LADY GAGA has said her music can be described as "soulless electronic pop".

The Poker Face star said that her "shallow" sound was inspired by artist Andy Warhol.

Speaking to Maxim, she said: "Warhol said art should be meaningful in the most shallow way. He was able to make commercial art that was taken seriously as fine art... [and] that's what I'm doing too."

She added: "When you listen to a song like 'LoveGame', is it communicating my soul to you? No... I make soulless electronic pop. But when you're on ecstasy in a nightclub grinding up against someone and my music comes on, you'll feel soul."

The star also admitted that she is often encouraged to be more raunchy.

She said: "Everybody wants me to show my vagina to the world. And the truth is, I don't have to."

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