25-year-old Lady Gaga is an oil-drenched mermaid in what I’m sure is some cliched political statement about gays or fat people or Mother Earth on the cover of Visionaire 61. I’d never heard of Visionaire 61, either but it seems it’s a pretentious magazine for insufferable artsy types, designed to “give iconic artists and image-makers the forum to take their visions to a massive scale.” The Daily Mail says:

The artistic photographs were shot by famed photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and are accompanied by a quote from the singer saying: ‘There is no oil too thick as to destroy the imagination.’

The publication is limited edition and comes at a hefty price.

A Standard Edition of the magazine measuring 36 inches x 49.48 inches costs $375, with only 2,500 numbered copies available.

And a Deluxe Edition measuring 57.48 inches x 79 inches costs a pricy $1,500, with a minimal 250 numbered copies available.

Lady Gaga also won a bunch of shit at the MTV Europe Music Awards last night, but I didn’t bother looking up what she won because they were European. They don’t really count. They’re the awards equivalent of Canadian football.

PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures

Coco is a great visual reminder that you can’t spell “classy” without the word “ass.” You also can’t spell “assertoric” without the word “ass,” but I don’t really see how Aristotlean logic ties in with anything here. Let’s try and keep it relevant, people.

One more of her other S&M outfit and a week’s worth of Twitter pics: