Lady Gaga could still “make you cry” with her musical ability if all her gimmicks were stripped from her.

The eccentric ‘Judas’ singer is famed for her outrageous outfits – such as wearing a dress made from cuts of meat – and publicity stunts including being carried into a performance at the Grammy awards in an egg shaped ‘vessel’, but insists underneath it all her raw talent is what makes her a star.

She told NME magazine: “Let me tell you something. If you f***ing rip my hairbow and my wig off my f***ing head, my shoes, my bra, every single thing on my body, and you throw me on a piano with a microphone, I will f***ing make you cry.”

Gaga also vowed to continue writing her own hits and wishes prospective producers would stop sending her their material to perform.

She added: “I’m not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f**k off.”

The 25-year-old ‘Bad Romance’ star – real name Stefani Germanotta – also feels she is misunderstood despite being open about who is.

She added: “I feel I have been probed endlessly about who the f**k I am. I have been quite open about it.

“And still nobody seems to have a clue.”