Christabel Duah
Half the country may be feeling the chill, but Lady Gaga is here to heat things back up.
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The pop superstar took to Twitter to wish her nearly 76 million fans a “Happy New Year” in the sultry photo. “Happy New Year. To happiness. Health. Love. And to the simplicity of beautiful unforgettable nature, life,” she tweeted.
Gaga — real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta — treated fans to a look at at her numerous tattoos, a teeny white bikini and a very toned physique while posing in the great outdoors.
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The singer revealed at the onset of her mainstream career that she would only have tattoos on the left side of her body in order to appease her father, a standard she’s kept up to this day.
“All of my tattoos are on one side of my body, per my father’s request,” she explained in 2011. “He asked that I remain, on one side, slightly normal, so I only have tattoos on my life side. He sees the right as my Marilyn Monroe side and the left as my Iggy Pop side.”
The visible tats include a tribute to the late David Bowie inked on her ribcage — which she got just before her 2016 Grammy Awards performance in his honor — as well as a unicorn on her thigh, roses and a heart honoring her dad.
Happy New Year. To happiness. Health. Love. And to the simplicity of beautiful unforgettable nature, life. pic.twitter.com/dpdN1eXeeS
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 3, 2018
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The “Born This Way” artist has a spectacular 2018 coming up. In addition to beginning a two-year Las Vegas concert residency — joining the ranks of Britney Spears, J Lo and Celine Dion — the 31-year-old is starring alongside actor Bradley Cooper in the upcoming remake of film classic “A Star is Born” in a role made famous by Hollywood legends Judy Garland (1954) and Barbra Streisand (1976).
