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Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" video is up for interpretation

Lady Gaga debuted a brand spankin' new video out for her single "Bad Romance" this week, and I'm not over-exaggerating when I say it's like throwing a Matthew Barney film into a blender with Britney Spears, Hype Williams, True Blood, pyrotechnics, Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" video and they gayest man you know. Obviously this equals crazy fa-bu-lous.

Truth be told, I still don't understand exactly what's going on in the video but I'm a little slow. Let's try to break it down.

Obviously the next big fashion trend comes from the costume designers for Where The Wild Things Are.

For some reason, when her hair has taken on the color of when my Nanny used to dye her hair herself, it seems as though she has dipped a bit too much into the Robitussin container. Her eyes bug out, the women around her grab her out of a bathtub and try to force a drink down her throat.

In the video she's kind of standing there posing, but when I look at it, it seems like she might be hula hooping with a bunch of steel hoops.

The end of the video, if I'm seeing things correctly, is exactly the way I wanna go out when it's time to die. Is it just me, or does Gaga look a bit Amy Winehouse?

Perhaps what disturbs me the most about the video, which can be seen at ladygaga.com, is that I can't figure out if I think she's hot or not. You judge for yourself. Then judge for me.

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  • ketchup__fights's picture

    You forgot...

    The sunglasses made of razor blades! Hello, Salvador Dali! Holy crap, this video is frightening and insane and awesome. I am kind of obsessed.

    Also it makes me wish I was back in school and a gender studies major so I could write a paper untangling this video's attitude towards sexual power dynamics, but maybe that's just me.

    Lauren's picture

    I'm seeing GaGa live in

    I'm seeing GaGa live in March. I love everything she does, she's weird and it's great.

    Go here for my view on all things lesbian: http://allthingslesbeau.blogspot.com

    Good Will's picture

    Hot. Without a doubt.

    There's something strangely sexy about Gaga. Maybe it's the fact that she's completely out of her mind.
    strict machine's picture

    i never found her hot

    until this video (is that worrying?).  some of the outfits are gorgeous and the bit with the fire is amazing.  i used to be abit meh about her but since NEM im finding her fabulous and i cannot escape her grasp.  

     

    is the point of the video that shes being drunkenly sold into prostitution?  but the fire..... and the bear dress.  oh i just dont know but its just completly unique and brilliant.

    Rubia's picture

    I have the same! I never

    I have the same! I never really thought she was hot, untill I saw this video...

    and also the fact that she's sold into prostitution...is kinda hot. I don't know why :P
    Is that weird?

    I also really love her tattoos which are very visible in this vid.

     

     

     

     

    - Dream like you'll live forever, Live like you'll die tomorrow -

    Aearmir's picture

    Totally hot. The ending of

    Totally hot. The ending of the video made me lol
    venus sans furs's picture

    Lady Love

    Lady Gaga is currently both the angel and the devil that rest on either of my shoulders.
    Enillehs's picture

    I find her rawly sexay?

    Yeah, but the vid is kool.

     

     

    Take her where her soul belongs
    and I know I'm gonna steal her eye
    nothing that I wouldn't try...

    Hey, My sun-eyed girl! ;D

    ash's picture

    That's my baby momma...

    I would expect nothing less from her. Crazy video. Crazy outfits. She's great and everything she touches right now turns to gold. Add this one to the list amazing Gaga hits. But definitely HOT!

    ONEx8's picture

    I love the video, and I love

    I love the video, and I love Gaga.

    The video concept is amazing. Her being a monster, and then getting sold to the Russian mafia.

    Lady Gaga is brilliant, amazing, artistic, etc. and definitely one of my biggest inspirations.

    musxit21's picture

    she is a hottie

    def a total hottie..... weird and crazy.. but extremely attractive
    rgfg's picture

    Totally Gaga for...

    Lady Gaga just when i think she couldn't do anything more weirder this woman pulls out all the stop can't wait to see what she comes up with next....oh did you see those eye's so F*ckin Hot!!! And I can't be the only one that thinks Amy's Hot!!!
    xxPhoenixx's picture

    obsessing over her and this vid

    There's so much to see in this vid. I love the killer heels she's wearin when the diamonds are falling around her, hot! The vid is about gaga being taken against her will, they're forcing her to drink booze, and then sell her off to the highest bidder. I'd let her burn me to a crisp to, where can I bid? :P
    herntheselights's picture

    I just watched the music

    I just watched the music video and for some reason I do find her more attractive than before...I don't know if it's because I'm used to her being completely loony or if she's actually gotten more beautiful.

    ...maybe I need help.

    strict machine's picture

    it might be the makeup

    and the fact her face is more on display.  plus that body with those shoes.  legs 11
    RubyTuzeday's picture

    SO GREAT!

    Lady Gaga is doing great things in pop music right now. Her whole persona is a performance and everything she does is so amazingly over the top. How can you not love her, even if it's just for being that dedicated to her art?

    And she is pretty hot.

    Ch-ch-ch-Check me out!

    Janis Bing's picture

    Lady Gaga is a hoax

    A sexier version of the Lonely Island if you will. My guess is she has a crazy ideas bowl, closes her eyes and picks a few everytime she feels like making a song / a video / putting together an outfit.

    She looks like she's trying to see how far into ridiculousness she can go without people saying "wait, now that's stupid!".

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    "I know it hurts. But it's life, and it's real. And sometimes it fucking hurts, but it's life, and it's sorta all we have." Garden State

    strict machine's picture

    firstly can i say i really like your comments

    i agree with you 99% of the time and i think you are super funny and intelligent.

     

    i can kinda see what you are saying about the image but dont you think the songs are really good and catchy?  fair play if you dont but i cant help but like the songs of hers ive heard 

    Remy's picture

    she channels a bit

    ... a bit of erasure in the chorus but for the most part i forget her songs. but then again I'm not into pop. she's pleasing visually but too cookie cutter for my taste. but almost all her songs sound the same...

     

     

    Friendship follows Fearlessly. Never Blindly. Never Lightly.

    it is what it is. 's picture

    she's a kook.

    *janis bing* i totally agree with yur observation! "she looks like she's trying to see how far into ridiculousness she can go without people saying 'wait, that's stupid!'" HAHA. 

    she's clearly a bit wacky, but that fly body is undeniable! 

    KerShmuckit's picture

    Love Lady Gaga

    Love this song, video...

     

    A few essential bits of reading watching if you want to begin to understand the gaga.

    http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=1676

    http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=2614

     

    (Ignore the conspiricy stuff if you want, the important part is her stage persona, the message she's trying to send with her media. It's so clever.)

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkzxwrdyRw0

     

     

    Also for your amusement, from bad romance..

    I want your psycho
    Your vertigo stick
    Want you in my rear window
    Baby you're sick

    Only a genius can make an alfred hitchcock reference into a anal sex joke.

     

     

    heKNOWnow's picture

    genius

    I watched the video over just to catch that part again... so clever!
    CleveOhGal's picture

    Crazy Links

    Wow, I just read those articles that you linked to.  Crazy Interesting!  I highly recommend others to check them out.  Thanks for posting!
    KerShmuckit's picture

    No problem :)

    No problem :)
    mildlypeeledpotatoes's picture

    did you also catch the bit

    did you also catch the bit where she says she's not a feminist because she likes men? not the world's most inteligent cookie, since what she had just said previous to that comment was actually the synthesis of feminism. but oh well, can't ask for everything, can ya?

     

    and omg i just noticed those two links you posted.....totally conspiracy theory.....besides the fact that the writer is so obsessed with "mind control" as if masonry was just about that. how ridiculous. grow up.

    KerShmuckit's picture

    I think she didnt want to be

    I think she didnt want to be labled a feminist because there's a sort of man hating undertone to feminism, don't get your knickers in a twist thats not what I PERSONALY think but that's how the mainstream media see it and how she would be interpretated in the mainstream media. Although i agree she replyed a bit too quickly, guess she's not a robot after all! As for the articles..., I posted them to show the thought thats gone into her stage persona. Altho as far as the mind control stuff goes, it's always intresting to hear a different point of view.
    foxy_boo's picture

    Winolike

     

    I think she said in an interview once that the only reason she dyes her hair blonde is because people would mistake her for Amy Winehouse if it was dark!

     

     

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    Just so you know, my first thought when I see you is not "I want to fuck that girl".

    jordan-writes's picture

    Oh she's hot alright

    Don't try and kid your self there. What bothers me is that this video must have freaked me out more than I thought it did. I just took a nap and in the dream my friend was in a bathtub wearing the orbit hoola-hoop thingy refusing to get out. I don't remember why that one little thing was just part of the dream but it was creepy.

    Other than freaky dream I really liked this video. It's a change from her other videos like Just Dance and Poker Face. I liked the Paparazzi video. They just keep on getting weirder and weirder which in turn makes me like them more and more.

    http://jordan-writes.blogspot.com/

    strict machine's picture

    oh man!

    that must have been some dream.

     

    i really like that shes so different.  makes a change from all the cookie cutter girl singers out there 

    jordan-writes's picture

    Exactly

    When I first heard of her, back when Just Dance came out, I didn't give her much of my attention. I threw her off to be just another Britney. But after her VMA performance she definitely caught my attention and I honestly look at her as a breath of fresh air. She's not into the Hollywood scene and she actually does have major talent. She keeps things interesting and she actually makes you think, which "surprisingly" is something that Britney Spears has never done in the decade that she's been singing at us.

    http://jordan-writes.blogspot.com/

    strict machine's picture

    the more she does

    the less i can resist her.  her speach at the national equality march made me cry.  all i ask is she de friend perez bloody hilton
    jordan-writes's picture

    Agreed

    Perez is a stupid fame whore dumb ass. It's disgusting how much he sucks up to her.

    http://jordan-writes.blogspot.com/

    strict machine's picture

    hes about the worst gay celebrity

    hes such a vile pig

     

     

    FOJO's picture

    he IS vile, but isn't the comparison a tad insulting?

    can't. stop. laughing! 

    strict, you are too hilarious -- though isn't that pic/comparison a tad insulting? Like, just a bit...


    ...to the Grinch, that is!!!   *ROFLMFAO*

    strict machine's picture

    im really sorry

    to the grinch and dr suess.  
    FOJO's picture

    I think we all are sorry,

    I think we all are sorry, lol.

    (but you posting that pic cracked me up, made my day *w*)

    strict machine's picture

    ahahaha

    im not at all sorry.  maybe i should be,  but no
    love.is.a.place's picture

    Nothin But Love

    From me :)

    My friends and I practically have this video on loop--it's a crazy, crazy whirlwind of a story but it's also hella awesome. 

     I'm seeing her live January 3rd, could not be more excited. She can do no wrong in my eyes and that includes being totally hot, if not in what one would call a "traditional" way.  

    jordan-writes's picture

    Hey!!!

    I'm going to that concert too!! I'm so stoked!!! Hard Rock Orlando!!!

    http://jordan-writes.blogspot.com/

    love.is.a.place's picture

    --

    Heyo, awesome! :D

    I, for one, plan on shoving my way to the front of GA as much as possible, haha.

    Ebony J's picture

    Ahhh!

    I'll be there too!


    "Free copy paper? Sweet! The apocalypse was totally worth it "
    sewwhat's picture

    yep! "There's this one

    yep!

    "There's this one shot in the video where I get kidnapped by supermodels. I'm washing away my sins and they shove vodka down my throat to drug me up before they sell me off to the Russian mafia."

     

    there's another interview where she explains a bit more but i can't find it. the behind-the-scenes video of the shoot is fun too. the mafia bos sis super psyched to buy her

    dollparts's picture

    im now team gaga lol

    i liked her paparazzi video and when i saw this i was completely won over :D ive really been to places like the rooms shes in especially the bath haus scene she had, it looked like a room in this slaughter house i went to as a kid on a field trip (yeah sucky ass field trip XD) also their are building with rooms like that for ~clears throat~ other purposes too lmao 

     

     

    "Hands upon my back again.
    Survival is my only friend.
    Terrified of what may come.
    Remember I will always love you,
    Even as I claw your fucking throat away.
    But it will end no other way"

    crazyfunvalue's picture

    Gaga-ooh-la-la

    I didn't really care too much for Gaga, I liked her music but in the  fun sort of pick me up happy go lucky dance song. Then came the HRC National Dinner and NEM, and I have been slowly falling into her grasp. She is definitely captivating. She is weird but come on anyone who could put out all her creativity into something like the Haus of Gaga and her personality, has some sort of crazy genius. Her influences definitely played a part of who she is Versace,David Bowie, Queen, Madonna, MJ, just to name a few. All the craziness makes sense. I do watch her and see what crazy thing is she going to come up with next and she never disappoints.

     

    betsyforgets's picture

    i tried to get tickets to her january show but it was impossible

    the music video is it's own whole little intertextual universe and it's amazing!  she combines high art matthew barney references from both the cremaster series and drawing restraint 9 with britney music video, pulp fiction, madonna, and michael jackson all in one.  with a visual narrative shown through the use of eyes and it's shifting role in the video.  plus a storyline.  it is it's own world! and it makes you want to shake your booty like no other.  sigh.  why couldn't i get tickets. 
    heKNOWnow's picture

    gaga for lady gaga

    I loved it! She is so unique and incredibly beautiful, definitely my new obsession.
    Ebony J's picture

    Gaga

    Oh the things I would do to that woman
    I'm so seeing her on January 3rd!



    "Free copy paper? Sweet! The apocalypse was totally worth it "

    Arielle's picture

    She kept it?!

    That thing she's wearing at the end of the video was used at the MuchMusic video awards this year. It was an, erm, interesting performance, as always. :P
    Corinna's picture

    Hahahaha can't believe i

    Hahahaha can't believe i didn't get the Hitchcock references! Man she's clever.

    I love her so much. I actually think she borders on genius. And i love the fact that something as crazy as this video will still top the charts.

    You just can't pin her down at all. Like, the way she's about a million different characters in this video. She's fascinating.

    pancreas's picture

    This is the song that made

    This is the song that made me decide I love Lady Gaga. I didn't like the vid as much as I thought I would (Paparazzi is my fave so far) but it does make me want to keep rewatching. I can't stop listening to the song and I can't wait for her to start doing the rounds with live Bad Romances.

    My favourite things are the polar bear coat, the black Wild Things hat and the closeups. I don't always find her attractive but she's absolutely stunning in the closeups - she also looks a bit like a sober Courtney Love, which isn't a bad thing. But in other parts she shows a bit too much skin for my taste...

    Anyway I love her more and more and wanted to share this for the few people who haven't seen it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8SrlbpJ5A