Who is Jo Calderone?

It is obvious that I am a big fan of Lady Gaga, anyone who knows me has surely listened to my poetic rants of her pop star perfection...weather they liked it or not. And the time has come for me to help yoü understand Jo Calderone.

Jo Calderone made his initial appearance in the most recent Gaga video Yoü and I. Even before the video was released, promotional shots of Gaga dressed in Jo drag appeared on the Internet as the cover for the single and were instantly embraced by Little Monsters everywhere (to be fair, anything this woman touches always has been, and always will be embraced by us). 

After watching Yoü and I for the first time all I could think of was Jo Calderone...the perfectly crafted thorn amongst this years most fashion filled music video. The time and effort put into building this character did not go unnoticed, and Little Monsters flooded twitter feeds with his praises.

Days before MTV's Video Music Awards Lady Gaga was quoted saying that her VMA performance would be exactly what her real fans wanted...

And as the lights came up on the VMA stage, there was Jo, live and in color like we had never seen him before. Jo attended the entire ceremony, never once did Lady Gaga herself appear. Jo sat with Jay-Z,  Kanye,  and a glass of whiskey as Beyonce announced her pregnancy, and then, all while remaining Jo, threw his glass of whiskey to the feet of Jay-Z with excitement as he unexpectedly accepted the award for Best Female Video with tears in his eyes.

And for the record, as my previous blog on the Yoü and I video states, Jo is in head to to designer duds.
Jo was even present in the VMA press room, this footage was unusable due to the amount of profanity Jo used in his excitement...all of this after stubbing out his cigarette on the carpet.

Gaga is a performance artist, the unexpected is expected, and that is what draws us all to her.

If you are still baffled, open yourself up to art. It comes in all forms, and the best art is unexpected and open for interpretation.