Gaga Metaphors

A twenty-eight year old parading the streets wearing a long grey wig draws attention from wandering eyes, but stares change to understanding upon witnessing the wearer of that wig. Look into her history; likewise, and appreciate the multiple times she sported grey locks. In the world of Lady Gaga, the aged hairstyle expresses meaning and metaphor similar to many other statements she constructs her career upon. The grey wig illustrates the ending of an era, the period entrenched in representing the ideals of Gaga’s latest album. They exemplify her growth and maturation through the cycle of the album, and serve to respectfully and gingerly leave that period in the past. The Fame, The Fame Monster, Born This Way, and ARTPOP are rooted in meanings, metaphors, and statements that made her famous, yet only two eras ended by the wearing of the grey wig. Lacking symbolic manifestation to close The
At first glance the album represents a giant party, complete with hair bows, disco sticks, and crystal sunglasses. However, in the tracks Just Dance, The Fame, and Beautiful, Dirty, Rich, Gaga asserts her metaphor more clearly. Fame does not come from celebrity, recognition, or wealth, but from how one carries themselves. A sense of self has no standing on material characteristics, and you can always feel beautiful or rich. Gaga states: "The music is intended to inspire people to feel a certain way about themselves, so they’ll be able to encompass, in their own lives, a sense of inner fame that they can project to the world.” (Harris, 2009). After all, feeling good about oneself and having a sense of inner fame allows a healthy confidence; furthermore, creating comfort ones surroundings.The Fame era was not closed by wearing a grey wig, and Gaga therefore indicates inspiring her fans with the idea of pursuing their own inner fame targets