Lady Gaga’s Pray For Japan Bracelet

Lady Gaga just announced to her close to 9 million Twitter followers that she has designed a “Prayer bracelet” to raise funds for Japan.

What a brilliant way for a celebrity to raise funds for an important humanitarian project. Go “little monsters”!

You can order one, or more, here.

Why the connection to Japan?

UPDATE MAR. 17:

>$250,000 raised from Lady Gaga’s bracelets!

@ladygaga Lady Gaga

Monsters: in just 48 hrs you’ve raised a quarter of a million dollars for Japan Relief. RT: http://bit.ly/f0aYwZ. It’s important we help. X

On Friday, along with a purchase link and photo of the bracelet, Gaga announced to her army of loyal admirers on Twitter, “I Designed a Japan Prayer Bracelet….ALL proceeds will go to Tsunami Relief Efforts. Go Monsters.”

‘We Pray For Japan’ is emblazoned on the accessory, which also features a red hand forming Gaga’s famous “monster” claw motion.

Lady Gaga’s connection to Japan is a strong one. She got two tattoos there in 2009, including one that reads ‘Tokyo Love.’ Of her meaningful collaboration with legendary Japanese photographer Araki, she explained at the time, “He did not photograph my image; he photographed my soul.”

And she introduced a mysterious alter ego in 2010, male model Jo Calderone (although she hasn’t confirmed it was her), posing for a cover of Vogue Hommes Japan in a guy’s white shirt and Elvis-style pompadour.

As word of the devastation in Japan spread (including news on Saturday of a magnitude-6 earthquake in the northern city of Fukushima), many celebs have been rallying followers on Twitter to pitch in for Japan tsunami relief, with countless tweets posted pleading for donations to the Red Cross.

The Red Cross urges: “Text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.”

Comments

#1 Joey
March 13, 2011

Where do u getcthe damn braceles. Because I basicly just drove a freakin circle around SD lookin for the damn bracelets
#2 geeknik
March 13, 2011

Because prayer solves everything! What a joke..
#3 wat
March 13, 2011

Joey, you buy them on the website linked to in the article, not in a real store.
#4 timepiecekevinj
March 14, 2011

I saw a nice quote about this earlier somewhere.
“Pray for Japan. It’s the least you can do. Literally.”
#5 peicurmudgeon
March 14, 2011

I always wonder how “all proceeds” is defined. Is it the total dollars taken, total -production costs, total -production costs-much much overhead? I’d rather know exactly what percentage of each dollar taken goes to the actual relief.

And pray if you want, it might make you feel better. Just don’t expect it to help the victims.
#6 Knightly
March 14, 2011

The cynic in me says she’s upset there’s something out there getting more attention than her.
#7 opple
March 15, 2011

There are people going thru a living hell and your asking how much money actually goes to them. They don’t care how much comes they are just happy others care enough to help with what little they have.

I personally thank god for these celebrities who are helping when others can’t. God Bless them!
#8 Holy Land Prayer
March 15, 2011

Raising funds to help the people of Japan is a great idea. Let’s continue to pray and find more survivors. God bless.
#9 Amir
March 20, 2011

I went to the link, but the buy now button does not work.
And will it ship to UK?
#10 Tiffany Antonius
March 22, 2011

I think its absolutely great what Lady Gaga is doing to help the disaster struck people in Japan. I really hope a lot of other celebrities are going to follow in her footsteps.

This catastrophe in Japan is of unprecedented proportions and we should all do our utmost best to help those people.

Regards,
Tiffany