Lady Gaga ARTPOP: 'Applause' Music Video To Drop August 19, Album Will Receive Physical Release, Free App
Lady Gaga is back on Twitter, and she's revealing quite a bit about her previously super-secretive ARTPOP album/app/ mixed media art project. We've already learned that the lead single "Applause" will drop August 19, but now Mother Monster is saying that a music video for "Applause" will be released that same day. She also noted that the album will be available as a physical LP and details about the experimental companion app.
The single 'Applause' and it's MUSIC VIDEO will BOTH debut on same day. ARTPOP. 8/19 -GAGA
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
She also tweeted some lyrics from the as-yet unheard single.
give me that thing that I love put your hands up make 'em touch A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
Gaga went on to give details about the app, which had previously only been discussed by Haus of Gaga team members.
The ARTPOP app is Free, available in App Stores on your device. You can purchase the music through the ARTPOP app once it's downloaded.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
The App is Available Worldwide
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
Yes available on ITUNES & GooglePlay RT @HausOfLenise: @ladygaga girl, thank you very much for making available the artpop app for Androids
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
Or you can purchase the album at the music store+download the free app separately at the app store. -GAGA
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
Other than release details of the app, she also explained that the app will be an "interactive jewel case" (for youngsters, jewel cases are the packaging that CDs come in and often contain liner notes, artwork and details about the production of an album).
The APP is in essence, an interactive jewel case. -GAGA
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
A placeholder for the app will be released the same day as "Applause" and the app will become fully functional on November 11, the day of ARTPOP's full release.
Yes. 8/19 you download app placeholder RT @iamtmalmnd: How do u preorder the app? Is it available to download as a placeholder on Aug 19th?
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013
Yes on Nov. 11 @ChikinBitch: @ladygaga will monsters be able to socialize through the ARTPOP app?
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 31, 2013