Synergy Activity (Blog task 12)

Album Cover

Name: Artpop

Artist: Lady Gaga

• Seems abstract which relates to the word 'art'
• Lady Gaga written in pink - it's colourful
• Artpop written in white and they seem to both have the same font
• Background is cut up (images and text are cut) - some images look ancient (history) - linked to religion?
• She is nude and has platinum blonde hair and kind of looks like a statue which relates to being ancient - maybe ancient Rome/Greece
• Seems to sitting in a clam and the blue ball is the pearl which suggests that she is important
• Minimal makeup to none

Music Video Single

Song name: Applause

Just from the thumbnail, it links to the album cover because she is nude and has clams censoring her body parts. She is also standing like she is a statue or a greek goddess of some sort. She also has the same colour blonde hair like she had on the album cover except it is styled differently.

Just like the album cover, she has minimal makeup on. However, she then adds a lot of colours which also relates to her colourful 'Artpop' album. She has scenes in black and white and then scenes which are really colourful which creates a contrast. I think this relates to the album cover because you have a plain Lady Gaga in the centre of this album surrounded by colourful things such as the pink text and the bright images.

Music Video Single

Song name: G.U.Y

Again, from the thumbnail, you can see that she is nude and has the long white hair from the previous music video and the album cover which oozes an essence of a goddess from the ancient days.

Same colour and font shown on the album cover.

Same blonde hair and minimal make up shown in the music video 'Applause', and the album cover 'Artpop'.

The use of the feathers/wings relates to a bird and her head was placed on a bird in the 'Applause' music video. In the 'G.U.Y' music video, she also places her head on something else which seems to be a body made out of lego.

Black clothing was used in the 'Applause' music video as well in group scenes and dance scenes. Can be seen as revealing clothing in both music videos.

The clam in the background matches with the clam that censored her in 'Applause' and the clam she is sitting in on the album cover. The statues in the background also relates to both her 'Applause' music video and her album cover because she seems to be imitating statues. The use of the bright colour red shows contrast between the other pale colours such as her hair and the pale blue background.

It seems like her theme is history which is shown in the 'G.U.Y' music video and is suggested in the imitation of being a statue which is shown in the 'Applause' music video and on her album cover.