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Gaga admits to taping her face
snippets from the porter magazine
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What I'm saying is that looking artificial can be honest, being glamorous can come from a place of authenticity and a place of love," she says, explaining that she uses face-lift tape to alter her features. "My energy comes from excitement. I get to start it again every morning. I get to decide how I choose to express my messages, and my music. In that moment, when I have my wig cap on and I'm taping my face, it's a sort of meditation for me. Every day, it starts the same way. It's like a mantra. I wash my face. I pin my hair back and put on a wig cap and I ask, 'How am I going to form my eyes today with this tape? How will I pull back my neck with tape?' Or maybe I won't pull it back at all.
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One reason why Gaga may be eager to reveal herself at her most vulnerable is because she's had a challenging year. Much has been made of her split from her former manager, Troy Carter, due to "creative differences", and Gaga has spoken publicly of betrayal. Her latest album, ArtPop, was released last year to mixed reviews. The world tour starts in May, and that's the platform where she and the music truly shine, but in the meantime, she seems focused on re-building. Don't be surprised if all of this strife makes its may into a new batch of songs. She is constantly translating her experiences into material,
"If you watched me from September to December of last year, you saw me in the most manic performance of my life," she says. "I was changing my outfits, my looks, my wigs, every day, sometimes multiple times a day. That's when I know my soul is restless. It comes out in a very physical way. If I'm able to hold on to one look for a longer period of time, it means I've settled into a new idea. If I haven't, I'm just searching for the next thing, 'What's next? What's next?'"
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