'Applause' hitmaker Lady Gaga has revealed that she purchased a collection of the late King of Pop's clothing at an auction and wore them while recording her new album.

During an interview this afternoon (August 13) with Ryan Seacrest, she explained that she gets inspired by putting on Michael Jackson's clothes and it inspires her creatively:

"I recently bought a bunch of Michael Jackson's clothes - his actual clothes from his tours. The idea was to keep them for him and I actually don't really want to wear them. They're Michael's clothes. There's a couple of pieces I have to the side and I have his sweaters that I put on - I wear that when we're mixing and finish up a record."

"I feel something from the clothing and I gave one of the sweaters to his godson and he really loved that. I just feel like through clothes you can feel things."

Gaga debuted her new single 'Applause' yesterday after it leaked over the weekend. She decided to move the release date forward after it hit the web illegally as it was originally scheduled to drop on August 19.