{"id":24806,"date":"2021-05-28T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=24806"},"modified":"2021-05-28T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T20:35:36","slug":"big-freedia-judas-lady-gaga","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/big-freedia-judas-lady-gaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Freedia Reimagines \u201cJudas\u201d For Lady Gaga\u2019s \u2018Born This Way\u2019 Tenth Anniversary Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24808\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24808\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1211865925-e1622213109363.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Big Freedia\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia (Photo: Noam Galai\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Never one to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/madonna-214-1275934\" target=\"_blank\"><em>reductive<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lady-gaga-house-of-gucci-wedding-gown-photos\/\">Lady Gaga<\/a> is celebrating the tenth anniversary of her sophomore album, <em>Born This Way,<\/em> in her usual maximalist style \u2014 and Big Freedia is here for the festivities! Earlier this month, the City of West Hollywood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lady-gaga-born-this-way-day-1170949\/\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a> May 23 \u2014 the album\u2019s original release date \u2014 \u201cBorn This Way Day,\u201d emblazoning Robertson Blvd with the album\u2019s title in the trans and BIPOC inclusive stripes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/nyc-pride-cops\/\">Pride<\/a> flag and bestowing the key to the city upon Gaga.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration continues today with the announcement of an upcoming tenth anniversary edition of <em>Born This Way<\/em>, due out in June. According to today\u2019s announcement, the re-release will feature the album\u2019s original 14 tracks along with new packaging and \u201creimagined\u201d versions of six of the songs by \u201cartists representing and advocating for the LGBTQIA+ community.\u201d The first of those reimaginings, Big Freedia\u2019s Bounce-infused version of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wagn8Wrmzuc\" target=\"_blank\">Judas<\/a>,\u201d is out today, and you\u2019re never gonna believe this, but it is quite the banger!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Freedia - Judas (From Born This Way Reimagined) [Official Audio]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Da2qmQmdvVI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Judas\u2019 was my favorite song when it came out originally, so I really wanted to cover it,\u201d Big Freedia says. \u201cI am beyond excited that it\u2019s the first to drop from this project! To me, \u2018Judas\u2019 is a love song about when someone does you dirty. I\u2019ve sure had my experience with that. Who can\u2019t relate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other artists covering the remaining five tracks \u2014 including \u201cMarry the Night,\u201d \u201cHighway Unicorn (Road to Love),\u201d \u201cYo\u00fc and I,\u201d \u201cThe Edge of Glory,\u201d and \u201cBorn This Way (The Country Road Version)\u201d \u2014 will be revealed over the next few weeks in the lead-up to the album\u2019s re-release on June 18. (Ten bucks says queer country crooner <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/michael-kors-nyfw-fall-2020\/\">Orville Peck<\/a> does the Country Road version of \u201cBorn This Way.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the reissue and a new line of anniversary merch available on Gaga\u2019s website, the pop star\u2019s Born This Way Foundation is marking the occasion with a special outreach push to LGBTQIA+ centers across the country. The org is sending \u201cgoods and monetary donations along with notes of kindness\u201d as a special Pride season treat. Which makes you wonder: Centuries from now, will little queer kids wake up on Pride morning expecting Gaga merch in their rainbow stockings and handwritten notes from Mother Monster?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":24808,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,2006,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big Freedia Reimagines \u201cJudas\u201d For \u2018Born This Way\u2019 Anniversary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first reimagined track from Lady Gaga\u2019s tenth anniversary edition of &#039;Born This Way,&#039; Big Freedia\u2019s Bounce-infused version of \u201cJudas,\u201d is out today, and you\u2019re never gonna believe this, but it is quite the banger!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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