The magazine cover features Lady Gaga with pink hair to attract a female audience. Her confident expression and revealing pose employ the male gaze to also appeal to men. The bright colors and headlines about her songwriting and lack of pants are intended to intrigue readers to learn more. The cover discusses both Gaga's music career and the business side of the industry to draw a wide audience not just devoted fans. It presents Lady Gaga as both an artist and entertainer known for her fashion statements like pink hair.

1. As we look at this magazine the first thing that catches our eye is
the pink hair that Lady Gaga has. The colour pink has always
represented femininity talking to the target audience as this
magazine could be for a female audience, her face expression
shows that she looks confident and knows what she is doing. The
male gaze has been represented here by Gaga using her hand to
reveal her skin which is going to grab men's attention. She is also
wearing a cloak sort of thing which has male connotation's and she
is subverting it. She uses direct eye contact to create a relationship
with the audience. The bright colours in the headline in itself can
attract the female audience (the yellow and blue) the cover uses
consistent colours of pink again to attract the female audience and
to make it look girly or feminine. We can see the Lady Gaga is on
top of the title and subtitles which shows that the magazine is well
known enough so its not a big deal if some of the letters are
covered up. This also shows that she is more important than the
content and shows that she is in power. ‘how she writes pop hits’
and ‘why she doesn’t wear pants’ are subtitles which the audience
may be intrigued and want to read or find out more. The cover also
has features on money, and this serious side of music and the
business or music. The magazine is also aware of the industry so
anyone who is interested can take a look to meaning you don’t have
to be a huge Lady Gaga fan to buy or read this magazine. Which
means that the magazine is varying the content which allows a
bigger audience. We also know that she isn’t just an artist but she
is an entertainer and performer and having pink hair could be one
of her fashion statements.

2. There are three main colours to
this magazine which are black
pink and white. Katy Perry’s
outfit matches this as the
colours on her clothing are
similar and link with the
headline and text colours.
In the top right hand corner
the pink symbol suggests that
in this issue women are in
power and are going to be
discussed. Katy looks really
confident and the fact that
she is a female emphasizes
that she is ready to overcome
any tasks or obstacles.
The way Katy is positioned is very
provocative. The light reflects off her
thighs which is really sexualised and
can grab male attention very quickly.
This also refers to the male gaze as her
eye contact with the audience defines
that she is really confident. The fact
the she is wearing little clothing also
adds to this, the audience can see that
the back of her legs and her back is
completely revealed which again can
grab attention. This makes her a sex
symbol as she seems really
comfortable in wearing little clothing.
The fact that Katy is covering the
heading of the magazine shows that
the magazine is really well known
and that they don’t need the full
heading to sell it.

3. Here we can see that the heading is covered by Amy’s hair, this
shows that the magazine is well known and doesn’t need to
advertise the name because everyone is aware of the magazine.
The front cover has aspects of politics in it, which states that it
could be for a more mature audience than the other magazines.
Direct eye contact meaning she is creating a relationship with
the audience. The menu on the side of lots of different bands
which means that if you’re not a fan of Amy, you can read about
all the other bands that have been listed. The colours are linked
in many different way, red white and blue are all the colours of
the American flag, which links with the fact that the magazine is
talking about politics.