Lady Gaga Reveals ‘Born This Way’ Album Cover

Just as soon as we get over the surprise of 'Judas' dropping four days earlier than anticipated, Lady Gaga reveals the album artwork for her upcoming album, 'Born This Way.'

The artwork shows Lady Gaga as part human and part motorcycle -- proving to her little monsters that she's always transforming, and changing. The entire album cover is in black-and-white -- except for her blood-red lips, which she leaves half open in the form of a semi-snarl.

Gaga told her fans how excited she was about the finalized artwork in Gagavision No. 42 -- part of a series of Flip Cam footage.

“I have been up for approximately 72 hours straight working on finishing this record, and I finally finished the album cover. I love it so much," she explains in the video.

She also addresses in the video the expanded version of the album -- which she tweeted alongside the original -- and the reason for its "special addition" name: “I don’t want the word ‘deluxe’ on the album. I hate that word,” she tells her album advisers, because the name to her implies that the standard version is, well, inferior.

Gaga took to Twitter again to reveal the cover of the special edition artwork. On this version of the 'Born This Way' cover, Gaga is all ready for her closeup, wearing fiery red lipstick and growling in her usual monster manner.

'Born This Way' hits stores May 23. What do you think of the artwork? Do you like the original version better, or the special edition version?

Watch the Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Video