--- title: "Lady Gaga Pulls Up to Grocery Store in Tesla Cybertruck" description: "International pop sensation Stefani \"Lady Gaga\" Germanotta was spotted this morning popping by the local Whole Foods in a Tesla Cybertruck." date: "2024-02-16" modified: "2024-02-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/lady-gaga-grocery-store-tesla-cybertruck" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "celebrities" - "cybertruck" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Lady Gaga Pulls Up to Grocery Store in Tesla Cybertruck ![International pop sensation Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta was spotted this morning popping by the local Whole Foods in a Tesla Cybertruck.]() *\Image: Dave Benett/MTV 2011/Getty Images\* ## Cyber Gaga International pop sensation Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta [was spotted]() this week popping by the local Whole Foods in a Tesla Cybertruck. It's unclear if the truck belongs to her or her long-time boyfriend, entrepreneur Michael Polansky. Photos show her getting into the truck from the passenger side, suggesting she wasn't driving. Users on X-formerly-Twitter were taken aback by the bizarre-looking truck. "This car looks like a garbage truck," one user [replied](). "Oh she's rich RICH," another user [wrote](), referring to the truck's [hefty price tag](). https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1758492688746192964 ## Tesla Mother The sighting underlines the sheer amount of buzz the divisive truck has gotten. Last month, pop star and producer Pharrell Williams was [spotted]() driving a Cybertruck to a Louis Vuitton store in Miami — but had to abandon it after hilariously failing to parallel park. Tesla's extremely polarizing truck was met with some seriously mixed reviews when it finally started rolling out to customers late last year, from a [less-than-stellar range]() to a stainless steel exterior that appears to [already be corroding](). But its exotic design, a unique, polygonal wedge shape, has clearly drawn plenty of attention as well, making it a status symbol for those who had enough clout to get their hands on one early — as [*Teslarati* pointed out last]() month, Williams was the first celebrity seen driving the vehicle after it was released. And Lady Gaga is only the latest in a growing list of A-listers who've been spotted driving a Cybertruck, [including Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian]() and his wife, tennis legend Serena Williams. From a purely marketing perspective, prioritizing celebrities in the rollout of a vehicle makes a ton of sense. It's clearly an important part of Tesla's strategy. Besides, do rusty side panels and disappointing battery performance really matter when you've got Lady Gaga driving the thing to Whole Foods? **More on the truck:** *[Cybertruck Owners Say They're Already Rusting]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()