Lady Gaga's new boy toy -- "
Vampire Diaries" star
Taylor Kinney -- has already established the pec'ing order in
his blossoming relationship ... shredding out hardcore in Southern California recently to soak up some rays.
He probably wasn't born this way.

In one of the first pics of the couple in public,
Lady Gaga strolled with her hot new "
Vampire Diaries" boyfriend
Taylor Kinney in California recently.
The couple met on the set of Gaga's video for "
You and I," where Kinney played her love interest.
So far no signs of a bad romance.