Little Monsters

Little Monsters are all ages, from all social classes and comes from all over the world.  

Little Monsters originated back in 2009, while Lady Gaga was preforming her second album The Fame Monster, she used the term to refer to her fans. The name suited the fan base as they would crawl and scream just like monsters.

  

Unlike most subcultures, this subculture didn’t come from a specific movement in our society. It stems from a group of people coming together, because they all have one thing in common - their love of Lady Gaga, not only when it comes to music, but also fashion, political views, philanthropy and her overall creative spirits.   

Lady Gaga aka Mother Monster, encourages individuality, so in most  of these everyday LM they can dress very low-key and even seem anonymous in our communities. The transformation happens when all LM meet up at the balls (concerts) - they find their either alter ego or their true selves. They often dress up in costumes that has been inspired by the Mother Monster's music video outfits. They get the change to express themselves freely without being judged, as they are all in the same boat - they feel strong and united together.  

When it comes to the music they listen to, it becomes pretty obvious: Lady Gaga! I'm sure that these Little Monsters, listen to other musicians and genres, but the most played album on the iPod is guaranteed to be Lady Gaga's latest.  

In their spare time Little Monsters like to interact with other Little Monsters via various different social medias. At this current time Lady Gaga as 32,037,615 followers on Twitter! She also launched her own social media site called Little Monsters in July 2012. Here all the Little Monsters can share their sentimental feelings, if they've had a really bad day or a fantastic day. If someone has had a bad day, they will cheer them up. They post their Ball outfits, fan related art and tons of Lady Gaga images. They exchange tutorial methods on how to create a Gaga inspired garment or accessory piece. One big Little Monster community! 

The public reaction has been quite strong towards the Little Monsters. Even the Mayor of London Boris Johnson seems to be a fan!

Lady Gaga, ended up canceling her sold-out show in Indonesia, as disrupted protesters from Islamic and Christian group had come with hard treats and called her a "devil worshipper". 

"Defenders Front said Lady Gaga's sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth. They vowed to turn out at the airport by the thousands if Lady Gaga arrived. Others said they bought tickets so they could wreak the havoc fro inside the 52,000-seat stadium in the capital, Jakarta." - www.telegraph.co.uk 

So there are mixed feelings about Lady Gaga, but also her fan base Little Monsters to say the least.