Let's have a conversation about Lady Gaga's latest video installment, the fourteen minute footage that is Marry The Night.
Most have been waiting in anticipation for the release of the Gaga-directed clip, and since it's delivery a few days ago it's caused more disruption to the pop music world than Beyoncé's pregnancy. We've read countless reviews on the video - who likes it, who loves it and who loathes it - and we're kind of, well, torn.
Marry The Night, clearly one of the best tracks from the Born This Way era, deserved an epic clip. Think Bad Romance and Telephone; but instead what we got was something that kind of left us feeling incomplete. We don't hate the video nor do we love the video... it's just that we don't get the video.
The video really deserves to be split into two halves - the first and the second - in order for us to kinda understand or appreciate it.
The first half we spend the eight minutes watching Mother Monster in hospital crying "I'm going to be a star", muffling French as she's showing her titties, performing obscure ballet in her signature shoes and bejazzling her God-knows-what. If you can comprehend what's actually going on for the duration of this mini-movie, please email us directly so we can also know. We hear it's about Miss G prior to fame, but we believe the crux of it all is explained in three simple letters... WTF.
The second half is where the action finally arrives. Gaga's signature leg-spasms (otherwise known as the Irish Jig), awesome choreography in the streets of New York, an appreciation of dance studios and rehearsals (an ode to Fame?), making out with a hot trans-am and hats that are too big for anywhere. This part of the clip brings a big smile to our faces and this is what we, and no doubt you, want to see.
So to Lady Gaga, our dear friend and beloved pop star whom we idol oh so much (still), please cut the bullshit and do what you do best - sing, dance and deliver to your Little Monsters. Leave the directing and cinematography to the people who know what they're doing, the professionals.
Ta.
Born This Way is available digitally today [iTunes]
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