Lady GaGa: 'My music is soulless'

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Lady GaGa has described her music as "soulless electronic pop".

The 'Paparazzi' singer, who performed at the Glastonbury festival last weekend, admitted that her "shallow" sound was inspired by artist Andy Warhol.

"Warhol said art should be meaningful in the most shallow way," she told Maxim. "He was able to make commercial art that was taken seriously as fine art... [and] that's what I'm doing too."

She added: "When you listen to a song like 'LoveGame', is it communicating my soul to you? No... I make soulless electronic pop. But when you're on ecstasy in a nightclub grinding up against someone and my music comes on, you'll feel soul."

The star, who has previously been cautioned by police for wearing revealing outfits, went on to admit that she is often encouraged to be more raunchy.

"Everybody wants me to show my vagina to the world," she said. "And the truth is, I don't have to."