Lady Whaaaa?

Sooo, Lady Gaga's new video came out...at some point. I've just seen it this morning (not unlike me, since I don't watch music videos on a regular basis), and guys, it's weird. Like "Papparazzi" times "Telephone" weird. She said it was a "celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, their love for one another, and their courage in relationships," on Larry King Live.

Well, okay then. She must be some kind of visionary that no one but her directors understand. And if they don't, well, they do a great job of pretending. Steven Klein, who collaborated on a bunch of Madonna's stuff, worked with her on this one, and I have to say, it does look like a Madonna video. Like if Madonna mated with Star Trek, or in this case, a convent of gay men in heels.

I didn't hate it, and I don't love it, it's just...weird. Don't get me wrong, I love the Gaga. I love her music - a guilty pleasure of mine since she first came out, and I love her brazen sense of self. She doesn't give a shit what anyone says, she does what she wants and apologizes for nothing. I admire that, and mad props (oh, the irony of a young white girl saying that) to her for going balls out like that for her art and her vision. I can't say that I understand anything that she does, especially since none of the videos ever even remotely have to do with the subject of the songs they are made for.

In this one, men in black breifs and shiny black heels with horrible black bowl cuts dance around with Ms. Gaga, in her off-white bikini thing. She's humping them, they're humping her, and it's kind of all around frightening. Maybe those "gentlemen" in the video are part of her homage to the gay community? Maybe? No? I dunno. The "homoerotic military theme," (another Gaga quote from LKL) is kinda cool, and she adds her own little twist to it (would it be a Gaga video without that?) which makes it kinky, quirky, and perhaps informative at the same time. The kink, of course, being the machine gun bra she sports towards the end...where can I get one of those bad boys?

The religious elements are obviously some sort of comment on religion, and given her comments about the theme of the video, it's easy to guess that she's going for something about religion and homosexuality and how, most of the time, they don't tend to get along.

This is another in a long line of Gagasms that leaves us wondering just what this wacky songstress is going to do next. If this is only the beginning of her carreer, think of what we have to look forward to.

Frightening, isn't it? ;)

-R.