Monster

This is the title track from Lady Gaga's EP, The Fame Monster. The songs on the EP were initially intended to be part of a re-release of Gaga's debut album, The Fame. However, the singer announced that the new songs would be available as a stand alone EP, as she thought re-releases were unfair and the EP represents a separate conceptual and musical body of work, which reflected the seamier side of fame, as experienced by Gaga since the release of her best-selling debut album.

The song was co-written and produced by Lady Gaga's frequent collaborator RedOne, who also sings back-up on the choruses. It's about a guy she "french kissed on a subway train" who ended up showing her what a "Monster" in bed he was.

A month before the release of The Fame Monster, Gaga launched a new headphone in conjunction with BSM Monster. However, she claimed the shared names was not a marketing ploy, but she wrote this song three months before discussions for the collaboration commenced. Gaga told Rolling Stone: "It's so funny because I had already written a song for my re-release called 'Monster' back in March. I said, 'I can't believe you guys are called Monster because I'm obsessed with monster movies right now and I'm kind of obsessing over the decay of the celebrity and the way that fame is a monster in society!' That's what my new record is about, so it was kind of a perfect fit."