Lady Gaga has defended her controversial performance at SXSW. (Picture: AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

Lady Gaga has responded to criticism over her recent performance at SXSW which included vomiting performance artist Millie Brown and declared it ‘art in its purest form’.

While performing her track Swine in Austin, Texas, the singer caused outcry by having Brown make herself throw up and vomit green and black liquid over the star.

This led to the creation of an angry online petition and celebs such as Demi Lovato accusing Gaga of ‘glamorising eat disorders’.

Millie Brown pukes a neon green liquid onto Lady Gaga (Picture: Fuse/Xposurephotos.com)

‘I guess we weren’t completely surprised. [Millie Brown] and I know that not everybody’s going to love that performance.


‘But we both really believe in artistic expression and strong identities. I support her and what she does. ARTPOP, my new album, is about bringing art and music together and the spirit of creative rebellion,’ explained the 27-year-old during an interview with Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s Today show.



‘For us, that performance was art in its purest form. But we totally understand that some people won’t be into it,’ she added.

Addressing if she had intend for the performance to cause controversy, the Born This Way singer said: ‘Did we want the controversy? I suppose it doesn’t matter.

‘Either way, we don’t make things for any intention in particular other than in the spirit of entertaining the crowd and creating something that is really for the moment.’

She concluded: ‘It wasn’t meant for the Today show. It was meant for a club performance in Austin, and we had a great time.’

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