US Weekly reports that in early 2015, Lady Gaga is planned to become the first artist to ever sing in outer space, the 27-year-old star set to ride in a Virgin Galactic ship and sing one of her future hit singles during the Zero G Colony high-tech musical festival in New Mexico.
Always one to defy expectations, the "ARTPOP" singer, whose third studio album hits stores Nov. 11, "has to do a month of vocal training because of the atmosphere" prior to future blast off, according to a source, and her "glam squad" will reportedly join her in space roughly six months after the launch of the first Virgin Galactic commercial flight.
Zero G Colony is a three-day music festival featuring "world-class entertainment" and "cutting-edge technology", and Gaga's historic performance is planned for the third day at dawn, which the source claims will be "like nothing the world has seen before."
And just in case, the superstar has also reportedly "taken out a ridiculous life insurance policy" in preparation for the big event.
As for the near future, "ARTPOP" has so far been receiving mostly positive reviews from critics, Billboard reviewer Jason Lipshutz having rated it an 84 percent while praising the pop star for "coherently channeling R&B, techno, disco and rock music as a pop artist while discussing sex, drugs, lust, God, fame and creativity," calling it "her most sonically and lyrically diverse album to date."
Meanwhile, Refinery29 reviewer Leila Brillson has dubbed "ARTPOP" the "album 'Born This Way' should have been: declarative; filled with dancefloor anthems and cutting-edge productions; and showcasing predatory darkness," and Entertainment Weekly reviewer Adam Markovitz gave the album a "B" rating though writes that overall, the experimental pop album "falls short when it comes to one basic function: making an impression."
