Overview
- The Hard Rock Hotel reveal in New York presented a prosthetic-heavy Medusa with animatronic snake hair designed by Hollywood makeup artist Mike Marino.
- Klum told E! News the transformation took about 10 hours with roughly 15 artists, noting that every element was hand-painted.
- Tom Kaulitz appeared as a soldier turned to stone, while daughter Leni arrived in full-body paint inspired by A Bad Case of Stripes.
- Pre-party teasers spurred widespread guesses that she would be the Lady Gremlin, a social-media theory upended by the Medusa reveal.
- Klum shared the look on Instagram and used interviews to champion human-made artistry over generative AI.