Lady GaGa has said she uses Andy Warhol, David Bowie and Grace Jones as inspiration for her popstar image.

The 23-year-old is a fan of Warhol and admitted she aims to approach her fans in the same way.

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, to use something simple and shallow and take it to another planet.

“That’s what I’m doing too. 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.”

GaGa, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, has kept her sexuality a secret and admitted it isn’t about her partner’s gender but what they’re like as an individual.

She said: “I love Grace Jones and David Bowie because they both played with gender and with what sexy means.”

She admitted she was inspired by Britney Spears when she was younger as she generated a new kind of following.

She said: “I was 13 when Britney became a star. I was amazed by the level of the superfan that Britney created. I want to bring back the feeling that I used to feel.”