Gaga X Terry #2

Again, my two loved eccentric artists come together for Lady Gaga's latest tour, letting Terry Richardson snap exclusive and raw behind the scenes and backstage photographs.

Here's my so far favourites.

More madness than before 

(terrysdiary.com)

Carmen: LDR

3 hours ago my current love Lana Del Rey posted her new music video for 'Carmen'. Surprisingly, it is a quick release of another video after just releasing the remake of 'Blue Jeans'. 

'Blue Jeans' and 'Born To Die' are the typical music videos you would see nowadays, whereas 'Carmen' and 'Video Games' (also the original 'Blue Jeans' video) are short clips of  edited old film effect footage. I must admit, I love both types. The music videos ones have a plot, a fantastic and haunting storyline. It's great to see that Lana can act so tastefully and not that irritating over the top acting. It shows her versatility in artistic approaches - she knows how to stand out from all the other same old common music videos. However the short clips of film music videos shows that she is also a talented film maker. Truthfully she doesn't need to make those typical seen-before music videos - it's just refreshing to see something retro without being cliché. 

In my opinion, 'Carmen' tells a story about a girl who is known to be the hottest, coolest and the most popular girl known. "The boys, the girls. They all like Carmen"  Carmen is that typical girl that all girls want to be; her life seems so perfect on the outside... (I'm sure we can all name a girl we know like Carmen) but deep down there's something dark and troubling about her, "She says you don't wanna be like me..."

It's probably the song on the album that I listen to the least, nevertheless, it's still a beauty.

My new found favourite pictures of Lana. By my favourite, Terry Richardson.

(youtube, terrysdiary)

Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson

Kinda felt sorry for my postman carrying this to my door, "This is a heavyy packet this is!" 

The first time I laid my eyes on this, 'Bible', I let a yelp and quickly flicked through the book trying to balance it on one hand - an epic struggle. 

My two favourite people collaborating together to create a masterpiece of pictures of craziness, creativity, inspiration and quirkiness. 

A best buy for a night to read while you're snowed in.

(photos taken by Instagram [karamb])