Fans Are Divided Over the Meaning of Lady Gaga's Latest Tattoo

Lauren Rearick
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GAGA? BCBC? BABA? I'm so confused.

When it comes to keeping her fans guessing, Lady Gaga is truly a professional. We never know what to expect next from Mother Monster, and whether she's taking the reigns of a giant robot or showing up to the red carpet looking like an IRL princess, we're always left amazed. And after debuting a brand-new tattoo, the singer has once again left us puzzled, with many trying to solve the mysterious meaning behind her ink.

Just days after debuting a new tattoo inspired by A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga showed off some arm ink featuring musical notes on a scale. As noted by Refinery29, fans on Instagram soon pointed out that the fifth line required of sheet music was missing from Gaga's ink. Deleting the post, she returned moments later, showing the addition of a fifth line with the caption: "musical crisis averted."

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However, fans are now divided on how the notes are meant to be read. While some fans believe the music is spelling out G-A-G-A, others pointed out that if you read the music as being in bass clef, the notes spell out B-C-B-C, which could be a possible nod to her manager Bobby Campbell or her Star Is Born costar Bradley Cooper.

Social media has been quick to speculate on the ink's true meaning, with one Instagram user commenting, "....without the treble clef that could be saying 'BCBC.'" One fan believed it might be a clue to future music, tweeting, "I’m betting that is the title of LG6, and she’s doing the rock hand gesture, maybe rock genre??? Or am I reaching." And one user decided that we'll simply never know until Lady Gaga explains, tweeting, "There’s no treble clef so we really have no idea what those notes are...could be ABAB or BCBC...."

Luckily, Mother Monster seems to have settled the mystery online, writing that the tattoo is "my name, written in music." Still, the absence of a specific clef has left fans stumped, while speculating there could be more to the story. Either way, this is hurting my head more than my Intro to Music Theory class from last fall...but I'm also seriously inspired to get my own name inked in music. Snaps to Gaga for the style inspo once again!

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