By now, you're probably aware that the new Christina Aguilera bares a startling resemblance to the new "next big thing in electro-pop," Lady Gaga (a.k.a. "You know, that one girl ... the blond one ... no, not Robyn. I think she's foreign or something. No, not Peaches. No, not DJ Rap either"). And you were probably aware of this without even knowing who Lady Gaga was. Such is the power of the Interweb.
But in the rare case that you are positively, totally mystified by all the chatter, well, there's a side-by-side comparison in the right corner of this story: a promo photo of Gaga is on the left, a still from Xtina's 2008 VMA performance on the right. As you can see, there's plenty that's similar between the two — the bangs, the long blond hair and, of course, the penchant for lightning bolts drawn on or near the eyes. The fact that Gaga has been rocking this look for longer than Aguilera has plenty of folks in the blogosphere up in arms, primarily because they have nothing better to do with their time.
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See Christina in a shiny black catsuit astride a motorcycle, doing splits and aiming her wicked looking laser pistol! See Christina in a minidress riding her bicycle through a field of flowers! See Christina in a blue wig speeding through a futurescape in her "Speed Racer" mobile! And see Christina control all her alter egos with a wave of her bejeweled finger from a badass-looking control room somewhere in Fetish Mountain. It's all there for you in her new video, "Keeps Gettin' Better," which debuted on iLike on Monday.