This brief and dichotomous lullaby sets up the album's ominous title track perfectly, like a calm before the storm. Together, they pulled two of Fay’s menacing talons for the shoot: one silver set of razor-sharp fingers that is worn by Gaga on the cover, and another extra-long pink set-called the “Mech Claw”-that is worn by Gaga in another promo image, where she is dressed in her “Stupid Love” music video outfit.THE STICKS starts off with opening track "Omen", that begins with a sweet and haunting piano motif followed by the innocent timbre of a five-year-old lad singing alongside Ryan, "something about the world today makes a boy feel a bit insane. “She thought what I was making was perfect for what they had in mind,” he says. He has created steel hands for a range of events including cosplay conventions, haunted houses, and even music videos (his work appears in a recent video for the band Rings of Saturn, among others).įay says he was approached for the Chromatica shoot by Gaga’s stylist del Rio. “For the past 15 months, I have been 3D-designing and printing articulated fingers and mechanical body devices that work using natural movement,” he says of the aesthetic pieces. Gary Fay is a self-taught artist based in Mandurah, Western Australia, who makes mechanical hands that give the wearer a futuristic, robotic feel-kind of like a fashionable Edward Scissorhands. “I love her bravery in every way she cuts it,” says Coffield. She didn’t design the shoes specifically for this album shoot, but she (much like Martinez) says Gaga has always been a source of inspiration for her work, and that the superstar will continue to influence her designs to come too. The artist used a mixture of vintage and custom Swarovski rhinestones, as well as semiprecious stones, glass beads, and a steer horn heel. “They took a while because I didn’t make them all at one time-maybe took a year or so.” “It’s named for the blues crooner and musician of the same name,” Coffield says. The monstrous shoe is a design that Coffield made seven years ago. (She had worked with Gaga years before, beginning with the “Judas” video in 2011.) For the special Chromatica project, Gaga asked to wear one of Coffield’s “Howlin Wolf” pumps, which is worn on her left leg on the cover. But one day that little email popped up in my inbox from Marta and Nicola, and of course, I said yes,” Coffield says. “I had to quit due to chronic illness and overall exhaustion from the business.
She had worked with a long list of artists including Beyoncé, Cher, Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Grimes, Doja Cat-the list goes on-before quitting the fashion industry after almost 20 years in the business.
Think: towering heels covered in Swarovski crystals and death-defying spikes. Gasoline Glamour’s Shannon Coffield specializes in the art of maximal footwear. This new sci-fi, Mad Max–inspired aesthetic-call it part pop star, part pop machine-is a continuation of the one Gaga showcased in the album’s debut music video, “Stupid Love,” set in an intergalactic land. The captivating cover art is set in a dystopian factory, and Gaga sports body armor and killer heels (literally-they are made of knives and talons).
Say goodbye to the cowboy-hat-wearing Gaga from her Joanne days: Mother Monster is officially making a comeback. Gaga always assumes a new fashion alter ego to go with a new album-and this one looks like it could be her most wonderfully weird yet. (It was originally due to release on April 10, but has been pushed back indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.) While fans still have a while to wait for the official record release-which is now slated for sometime in 2020-the superstar did offer a quick glimpse at what one can expect with this new album era. This weekend, Lady Gaga released the official album artwork for Chromatica, her upcoming sixth studio album.