Lady Gaga

House Of Gucci: The Camp Pleasures Of Sir Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott has a long-running love affair with extravagant, theatrical and delectably trashy cinema – making House of Gucci nothing more than a logic next step, finds Brian Quinn

Why We All Lose When Political Issues Become Pop Marketing Gimmicks

You can't move online these days without bumping into some musician or other claiming that their work is "empowering". But, argues Sirin Kale, all this hot air does more harm than good

Worshipping Convention: The Trouble With A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born has been a huge commercial and critical success this year. But has its seductiveness blinded audiences to some troubling politics?

BLaB: A Conversation With Bruce LaBruce

Bruce LaBruce speaks to Ryan A Diduck in a frank conversation about his filmmaking, gay conservatism, technology, writing, bad trips and why he thinks he might have been abducted by aliens

Limitless Joy: Kylie Minogue Interviewed

On the eve of her new album, The Abbey Road Sessions, pop goddess Kylie Minogue talks to Simon Price about Nick Cave, the Manics, Lady Gaga, age prejudice and lesbian love scenes

Matters Of The Utmost Concern: Prince Charles Letters

Following the recent publication of his compiled Prince Charles Letters, David Stubbs assembles a number of the Prince Of Wales' letters on "matters of the utmost concern"...

How The Music Industry Is Killing Music And Blaming The Fans

While the industry continues to blame illegal downloading for its financial woes, it’s musicians who are paying the price while being forced to work harder than ever. But label inertia means culture itself is at stake, and even democracy could suffer, argues Wyndham Wallace

Lady Gaga’s ‘Judas’ & The Betrayal Of Netocracy

Emily Bick looks at the similarities between Lady Gaga's 'Judas' shtick, subversive Swedish pop group Army Of Lovers and the affiliated Alexander Bard's Netocracy to argue that the star's glamourous facade is a "prophylactic barrier to two-way engagement"

From Robyn to Janelle Monae: The Rise of the Fembots

In the first of our Wreath Lectures, Sian Rowe looks at the female artists who've used robot aesthetics to transcend feminine norms in pop

Janelle Monáe: A New Pioneer Of Afrofuturism

Against a pop climate beset by fraudulent marketing plans on two shiny legs, John Calvert argues that Janelle Monáe brandishes the acetylene torch for radical Afrofuturism

Kicking Against The Pricks: Uffie On Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans

Uffie's got something misogynists can kiss says John Doran, who is not, like, that bothered that she used to date her producer, or whatever...

Givin’ It To The Homegirl: The Trouble With Kelis

With Neil Kulkarni finding something rotten in the state of girl-pop, he turns up his nose at Kelis' curdled Milkshake and explains why Brit Envy has it right

A Wild Nobility: An Adam Ant Exclusive By Simon Price

After a 15-year period away from the music business Adam Ant is back in the spotlight once again. Simon Price meets a musical maverick and iconic star of the 80s to talk inspiration, madness and coming back fighting

Why Whitey Needs To Get Off Lou Reed’s Dick And Onto Lady Gaga

"Grand" Mof Gimmers gives it to us straight - whitey is just too damn afraid of Lady Gaga... and would rather take refuge in fucked old codgers Reed, Osterberg Jr and Jones... but isn't that missing the fucking point?!

Lily Allen’s Trainers, Lady Gaga’s Willy & Notions Of Gender In The 00s

In the latest Wreath Lecture looking back at a decade in music, Hazel Sheffield examines the representation of female artists, post 90s Girl Power

La Roux Interviewed: In For The Kill With Elly Jackson