Gaga’s ARTPOP artwork was shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. She is seen in artistic face paint straight from her upcoming music video. “It’s the end of the night after the show,” said Lady Gaga.  “When I look at it I see that there is a longing for the applause. I see that there is a void that is leaking onstage, that the performer is leaking, that the art is sort of becoming something else in front of your eyes. Something more human, something more honest.”

The singer has been out of the spotlight due to her surgical procedure. “My injury was actually a lot worse that just a labral tear,” she tells Women’s Wear Daily. “I had broken my hip. Nobody knew, and I haven’t even told the fans yet. But when we got all the MRIs finished before I went to surgery there were giant craters, a hole in my hip the size of a quarter, and the cartilage was just hanging out the other side of my hip. I had a tear on the inside of my joint and a huge breakage. The surgeon told me that if I had done another show I might have needed a full hip replacement. I would have been out at least a year, maybe longer.”

Gaga explains that it took six months for her to train her brain and body. During this time, she worked on creative projects to prepare for the upcoming album, ARTPOP.

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Along with the photo, came a post where she wrote, “It’s a scary thing to revisit the things underneath, the pain in your past, but all I found was raw passion.” The singer continued, “I thought I was destroyed inside. I’m just ready to fight. Start the music.”

Gaga is known for her elaborate stage costumes and makeup. In the photo, she shows off her pale complexion that contrasts sharply with her dark hair. She almost looks unrecognizable. Gaga has ventured out before and showcased a makeup-less face. In fact, she did so on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar and on her Twitter page. “Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside,” she revealed to the fashion magazine. 

On Monday, a photo of the singer in the nude for V Magazine hit the web also. The totally nude spread was shot by Dutch fashion photographers Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadi.

Lady Gaga is gearing up to drop the first single off of her highly anticipated album, ARTPOP, on August 19.

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