Lady Gaga: ARTPOP First Single Discussed By Mother Monster, 'Born This Way' Singer Posts New Photos, Video

Lady Gaga has been ratcheting up the weird as the release of ARTPOP draws nearer. First, there was the Twitter shutdown, then the NSFW photos. Now, we have a rare make-up less shot of the singer and a weird video of her licking a paw to accompany some news surrounding Mother Monster's first single.

The photo is above and here is the strange, possibly leaked vid:

As for her first single, Gaga had this to say on her own social networking site:

"ARTPOP as they pry the single from my bleeding fingers. its a scary thing to revisit those things underneath, the pain in your past. but all I found was raw passion. I thought I was destroyed inside. im just ready to fight. start the m usic."

What do you think of Gaga's latest pic? How about the video? The news on the single?

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