Lady Gaga isn't one to walk the fine line between cool and cartoonish. Rather, she knocks it to the ground, gives it a lap dance, and smears its face with make-up.
Fashion/art photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin are directing the first video off Lady Gaga's new album ARTPOP, for which they also shot the cover.
"Applause" was shot the other week on the Paramount Lot in L.A.