they’re angry about how her music and her shtick is going downhill fast? Maybe they’re angry with how she’s jumped the shark? Maybe they’re angry with her Gwyneth-style humble-bragging? “I’m so very talented, that’s why all my lovers leave me!” No, it’s because you’re a narcissistic monster.
There are some other quotes floating around from Gaga, and I don’t know if they originated in VF or Elle UK or they’re just part of some other interview. Gaga talks about what a man needs to get in her the sack: “It ranges from a really big d-ck to a degree at Harvard. Talent and perseverance and pushing the boundaries of love and acceptance.” She also says she‘s not ready to be domesticated: “I’m not ready to buy a house. It feels like marriage or something. It’s such a commitment, I don’t like it. I do love being with my parents but I also just really fear domestication. I just don’t have a home, I am 25 and buying a house feels a little weird. I actually sleep at my best friend Bo’s apartment a lot. She kicks her boyfriend on to the couch and it’s really funny. We stay up and watch movies.” Blah. I told you – the well is dry. She really doesn’t have anything new to say at this point.
Photos courtesy of Vanity Fair & Elle UK, via The Fashion Spot.
She always look over photoshopped.
She’s running out of steam.
lady seriously needs to get over herself. she ain’t all that.
“I have never felt truly cherished by a lover”
I hear ya sister.
Put me on that list!
She fascinates me. I do think she’s wildly creative and highly intelligent.
I agree.
DITTO!!!
I totally agree!She’s the best and the only true artist of our time!
I’m beginning to think this, too!
Gaga and her words of wisdom. She recently said that her man must have really big penis. I’m able to believe that. He can f*ck her in the bedroom and watching tv in livingroom at the same time. So he doesn’t have to look at her.
Fricken hilarious Marc
Go away already!
Co-sign Jules! Lol!
When reading this headline and the word ‘cherish’ I thought of the Sade song ‘cherish the day’
It’s sad how the standards of good songs and artists has dropped so low, Gaga and her forgetable music included.
She comes off as a teenager – I’m really shocked that she’s 25.
“If I go to the piano and write a quick song and play it back, they are angry with how fast and effortless it is.”
Quantity does not equal quality and it shows on her album. You can write 500 songs but that doesn’t mean they’re all good songs. What an empty statement. I think they’re angry because she’s so full of herself and won’t take “no” or criticism for an answer. She’s so rich and powerful now, she’s come at that stage where she only allows to surround herself with sycophants.
Maybe that man said she will die alone because she doesn’t appreciate realness anymore? That she believes her alter ego Gaga and forgets that she’s still Stefani G. inside? After all, she spins her past so extremely that she thinks it’s real instead of manufactured. Once in a while she will give “grounded” quotes but she ruins it with subsequently talking about how great she is and what a gift to the world she is.
At least Madonna (if people want to make that comparison) had some self-knowledge:
“I know I’m not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn’t interest me, I’m interested in being provocative and pushing people’s buttons.”
Gaga will never admit her flaws and that’s what will destroy her. It’s beginning already when she looks over and she sees Adele, raking in all the awards and critical acclaim without effort and extreme marketing (or 99cents deals) because she sings for the soul. Her fans know it too and can’t take it so they attack her (on her weight of course). For someone who is so adamnent about bullying she didn’t even issue a statement about it herself but through a mouthpiece and I do think it says a lot about her feeling towards Adele.
Gaga could have been the next Fiona Apple (when listening to her earlier songs) but she choose the fame and money route. Now the Fame Monster is eating her up and she can’t even see it.
Amen! You really did your research too!
I always found that part of Gaga so off-putting. I mean it is unbelievable. The quote about her stating that Alexander McQueen basically helped her beyond the grave to write born this way was the most ridiculous stuck up thing i have ever heard. Her voice is a gift, but her songwriting leaves much to be desired. She has an expiration date, Adele does not.
Well said. You’ve just summed up everything I find off putting about Gaga.
Kudos to you! You took the words right out of my mouth.
Realest thing I’ve ever read
Sigh. They’re jealous of me whipping out a pop fluff song. She brags about her talent like she is Mozart or like she’s written a song like the brilliant and classic Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.
She’s delusional. She said Born This Way was the album of the decade. It wasn’t even album of the year. She actually should have taken more time on her songwriting on those seventeen tracks, save about three excellent pop songs on it. I gave the album away.
I don’t disagree that Led Zeppelin were talented but they ripped off most of their songs, including Stairway to Heaven. I was shocked to learn the number of songs that they’d stolen from other musicians. I don’t have the link but I’ve read a few pieces online that had quotes from other musicians as well as clips of the songs in question. It was astounding. They even had evidence of the albums that the original songs in question came from, and they came out before Zeppelin ones. Disappointing.
was this possibly on cracked.com? because i’ve actually heard the same, but wasn’t sure where i read it. i’m not sure because cracked actually posts a lot of these articles about famous artists and what really went on behind the scenes!
Blame it on the meat dress.
Surely someone cherished that meat dress.
I liked the meat dress. It made me want a steak!
Gosh, I must be the only one who loves her some Gaga. Cannot wait to see her perform at New Years Eve in NYC.
I listened to Bad Romance 2 days ago. It’s the first LG song I have heard. I followed it with Poker Face, Papparazzi and Alejandro. I liked the music. (I know, I have no taste) Don’t like her in the least. She belongs in a circus, not on a stage. As a matter of fact, she would probably enjoy life in a cage. Or pretend to anyway. I mean what else does she have left? I hope I don’t regret asking that question.
The Fame/Fame Monster era had some catchy songs and videos.
I am sick of her. And she said : she is born this way? Why are she not Stefani? Why are she lady gaga? Be yourself stefani before talking about the new gay’s anthem…
She is truly pathetic now. A doll in a company’s hands.
I am sick of her. And she said : she is born this way? Why are she not Stefani? Why are she lady gaga? Be yourself stefani before talking about the new gay’s anthem…
She is truly pathetic now. A doll in a company’s hands.
She sounds like one of those intolerable drama queens who huffs and puffs until her poor, long-suffering boyfriend asks her what’s up, and then pouts, “Oh, you don’t know? You don’t understand me at all!!”, like she expects him to be a mind reader.
See also Jennifer Love Hewitt.
What makes me angry is that her songs don’t start as as garbage pop, they start with her great voice and her on piano. She is a fantastical jazz singer. Now if only we could stop the whole over-produced thing she’s got going. I love her as an entertainer when it is just her sitting at her piano. I wish she thought that was good enough to release to the world, I have a feeling everyone would be a whole lot more impressed. And hey – if Poker Face came to her easily – give the girl some props. Do you think it’s easy to carry the poker metaphor through the whole song? Not so much. I hope she figures it out before it’s too late.
I love a great pop star, so have no wish for her to give that up. She has the it factor on stage and voice. But she doesn’t have the beautiful pop ballads Madonna sprinkled her albums with. Gaga’s new album just doesn’t grab me like a great dance pop album should, but it’s not bad at all. Just not for me She seems to be trying to shock at warp speed, though. Calm down, Gaga. You have a long career ahead of you.
Pink’s Funhouse album was so much better. Pink’s concert tour was better than The Monster Ball. But both talented young singers.
The problem is, her just sitting at the piano and singing doesn’t sell. At least it didn’t, maybe it would now because of her fame.
But before she was Gaga she released an album of toned down, some poppish, piano ballads. Just her singing and the piano. It didn’t sell and record companies didn’t want Steffani Germonatta.
They wanted Lady Gaga. So here she is, which really is a shame. I like most of her music as Gaga, but her earlier stuff is just amazing.
If you want fame and to make money, you gotta sell what the companies and public seemingly want.
Was thinking almost the same thing as I scrolled to your comment. Heard an acoustic version of one of her songs once, & wow: her voice seems REAL. Then, I clicked to see one of her videos. The over-production was so annoying, shut it off 1/2-way through, & thought: “what a shame!”
To be fair, was happily ignoring top-40 pop back when MTV was still showing music videos—& based on photos of the current pop crop—am glad to have missed the Las-Vegasization of the whole scene. Gaga seems to have real musical talent (hidden within over-done arena shows & videos), but it’s just a tool: she’s been all about PR from day one. She got what she wanted, so this “poor Me & the Sacrifices of a Suffering Artist” stuff is ludicrous. Woman needs to get a life.
Relationships can be a bitch…. I guess until you find that right person. She’s no different than any of us. I tend to like her message but I haven’t listened for years on end so I’m not the best to judge.
over it!
So besides copying Madonna’s music and flamboyant style, she’s now copying the extreme ego. I bet her self absorption is the reason her former boyfriend said she’d end up alone. He probably told her the “effortless” song she wrote sucks or sounds too much like Madonna and she couldn’t take the criticism.
Sign on with the above; she’s a brittle little mediocre narcissist producing as addie said forgetable dance pop; all the songs on btw were co-written and the song btw,supposedly her baby, was co-written with three other people; on her own she doesn’t have the depth or talent to be a tori amos, fiona apple, or the authenticity of a janis joplin, just another industry product; as for the zep allegations i’m a zep fan and yes i’m aware of the charges, but zepellin is still considered the greatest rock band ever,their musical influence is everywhere, and if you want to hear great live music, minus tricks,gimmicks, playback,stage show, formation dancing bs, get how the west was won a live cd from two dates in the summer of 1972 when they were all in their mid-twenties. gaggles and all these other insects could only dream that their live sound could ever approximate zep – a band far better live, with jimmy page jamming on the guitar, than in the studio.
Actually she also writes many songs alone. (Personally I think BTW is one of her weakest singles and yes it was collabration)
If you can do both collab . and solo writing, that shows a freedom and versatility that only comes from a strong musical backbone and sense of yourself in the music. If you see her alone at the piano it is clear she has chops. Re copying Madonna as some have said — I think if Gaga is copying anyone re style, I think it’s more Bowie/glamrock.
I’d imagine she’s the highest of high-maintenance partners out there. It doesn’t suprise me she has trouble with relationships.
And she has a good voice (I only discovered recently when she performed an acoustic version of Marry The Night) but she hasn’t written anything of meaning. Her songs are all kitschy little pop fluff jingles, no wonder she can knock one out in a second. She could do so much better musically.
*Yawn*
I find her endearing and sincere. And I really like that Christmas-y cover. I don’t think the experience of being “truly cherished” by a partner is all that common (for women *or* men). She’s egocentric, but at least has the chops to back it up. Being female, and at her age, and with those chops, you best be egocentric. She would not be successful (to the level she is) if she weren’t. Male producers, musicians and power-players would totally be the ones in control of her career (and mind), otherwise.
In my experience artistic men tend to be intensely insecure and extremely competitive, even when they are successful. But unlike artistic women, artistic men seem to have the instinctive, common sense to get with partners who are NOT creatively-inclined themselves. They tend to get with managerial, organized type partners. Creative women should try men who are into other fields, not artist-types. Other type men can support you better and not feel their identity is threatened. But at her age, she’s probably only interested in creative men. As she ages she may broaden her horizons and appreciations.
“And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it’s my mind.””
Nope, it’s your power. You can’t be vulnerable, feminine Stephani and more-powerful-than-Oprah Gaga at the same time. Pick one.
She doesn’t have a real life so she cannot have a real genuine love.
My advice to her would be to buy a house in Montana and get back to the earth for a year and see how it’s changed her perspective.
Nobody wants a huge plastic looming presence as a girlfriend. And it is true – Men are way too insecure to not feel emasculated by such a huge personality. Jennifer ^ speaks the truth.
I hasten to add … I know perfectly great attractive women who can’t find a decent man, and these women aren’t hugely powerful like Gaga.
GagZ needs to change her name back to Stephani I think. I hate the drag queen name.
I can’t share the Gaga hate. I think she is very talented and creative and a big personality and that is a tough thing for some men to handle.
She wasn’t humble-bragging. She was bragging, and why shouldn’t she? Why must we tear a woman down for being proud of her talent and accomplishments? She’s written a ton of hit songs, sold out world tours, and sold millions of albums. She’s a bitch if she doesn’t just pretend that’s not a big deal? She’s awful for admitting some men’s egos can’t handle that level of success and can even act like jealous assholes about it?
Im not one-zillionth the success she is, but in my own life I’ve had to deal with dating men whose egos couldn’t handle that I made more money than them or, in grad school & college, just made better grades than them or has better job prospects. And some jerks dealt with their ego problems by trying to belittle my success or otherwise tear down my self-esteem. And I know other women who have dealt with the same issues.
So regardless of what I think of her music, these quotes seem very human and real to me. And I’m not gonna hate on her just because she has confidence in her talent and accomplishments.
Woo! Agreed. She’s the biggest pop star to come out since Britney Spears, IMO, but for some reason, it’s not ok for women to toot their own horn or talk about their success.
I’ve also dealt with men who tear you down due to their insecurity. Apparently women are supposed to be “vulnerable” or else we’ll die alone! I’d rather have a life of my own and end up alone than have all of my accomplishments wrapped up in some dude.
Exactly. I think it’s ironic that in this post she’s being torn down for her confidence while at the same time the post doubts a man who dated her would do the same thing to her.
Look, I love celebrity gossip and calling celebrities out on their b.s. & I think it’s basically a job requirement that they are huge narcissists. Im sure dating Lady Gaga is no walk in the park.
But that doesn’t mean shes a bitch for acknowledging her own success & talent or that maybe some men she has dated have been dicks to her because their egos couldn’t handle her success.
Maybe she will end up “alone” at the end if her career, but it’s better than ending up in the company of a jackass that makes you miserable.
Meh, I don’t over think Gaga. She’s an egomaniac for sure but Fame / Fame Monster is fast and catchy enough to keep me on the treadmill. So I guess she’s important to me in that regard, lol.
Oh, please…No one will ever love and appreciate Gaga like Gaga will.
Re: the being cherished comment, I haven’t experienced that either….where have all the lovers gone? Romance is dead, even if you are a super-celeb.
seriously, lada gaga as she calls herself… needs to wear a paper bag on her head. She is do damn plain jane. No wonder she has to wear all these ridiculous outfits, she doesn’t want anyone to notice how ugly she is. Her “music” sucks, and I cant stand her.
tell us how you really feel. lol
Overexposed. Go away. Reinvent. Then return.
I’m not a fan though. I find her music redundant.
I don’t think guys are intimidated by her. I think most are put off by her extreme narcissism and the fact she can’t take any kind of criticism.
I am definitely sick of her. Maybe if she gave credit to where it was due, instead of proclaiming everything she does is original and has never been done before, I could stand to stomach her a little.
Gaga’s already worn herself out. Instead of having a different look for each album, like David Bowie, Madonna, and Marilyn Manson, she’s exhausted all her costumes, and now it’s just getting boring to see her next costume, if she even has one.
Can’t wait for her to finally fade away in the background.
Well said & co-signed!
She seems like she is trying to cultivate an interesting personality pretty much just based on dressing weird and some bizarre behavior. Some of her music was pretty good I guess. But I just don’t really understand the whole “phenomena” thing around her.
For some reason sites etc always quote her saying ”im really good” blah blah blah but when the mag is out or whatever it is you cant find it,EVER and it comes from a fan who reads most of gaga’s interviews etc.
Her current boyfriend Taylor Kinney is from Lancaster County, PA (where I’m from) and she apparently has made a couple of visits there with him over the past few months. When I was home over Thanksgiving my Mom told me that there have been multiple Lady Gaga sightings in the Lancaster area over the past few months that have been written up in the local paper. She apparently was there this past weekend and was spotted at grocery store and target shooting with Taylor on someone’s farm. While she comes across as very narcissistic in this interview, she reportedly has been very nice and low key in Lancaster-no entourage and very pleasant when people have recognized her. It’s funny to imagine her in Lancaster County-it’s a conservative, rural area.
milk that cow gaga!
She can sing and play piano, big deal. This woman is nothing more than a gussied up lounge act, and one of the most over-hyped entertainers in recent memory.
It is a big deal when you can sing and play the piano–and sell millions of albums doing it.
I just don’t understand. Why always comment on a person you don’t like? I hate alot of celebs but i wouldn’t waste time out of my day to make comments on a blog about them. I have a love hate relationship with Lady gaga. I love her music but don’t like her antics. Even so, I don’t take celebs serious including her. It seems like some of you’ll let her bother you too much. If I see an article on the kardashians or justin beiber i won’t stop to read it or comment on something about them becuz i hate them. Lady gaga will still have her occult fanbase and will still make millions! Also why Kaiser post it on your blog if your soooooo… tired of her being on magazine?
Oh Shut Up!! Who says “I’ve never felt cherished by a lover”? What decade is this? And did you ever think that maybe men get sick of your ego & your insanity? Also, people fight in a relationship, that’s just what happens. If you can’t deal with that, maybe you should grow up. Ugh, I am so sick of this girl. Go Away for a while please!
It seems that people are finally starting to see what I at least have thought about Gaga ever since are Fame Monster days, which is that her image was always WAY more progressive than her music. I always found her music to be fairly run-of-the-mill pop songs. Just based on her image alone, you’d think that she wrote avante-garde, boundry-pushing songs akin to someone like Bjork.
Admittedly, I did like some of the songs from her first album purely as in-the-club/bar songs to jam to, and she seemed like a genuinely nice person, but I was always annoyed at the artistic gravitas people attributed to her music and to her.
Her intentions may have been well-placed in the beginning regarding her music and her message, but her schtik is definitely wearing thin and unfortunately she just doesn’t seem to have the intellectual and emotional chops, (maybe it’s just her age, she is pretty young still), to take a step back and process it all and realize that she, nor it, is not that serious. She is coming across in many articles as of late as a tad bitter and narcicistic.
Patti Stanger would tell her she has too much masculine energy. She needs to be more feminine with her men in order to make the relationship work. She is being too masculine and competitive.