The music of Born This Way is rooted in the synthpop, electropop and dance-pop-oriented styles of her previous albums, yet also incorporates a broader range of elements of several musical genres such as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll: the record also saw the usage of different forms of instrumentation which had not been used on her previous releases. The topics for the songs range from sexuality, religion, freedom, feminism, and individualism. Despite being scrutinized by some religious and conservative commentators, the album was well-received by music critics; points of acclaim went to the varying musical styles in the album and Gaga's vocals.
Thus far, four singles and one promotional single have been released for the album: "Born This Way", "Judas", "The Edge of Glory", and "You and I" went on to chart on the top ten spots of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first mentioned becoming the fastest selling singles in iTunes history. "Hair" went on to chart in sixteen countries. Gaga has performed songs on the album on different occasions, including at prominent award ceremonies including the 53rd Grammy Awards and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, as well as in other events and television appearances.
In March 2010, Lady Gaga stated that material for a new album was in the works, adding that she had written most of the songs for the proposed album. Around the same time her manager, Troy Carter, and RedOne added personal opinions on the album's music, with the latter describing it as Gaga's "freedom album" during an interview with MTV. In an interview with Billboard, Carter felt that her public image would begin to change after the release of Born This Way. A few months succeeding the announcement, Gaga exclaimed that she was nearly finished with writing songs for the album. Upon being interviewed by Rolling Stone, she expressed that "it came so quickly." She resumed: "I've been working on it for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day." In another interview with the magazine, Gaga exclaimed that the album will be "the anthem of [this] generation". She continued: "It includes the greatest music I've ever written. I've already written the first single for the new album and I promise you, that this album is the greatest of my career.
Alongside with sessions on tour buses, recording sessions and mixing for the album took place at various recording around the world; Abbey Road Studios in London, England, Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia, Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia, Gang Studios in Paris, France, Livingroom Studios in Oslo, Norway, Allerton Hill in the United Kingdom, Warehouse Productions Studio in Omaha, Nebraska, Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mechaniche Studio in Italy, Miami Beach Recording Studio in Miami Beach, Florida, and Germano Studios in New York City. Brian May, a guitarist of Queen, and Clarence Clemons, a former member of the E Street Band, worked with Gaga in the album.
On September 12, 2010, Lady Gaga made an appearance on the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards; during her acceptance speech for her award for Video of the Year, she announced the title of the album and sang the chorus of the its title track. In December 2010, Gaga announced via Twitter the release dates of the album and its lead single at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2011, described by Gaga as "a Christmas gift for my fans". Supplementing the announcement came a black-and-white photograph in which Gaga is "nude from the waist down, with her hair blowing about, and sporting a jacket with the name of the album emblazoned in what looks like bedazzled jewels".
On April 17, 2011, Gaga tweeted her selection for the cover art of Born This Way, which featured Gaga fused into a motorcycle. Gaga's name does not appear on the album cover – the only text is the chrome writing across the top reading the album's name. The cover received a negative response from some critics and fans. Sean Michaels of The Guardian said of the cover: "[...] it looks more like a cheap Photoshop job than the most anticipated album of the year." He then commented: "Gone are the futurist sunglasses, the asymmetrical haircuts, even Gaga's newly touted magic horns; instead, a mutant motorbike with Gaga's arms and head, plus a cheesy chrome typeface." He also referenced several messages from fans on Lady Gaga's official forum expressing their dislike for the cover. Andrew Martin of Prefix referred to it as "a reject from the last Terminator film". The special edition cover was released on the same day. It featured just Gaga's head from the standard edition cover. The words "Lady Gaga" and "Born This Way" appear in the top left corner of the cover. They are typed in Impact font with "Born This Way" being highlighted in white with black letters. Neither of the words special nor deluxe appear anywhere on the album, as Gaga dislikes the words.
In terms of musical composition, Born This Way is considered to be a notable departure from Gaga's previous works. In contrast to much of her previous albums, which consist of elements of mostly electropop, house music, and dance-pop, Born This Way incorporates a broader range of elements of several musical genres such as opera, heavy metal, rock and roll, Europop, New Wave, mariachi, electro-industrial, and disco. Born This Way also features a wider variety of instrumentation and musical styles. For example in the eponymous lead single "Born This Way", an organ can be heard in addition to Gaga's voice closing out the song. Gaga sought inspiration from Gregorian chant, a prominent feature in "Bloody Mary", in which a male vocal choir chants her name on several occasions. "Americano" has also been noted to feature instrumentation such as guitars and violins. On addition, "Bad Kids" is noted to feature electric guitars, The songs "Hair" and "The Edge of Glory" are distinguishable from the rest of the album, as a saxophone can be heard throughout. It was performed by Clarence Clemons, who was a prominent member of the E Street Band. In several interviews, Lady Gaga expressed that she was mostly inspired by the likes of Madonna, Whitney Houston, and Bruce Springsteen. Other notes of musical influence stemmed from Iron Maiden, Kiss, Queen, TLC, Pat Benatar, and En Vogue. The album contains mainly moderate-tempo dance songs, described as "anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats." In the months prior to the release of Born This Way, Gaga characterized her new music as "something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or a [fucking] meat dress" and upon hearing it, Akon remarked that she will take music to the "next level." In an interview with Yahoo!, Gaga explained her inspiration behind the composition of the album: "Well I wanted to push pop music into a new direction, and you know as with usual things, creatively related, I felt this sort of usurping rock 'n roll energy in my show, from the fans. They have behaved for the past couple of years like a cult, like a heavy metal cult. I have been listening to metal for such a long time, I went to lots of different shows, I saw Iron Maiden live and I got very inspired. And I realized I wanted to create a hybrid album, an avant-garde techno-rock record that is really really heavy and industrial on one end and really joyful and pop on the other. So it is pop music with a very very very strong message and a very uncomfortable message, it intended to give you a sugar high and a terrible stomach ache."
Thus far, four singles and one promotional single have been released for the album: "Born This Way", "Judas", "The Edge of Glory", and "You and I" went on to chart on the top ten spots of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first mentioned becoming the fastest selling singles in iTunes history. "Hair" went on to chart in sixteen countries. Gaga has performed songs on the album on different occasions, including at prominent award ceremonies including the 53rd Grammy Awards and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, as well as in other events and television appearances.
In March 2010, Lady Gaga stated that material for a new album was in the works, adding that she had written most of the songs for the proposed album. Around the same time her manager, Troy Carter, and RedOne added personal opinions on the album's music, with the latter describing it as Gaga's "freedom album" during an interview with MTV. In an interview with Billboard, Carter felt that her public image would begin to change after the release of Born This Way. A few months succeeding the announcement, Gaga exclaimed that she was nearly finished with writing songs for the album. Upon being interviewed by Rolling Stone, she expressed that "it came so quickly." She resumed: "I've been working on it for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day." In another interview with the magazine, Gaga exclaimed that the album will be "the anthem of [this] generation". She continued: "It includes the greatest music I've ever written. I've already written the first single for the new album and I promise you, that this album is the greatest of my career.
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On April 17, 2011, Gaga tweeted her selection for the cover art of Born This Way, which featured Gaga fused into a motorcycle. Gaga's name does not appear on the album cover – the only text is the chrome writing across the top reading the album's name. The cover received a negative response from some critics and fans. Sean Michaels of The Guardian said of the cover: "[...] it looks more like a cheap Photoshop job than the most anticipated album of the year." He then commented: "Gone are the futurist sunglasses, the asymmetrical haircuts, even Gaga's newly touted magic horns; instead, a mutant motorbike with Gaga's arms and head, plus a cheesy chrome typeface." He also referenced several messages from fans on Lady Gaga's official forum expressing their dislike for the cover. Andrew Martin of Prefix referred to it as "a reject from the last Terminator film". The special edition cover was released on the same day. It featured just Gaga's head from the standard edition cover. The words "Lady Gaga" and "Born This Way" appear in the top left corner of the cover. They are typed in Impact font with "Born This Way" being highlighted in white with black letters. Neither of the words special nor deluxe appear anywhere on the album, as Gaga dislikes the words.
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