Lady GaGa reveals inspiration behind her VMA performance

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

Lady GaGa spoke exclusively to MTV about the inspiration behind her performance at tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards. The performance, which will open the show, is top secret and GaGa only revealed a tiny bit of information about the performance.

Right now, I’m obsessed with the archetypes of our psychology and all the different people we can become or have become in the past. Our potential for the future and how do we in our minds sort of compartmentalize our different personalities. So that’s something that I’m fascinated with right now. It’s almost as if I’m reviewing my life as a play. It came as quickly as the last one did. Any good performance flows out easily. If I have to think about it too much, something is wrong.

When asked about how this ties into the music and the performance, GaGa was quick to answer.

My approach to music and performance is not just about what happens on the stage. My whole life is a performance, and it’s about pushing the boundaries of pop culture and for myself, deciding where the stage begins and ends, not allowing anyone else [to tell] me when or how I can perform. I can perform when I choose.