Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’ Music Video
by David
‘Born This Way’ may have sledgehammered records world over but the real seat filler was always gonna be the music video.
There was no way anyone with the remotest comprehension of The Gaga would accept this to be anything less than extravagant and outrageous.
The idea behind the ‘Born This Way’ video is fashionably elaborate, drumming the song’s mantra of self-acceptance into a highly visual depiction of creation and the birth of a new human race. One that bears “no prejudice, no judgement, but boundless freedom”.
Acclaimed fashion photographer Nick Knight makes his directorial debut in this production and to his credit, he has managed to appropriate the dark glamour of 70s sci-fi arthouse films to modern pop music video conventions.
If we were to compare ‘Born This Way’ to other decidedly “epic” Lady Gaga music videos such as ‘Bad Romance’, ‘Telephone’ and ‘Paparazzi’ – this latest piece positions itself closer to art installation than a commercial promo. It feels more like a concept video with bold intentions than just another attention grabbing MTV distraction with blatant product placements.
Having said that, what you’ve all witnessed today has to be some of the multiverse’s finest displays of extraterrestrial comedy. It’s nice to see that with all the pressures of creating unfathomably complex high-brow pop culture pieces, Lady Gaga still manages to keep it unintentionally funny.
Here are three key scenes sure to manifest themselves in inappropriate gifs. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
1) The hallowed vadge.
The Eternal Mother’s woohoo of life is poised for action – legs spread, pantyhose ripped and goopy embryo juice lubing up her inner thighs… mmmph!
2) Heads will roll.
Seriously, one of the cutest moments in the video. The melismahand!
3) Boo!
Happy Halloween.
Footnotes:
A “stripped down” version of ‘Born This Way’ will be released on iTunes soon, with a new video to accompany its release. A portion of the audio track’s sales will be donated to an anti-bully charity of Mother Monster‘s choice.
Born This Way – the album – is set to drop worldwide on 23 May.
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