GaGa for the Lady

If you follow me on facebook, you knew this was coming..
I am absoloutly fascinated by Lady GaGa; From her talent, bizarre -yet fresh- originality, & fashion sense.

Although her latest music video for Telephone is highly provocative, you have to admit, she knows how to turn the tables on her audience.  As the "Fame Monster," I think it's safe to say that she is having her cake & eating it too.  The Fame Monster itself is a figurative concept of fame, & fame gone wrong. These polar opposites are portrayed in her allegorical performances and lyrics. Her music videos include the messes, yet satisfy the masses (i.e. GaGa's strange and unreal qualities in the Bad Romance music video, is a crowd pleaser). Although most celebrities change their "image" to fit the standards of the industry & the fanbase, Lady GaGa is an artist who continues to manipulate both the music and fashion industry to fit her own style.  Afterall, Elton John did revise his lyrics to "How wonderful life is when GaGa's in the world," during their duo. Also just to name a few, An iconic designer, such as the late Alexander McQueen, & one of the most well established directors ,Quentin Tarantino, have both been directly involved with her music videos..  It's a new decade, & her influence on pop culture has just started.

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"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality but at the same time it was a commentary on fame culture. In its own way, even at certain points working with Jonas [Åkerlund, the director of both videos] really achieved this high art quality in the way that it was shot. I wanted to do the same thing with this video—take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper. There certainly is a Tarantino-inspired quality in the video. I mostly love the way he [Quentin Tarantino] uses different forms to create something new. His direct involvement in the video came from him lending me the P**** Wagon. We were having lunch one day in Los Angeles and I was telling him about my concept for the video and he loved it so much he said, 'You gotta use the P**** Wagon.'"

- L.G.

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