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We're used to seeing Lady Gaga dressed in elaborate costumes, while contorting her body and singing like her life depended on it. It's one aspect of Lady Gaga that drew everyones attention, that, and the very vocal way in which her music shares what she stands for.
This time round she strips it all down while singing her heart out. Without any mask or costume she belts out every lyric, while a crowd, the band and Mark Ronson, the co-writer of the song, build a contradiction that splits reality into a tangible disjunction that creates the perfect illusion.
