She immediately tweeted:
"I just landed in Bangkok, baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex."
The clip below, uploaded to YouTube by CrimeanMiracle, shows Lady Gaga, a 26-year-old American female pop singer whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, arriving at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok on May 23, 2012.
Her trip to Bangkok has been without controversy, apart from concern over traffic and security by police. Elsewhere, would-be censors have complained about her bad influence on her young monsters, and her June 3 show in Jakarta has remained tentatively cancelled because of threats from hard-core Islamists to disrupt it, including by use of violence.
Lady Gaga was allowed to hold a second concert in Manila on Tuesday night after state censors ruled her "provocative" act was within legal bounds.
But she finally broke her personal silence about the jeopardised concert in Jakarta, saying on Twitter Tuesday that she was facing censorship from Indonesian authorities and threats of violence from certain Islamic groups.
Indonesian police have said they would not issue a permit for the June 3 show after objections from Islamic groups, but the promoters say they are still fighting for a way to stage the event.
"The Jakarta situation is 2-fold: Indonesian authorities demand I censor the show & religious extremist separately, are threatening violence," Lady Gaga tweeted on her official @ladygaga account.
"If the show does go on as scheduled, I will perform the BTWBall alone," she said, referring to her Born This Way Ball show for which more than 50,000 tickets have been sold.
It was not clear what the US pop diva meant by saying she would perform solo.
Indonesian police said last week they would not issue a permit for the concert after receiving objections to the provocative performer's risque shows from Islamic groups, including the country's top Islamic body the National Ulema Council (MUI).
Lawyers representing production company Big Daddy said they met with Jakarta police Tuesday to discuss conditions necessary for the show to go ahead.
"The deadline they gave was seven days before the show. We are working hard to fulfil all the requirements, which are mostly administrative. We have covered almost all the conditions," lawyer Minola Sebayang told AFP.
But Jakarta police spokesman Rikwanto said Tuesday that besides securing permits from the tourism ministry and the concert venue owner, promoters must "ensure she is dressed appropriately and does not violate cultural norms in this country."
In the past, pop stars including Beyonce and the Pussycat Dolls have been allowed to perform in the country on condition they wore more conservative dress than usual.
But the MUI said it objected to the concert not only because of her provocative dresses, but also the "blasphemous" song lyrics.
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