10 Best Image Changes In Music History
1. Lady Gaga Swapped Raw Meat For Raw Intensity
Lady Gaga burst onto the music scene in 2008 with her debut album, The Fame. With its chart-topping singles Just Dance and Poker Face, it quickly became clear that she was not just another pop star trying to make her way in a saturated market. Follow up singles Bad Romance, Telephone and Born This Way continued to drive this point home, incorporating elements of soft rock into her sound and featuring even more flamboyant and extravagant music videos.
Things got even stranger outside of the videos, with Lady Gaga dressing up in outfits ranging from fake bubbles, 16-foot heels and even raw meat to one ceremony. In fact, she arguably looked most at home when throwing herself in the deranged world of American Horror Story.
Things took an interesting shift in 2018 however, when she landed the role as Ally in Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born. The film shows Lady Gaga in a far more sensitive and emotional state, portraying Ally in a powerfully raw performance that won plaudits all around the world.
The movie's themes of addiction and depression were handled brilliantly by both actors, but it's safe to say that most audience members that saw the film were not expecting that level of performance from someone like Lady Gaga, given the image she had cultivated in the years before.