US pop star Lady Gaga is set to join the long line of celebrities with their own branded perfume.
The Poker Face singer is involved in developing a scent, which, according to insiders, will have an extremely "unusual" fragrance.
The product, which will be released in time for Christmas, will be backed by a heavyweight marketing campaign, including TV ads.
The pop star has already rolled out her own fashion line, named Haus of Gaga. The perfume will be produced and marketed by Coty, which also makes Kate by Kate Moss.
Lady Gaga has 10 million fans on Facebook – thought to be the greatest number for any living person – as well as 4.8 million followers on Twitter, which outstrips even US President Barack Obama's 4.5 million.
Coty could not be reached for comment as Marketing went to press.
Lady Gaga is no stranger to fusing fashion and fuzzy creatures, famously rocking an Animal skirt last year. But it looks like the outrageous singer is trading in her Muppets for another childhood favorite: Hello Kitty! On tonight’s episode of Bravo’s Double Exposure, Lady Gaga takes Hello Kitty to a sexy new level while shooting the 35th Anniversary campaign for the character. At the London shoot, the songstress dons this gown adorned with stuffed Hello Kitty dolls–and that’s not all. From sky-high Hello Kitty-covered pumps to a bedazzled Kitty belt, Gaga adds her own sexy touch to the girly cat. Check out this sneak peek clip of Lady Gaga’s Hello Kitty suit. Tell us: What do you think of Gaga’s new fixation, Hello Kitty? Do you prefer the Muppets?–Andrea DeSimone
'Poker Face' singer Lady Gaga is set to release a new remix album in America next month, featuring 10 reworked versions of her hit tracks.
The 'Poker Face' star is set to launch the new LP 'Lady Gaga - The Remix' on August 3, which will be filled with reworked versions of 10 tracks from her albums 'The Fame' and 'The Fame Monster'.
The record is set to comprise new versions of her hit songs, including 'Alejandro', 'Bad Romance', 'Just Dance', 'LoveGame', 'Telephone' and 'Paparazzi', with some being tweaked by producer Stuart Price and bands including Passion Pit.
The pretty pop star became emotional on Tuesday (06.07.10), after playing a homecoming concert in New York's Madison Square and recalling her rise to game.
She told the crowd: "My name is Lady Gaga and I used to sit right over there, way far in the back and way up top... I used to stare at this side of the room, and I used to think, 'I'm gonna be up there.'
"Every second you watch me on this stage, you remember, I was sitting where you are."
Lady Gaga has reportedly reconciled with her ex-boyfriend Luc Carl, and the pair have been back ''in love'' for a while.
Lady Gaga has reportedly reconciled with her ex-boyfriend.
The 'Alejandro' singer separated from barman Luc Carl a number of years ago but she has decided to give their relationship another chance.
A source told People magazine: "Gaga's first album is entirely about their relationship and her song, 'You and I', is about how they got back together. They've been in love for a while."
Gaga and Luc were spotted at a New York Mets baseball game together last month, their first public date since getting back together.
In the lyrics to 'You and I', the 24-year-old pop star sings: "It's been a long time but I'm back in town/But this time I'm not leaving without you. You taste like whiskey when you kiss me oooh, I'll give up anything again to be your baby doll, Yeah this time I'm not leaving without you."
Gaga is believed to have separated from her last boyfriend, stylist and friend Matthew Williams, in June.
TODAYshow.com contributor
She crooned, she rocked, she sparkled, she crawled on the stage in the rain. And when she was done, the largest crowd ever to pack Rockefeller Plaza for a concert screamed and chanted her name.
“Ga-ga! Ga-ga! Ga-ga!”
Since erupting from the New York City music scene three years ago, the flamboyant Lady Gaga has sold 25 million single songs and put out two triple-platinum albums. She has 5 million followers on Twitter and 10 million on Facebook — the most of any person on earth. She holds the record for most YouTube views.
But success has not appeared to spoil the 24-year-old gigastar. She sent pizzas to fans who waited overnight on the sidewalks of New York to get good positions at the concert. During her last number, a summer squall, as if on cue, drenched her, her backup group and the crowd. And Lady Gaga, in the finest tradition of rock ’n’ roll, embraced the rain as if it was a gift from heaven.
“Let it rain. Let it pour. You can’t stop us,” she interjected into her last song, “Teeth.” At the number’s end, she rolled on the sodden stage and bellowed into her mic:
“Thank you, New York. I love you. Thank you for changing my life and making my dreams come true.”
An estimated 20,000 spangle-eyed fans screeched their approval. They had started lining up more than 33 hours earlier, some coming from as far as Ireland and South Africa to see their idol. Two people in the crowd were taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor cases of heat exhaustion, The New York Times reported.
A special song
The former Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta showed her range and versatility with a performance that began with her crooning the Gershwin standard “Someone to Watch Over Me” as she descended from a fog-shrouded platform onto a blindingly white stage highlighted with electric blue.
In addition to the Gershwins, her performance paid homage to Madonna’s costuming, Elton John’s eccentric eyewear, John Lennon’s songwriting and Jerry Lee Lewis’ penchant for playing the piano with his foot.
And as a special treat she had promised her legions of “little monsters,” she sang a new song, “You and I,” that she’s performed in concert in the past several weeks but won’t release on an album until the end of the year.
“ ‘You and I’ was written about the most important person that I ever met,” Gaga told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry. She didn’t say who that person was, but it has been reported in People magazine and elsewhere that it’s Luc Carl, the boyfriend she has recently reconciled with.
Love for the fans
Just a few years ago, before she hit it big, the flamboyant performer was living in a cheap apartment in New York, experimenting with drugs and writing songs. Now she is a bona fide pop icon. Vieira asked if she had absorbed it all yet.
“No, I haven’t, but I love and cherish my friends so much. I just want to say a big ‘thank you’ to all the television and radio people and the underground clubs and the gay community for supporting me the past three years, and all the records you guys bought. I love you and I just cherish you forever,” she said.
Lady Gaga sat at a pure-white grand piano as she spoke, delicately sipping tea from a china cup on a saucer — no clunky water bottles for her. It was all part of the colorful stage persona she’s created. But, she said, outside of her performances, she rarely goes out.
“I stay in my hotel room and I write music,” she said.
She then put on a pair of rhinestone glasses that resembled enormous insect eyes and launched into “You and I.” As it came to a close, she stood and banged on the keys with her foot, and then vaulted on top of the piano to sing and play the final chords.
Then, in what seemed like seconds, she changed from an all-white outfit to a Madonna-esque black costume. As she launched into her hit “Alejandro,” she addressed her fans by her pet name for them.
In today's Daily Noise, brought to you by Fuse and Billboard.com, Lady Gaga has prompted a Grammy rule change, after she was barred from winning Best New Artist last year because of a 2008 Best Dance Recording Nomination. Now, Best New Artist nominees will be eligible if they haven't released a full-length album nor won a previous Grammy.
Lady Gaga was spotted heating into an office building in SoHo, New York City on Thursday (July 8).
Showing off some thigh in an all-black ensemble, the "Poker Face" singer was quickly escorted away from paparazzi and inside to tend to work duties.
Gaga is fresh off of a two night run at Madison Square Garden, while also prepping to perform on the Today show's Summer Concert Series on Friday, July 9th.
Tweeting about the gig, she wrote, "My little monster sweeties are already camped outside today show! I love u! Will be sending u pizza and water all day! And a suprise 2moro!X"
By Mariel Concepcion Mariel Concepcion – Thu Jul 8, 6:49 am ET
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Lady Gaga may be best known for her gaudy outfits and over-the-top stage shows, but at her hometown headlining debut at Madison Square Garden Tuesday, the pop phenomenon proved she's a regular girl at heart.
Although extravagant attires (including a nun-like transparent getup with two pieces of white tape on her chest), fake blood and sparks-shooting bras were still front and center, Gaga also made it a priority to show her gratitude by dedicating songs to her father, her fans, her native New York City and her friends.
"My name is Lady Gaga, and I used to sit right over there, way far in the back and way up top," she said, pointing toward the top left side of the venue. "I saw Madonna, Cher, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, KISS. I used to stare at this side of the room, and I used to think, 'I'm gonna be up there,'" she declared, gazing at her own elaborate stage. "So, every second you watch me on this stage, you remember I was sitting where you are," Gaga said as the sold-out room roared in response.
Later in the show, Gaga dedicated a soaring performance of "Speechless" to her father, who was in the audience -- one of the highlights of the evening. "I remember when he would carry my piano down the four flights of our walk-up when I had shows," Gaga recalled about her father's support during the early part of her career. "Of all the drunk men in my life, Dad, you're my favorite," she half-jokingly said as she dragged her high-heeled boots on the piano.
Gaga's two-hour long concert was the first of three Monster Ball shows taking place this week in New York -- she also played Wednesday and was due to play Friday. During her show, the star, her supporting cast and friend Posh -- whom Gaga said once shared an apartment with her in Manhattan's Lower East Side -- enacted a trip around all over her beloved city, from Brooklyn to LES and Central Park by car, train and down a glittery road to make their way to the Monster Ball. "The monster ball will set you free!" she shouted. "Little monsters reign supreme!"
"Without New York, I would not exist," Gaga declared. "But I also would not exist without my friends. They were there with me through alcohol, bad boyfriends, girlfriends," she added before passionately performing her emotional new song "You and I" in dedication to them.
Gaga also sang "Just Dance" early in the night and toward the end hit "Alejandro," "Telephone" and "Paparazzi," as the octopus-like Fame Monster taunted her.
"We did it, little monsters," she told the crowd after the night's closing number, "Bad Romance." "We made it to the Monster Ball! We made it to Madison Square Garden," she said with a sense of triumph. "Thank you for making my dream come true. I love you so much."
Lady Gaga wowed her fans at her sell-out show at Madison Square Garden in New York last night (06.07.10), the first of three sell-out homecoming concerts.
Lady Gaga played a triumphant homecoming concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night (06.07.10).
The 'Alejandro' singer became emotional during the show explaining to her adoring fans how she used to watch other great acts from the audience.
She said "My name is Lady Gaga and I used to sit right over there, way far in the back and way up top... I used to stare at this side of the room, and I used to think, 'I'm gonna be up there.'
"Every second you watch me on this stage, you remember, I was sitting where you are."
The stage set seemed to be influenced by the streets of New York and featured a battered old subway car and a gritty urban landscape and Gaga underwent a number of costume changes during the night including one burlesque-inspired leopard print latex dress.
At one stage in the set, the flamboyant pop star dedicated the song 'Speechless' to her father in the audience for helping her achieve her music dream.
She said: "Of all the drunk men in my life, dad, you're my favourite."
Closing the concert with her hit single 'Bad Romance', a clearly emotional Gaga was still on a high.
She said "We did it, little monsters. We made it to the Monster Ball! We made it to Madison Square Garden."
The 24-year-old star - real name Stefani Germanotta - took to twitter earlier in the day to express her excitement at bringing her 'Monster Ball' tour to her home city.
She tweeted "Today is what dreams are made of. 3 Sold out nights at MSG in my home town. I used to go watch Madonna, Cher + the Stones and would cry. I would stare into the brightlights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would be me up there one day. (sic)"
