Check out “Bloody Mary” co-producer, Clinton Sparks’ harder take on the haunting Born This Way track. The remix will be featured on Clinton’s upcoming mixtape and can be downloaded on his website here.

Lady Gaga starts the New Year by covering the January 2012 issue of L’uomo Vogue, in stores now. The interview is in Italian and the photos are taken by Inex And Vinoodh. As soon as we get the English translation of the interview, we will be posting it on the site.

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Fashion director: Nicola Formichetti
Make up artist: Val Garland
Hair stylist: Frederic Aspiras
Manicure: Marian Newman

Lady Gaga kicked off 2012 on her home turf, taking (or, stealing, rather) the stage on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and helping Mayor Bloomberg drop the iconic ball – two honors that left her humbled.

“I grew up watching [the ball drop] on TV,” she tells The Insider. “But in my 25 years of being a New Yorker I have never ever gone to Times Square to watch the ball drop. If you’re from New York, you know it’s very chaotic. So I’m honored and humbled by them asking me to drop the ball with Mayor Bloomberg. It’s such a dream.”

And from the sound of things, her dreams will continue to come true in 2012.

Gaga is not only blown away by the amount of money raised for her Born This Way Foundation by the Barney’s housed Gaga’s Workshop, but also by the reception her philanthropic endeavors have gotten at the highest level of government. “It’s a series of overarching issues that … have to do with the social policies that are in place, like gay marriage,” she says. “What kind of example we’re setting to youth. The example of equality has to be more linear now, it has to be more black and white.”
In between injecting the populace with a greater understanding of love, Gaga plans to release more new music this year. “I’m looking forward to putting out another album and going on tour,” she says. “I can’t wait to see the fans. I have a million ideas and I just feel very blessed to be an artist who gets to do what she loves.”

And while those plans eventually involve starting a family (“Someday. A long, long day from now,” she giggles), music remains at the forefront of her mind right now. “I wake up in the morning with tears in my eyes and I write new songs and I think about the future. I was born to make music; I was born to see out my artistic visions. That’s what [Born This Way] is all about.”

Check out Lady Gaga performing “Yoü and I” and “Born This Way” on Japan’s NHK New Year’s Eve concert. The performance was aired live via telecast from New York City, right before Gaga took to Times Square to perform and ring in the New Year with Mayor Bloomberg.

Happy New Year, Monsters!

Check out video of Lady Gaga preforming on last night’s Dick Clark’s ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ special. Gaga opened her 3 song set with “Heavy Metal Lover”, segueing into her single, “Marry the Night” and ending with her record breaking track, “Born This Way”.

Gaga took the stage again later on with Mayor Bloomberg to drop the ball in Times Square, initiating the start of a new year.