Lady Gaga graces the cover of the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar and she’s doing it without and makeup… or meat.

Gaga has decided to go with an au natural look for her photo shoot with photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, phew try saying that three times fast.

This cover marks the first time Harper’s Bazaar has released a black and white cover in 20 years.

In the cover story interview Gaga spoke about her current look, the public’s expectations and how she stays in shape.

When asked about the difference between her normal, eccentric attire and the look she chose for the shoot Gaga replied, “I don’t really view it as ‘natural.’ I think that artifice is the new reality. It’s more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside.”

”Don’t you think that what’s on the cover of a magazine is quite artificial?” she asks.

“There’s this idea that it’s all natural, but everything’s been staged to look natural. It is also an invention. It’s just that my inventions are different,” she elaborates. ”I often get asked about my artifice, but isn’t fashion based on the idea that we can create a fantasy?”

For those that don’t speak Gaga-nese, what she is basically saying is that whether she is dressed in a meat dress or nothing at all, she has completely planned it out… right?

The ‘You & I’ singer was then asked if she ever felt pressured by the public to live up to their expectations.

“I try to not focus on what people expect from me,” she says. “I think what has been lovely about my relationship with the public is that they expect something unexpected from me.”

And how does the Lady keep her body thin enough to fit in all those revealing outfits?

“I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. You know, my work sort of feeds me. I keep in shape by working hard.”

Do you like Gaga’s new, fresh-face look or do you like her in the eccentric digs?