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Feb 7th 2011!⃝Poker Face is about many things. Lady Gaga has been asked many times the meaning of this song and she has given several different answers.
First and foremost, it is obvious that lyrically Poker Face is about sex and gambling; or more specifically, sex, with the use of gambling metaphors.
On at least one occasion she claimed that the song was about "how she catches guys"... that "the second you let guys know you like them, they run away, so you've gotta keep your poker face."
However, by far the most interesting interpretation, that Lady Gaga claimed herself in an interview, is that the song is essentially about being bi-curious; she says that "sometimes, when I was making love to my old boyfriend, I would think about women." The lyrics "Bluffin' with my muffin" are metaphorical for "bluffing" with your vagina. "I won't tell you that I love you, kiss or hug you"... In these two verses, Gaga is basically saying that she is having sex with men but doesn't feel any emotional attachment for them whatsoever, to the point where she doesn't even feel ashamed to be thinking about women while having sex with a man.
People assume that, purely because of this song, that Lady Gaga is a "proven bisexual" or some such. While it matters little to me, all this song really proclaims is the act of being bi-curious. I wouldn't freak out too much about it all.
