![]() Apollo is the god of music and whenever Apollo would perform music he would transcend, he would change his being would become more feminine. And so there's just glimpses of Daphne's face and of Apollo. But when you'd look at it you'd feel this transcendence where the ball would become everything and it would be about a mass dialogue about people not only wanting transcendence for themselves, but involved with the community discussing transcendence and what the possibilities are for humans." - Jeff Koons on the "Gazing Ball" "Apollo and Daphne" " But I didn't want Gaga there just kind of isolated, so in the background there's Bernini's 'Apollo and Daphne' - and that's the work where Apollo chases Daphne and she turns into a tree. " What was beautiful about that work was the accessibility of the ball - that reflective ball that many people have in their yards as a symbol of generosity to your neighbors. I'm destined to float as a universe, fitting with all types of people." Gaga explained the significance of the gazing ball on the album cover in a tweet on October 13: "The gazing ball is significant also because my sanskrit's a small dot. The "gazing period" was a period where Gaga jotted down her creative ideas and obsessed over her music. Previously, Gaga has used the "Gazing Ball" for her 2013 VMA Performance of "Applause" and has even mentioned having a "gazing period" during her interview with Good Morning America in August 2013. Lady Gaga also utilizes Jeff Koons' "Gazing Ball" on the album cover. There's a transcendence that takes place and eventually it really leads you to everything. "With the cover, I wanted to have Gaga there as a sculpture, as a three-dimensional type of form and with the gazing ball, because the gazing ball really does become kind of the symbol for everything - and this aspect of reflection that when you come across something like a gazing ball, it affirms you, it affirms your existence and then from that affirmation, you start to want more. Koons explained his intention for the cover to MTV News: The album cover includes a cropped version of the "The Birth of Venus" by Botticelli with a black and white series of photographs of "Apollo & Daphne" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, "Lady Gaga" written in pink and "ARTPOP" written in white sprawled across the cover, with a blue Gazing Ball (one of her props in her VMA performance) and the sculpture of Gaga by Jeff Koons. He has given me the greatest gift and we are excited to be sharing it with you.” (Press release) On October 7, 2013, Gaga added that “ Having Jeff create something for ARTPOP was a dream come true, and a very emotional experience. During her interview with Elle (October 2013), Gaga revealed that Jeff Koons is “ making a sculpture of me, and it’s going to be my album cover.” On August 30, 2012, Gaga explained on a picture comment on Little Monsters that the cover of the album will be colorful. ![]() On August 5, 2012, she tweeted that she wants the album to have all capitalized letters, so she wants it to be designed as "ARTPOP". On August 3, 2012, in a Little Monsters chat, she reveals that "ARTPOP" is the new album title and she got a tattoo of the name. On July 26, 2012, Gaga also hinted that the name of the album was short and that some fans already figured it out. Thank you for all your lovely songs and dedication. " Dear Little Monsters, sending you love and pizza. Eat up, warm up I love u! Keep singing its divine! ". " Sending down pizzas for Melbourne monsters at the hotel. ![]() On June 29, 2012, Gaga sent pizza and wine along with a tweet: On June 8th, Gaga posted on Twitter that she had played the new record to her record label and will release the title of the album in September. During the creation of the album, Gaga expressed her desire to release the album in two volumes, this plan is still under consideration. The application will allow fans to listen to the album and create their own artworks in the "artHAUS", with new updates to come in the near future. ![]() Simultaneously as the album release, an application of the same title was released online for download on mobile stores. For the occasion, Gaga asked a few fans to do a mural with the song titles on it. The track list was unveiled on October 9, 2013. The cover was unveiled on Octoon giant outdoor billboards belonging to Clear Channel in 18 cities in 12 countries. ARTPOP, was revealed on Augby uploading a photo of her new tattoo. Originally scheduled for 2012, Gaga's fourth album was released wordlwide on November 11, 2013. ![]()
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