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A Look at the Lady Gaga Museum

Few artists have been able to seamlessly merge the world’s of fashion and pop as effortlessly as one Stefani Germanotta, aka pop savant Lady Gaga. And while the artist has returned to Las Vegas to continue her acclaimed residency, ENIGMA at Park MGM — she took a bit of a hiatus to win an Oscar and tease her upcoming sixth album — fans can rejoice with an accompanying exhibition of her most iconic looks throughout her decade-spanning career.

 

Curated in part by her longtime collaborator Nicola Formichetti, HAUS OF GAGA/LAS VEGAS is an intimate look at some of the artist’s most indelible looks. Each of the pieces — including full looks from music videos, world tours, and various media appearances — was plucked from a temperature-regulated vault in California that preserves their legacy. Some highlights include the infamous cigarette sunglasses (as seen in the ‘Telephone‘ video), the meat dress (which she wore during the 2010 VMAs), the all-white bodysuit she donned during her career-making ‘Paparazzi‘ performance in 2009, and the Philip Treacy-designed rhinestone-covered lobster hat (just worn on a night out in London). Whether you’re a lifetime fan or just someone who appreciates striking design, there’s something to catch your eye in this pop culture time capsule.

 

A select number of pieces will be available for purchase with proceeds going towards the Born This Way Foundation, a non-profit co-founded by Gaga that promotes mental health awareness for youth. Check out some of the pieces below.

 

Images: Getty Images for Park MGM.

 

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Ed Sheeran & Bieber Team Up for ‘I Don’t Care’

Justin Bieber is an incredibly talented vocalist. This was true back when he was singing covers on YouTube almost a decade ago and remains true to this day — just watch this passionate performance of ‘Sorry.’ So even when his songs are kinda lacking, his smooth tenor is able to carry them over to listenable territory — just listen to ‘Friends,’ his pseudo-comeback released in 2017, towards the end of ‘Despacito‘s record-breaking summer reign. After teasing a comeback with a surprise appearance during Ariana Grande‘s Coachella set, all eyes are planted on his next move.

 

Ed Sheeran is a popular songwriter. After also dominating parts of 2017 with his inescapable ‘Shape of You,’ which continues to haunt frat bars everywhere, he’s kept busy touring the world as one of the 21st century’s biggest solo acts. So when two of the biggest stars in pop music team up, the results should at least be interesting — case in point, the duo’s first team effort was the acoustic-chill kiss off ‘Love Yourself‘ that topped the charts in over 10 countries. But that’s just not the case for the pair’s latest, ‘I Don’t Care,’ a tropical-house infused slice of pop mediocrity that goes nowhere.

 

Partially produced by Max Martin, the Swedish songwriting powerhouse who practically defined the sound of pop in the late ’90s, the song bounces on the line between catchy and annoying with unimaginative lyrics about not enjoying a party. And while anti-party bops have become a thing in their own right (like Lorde’s ‘Green Light‘ and the more depressing ‘When the Party’s Over‘ by Billie Eilish), this one just doesn’t move the conversation forward. For two of the biggest stars of the moment, it doesn’t sound like they care to anyway. Listen below.