Lady Gaga Bad Romance music video review

The last two weeks I’ve been playing Bad Romance for hundreds of times. This song is just totally awesome. It’s melodious, free, wild, satirical, rich with emotions and of course, feels right to dance with.

So I was so excited waiting for its music video premiere, which was on November 9, 2009. It was a week ago and still after been watching in for over a week, I still love it. Yes, I love it.

The music video, as Gaga told, is about tough female spirit. Directed by Francis Lawrence (“I Am Legend”), this video turned out to be what expected. With this clever collaboration of Gaga and Lawrence, we will see so many details in the video, extending the meaning of the tough spirit she previously talked about. Gaga even stepped up further with her fashion by including some razor-blade sunglasses in this video. It’s terrifying to realize such a dangerous thing presented in an artistic way and as fashion.

Gaga said, this video should project the tough spirit to its extent. “This is my shield, this is my weapon, this is my inner sense of fame, this is my monster,” said Gaga. The word “monster” really punctuates what Gaga wants to deliver in this first single of The Fame Monster, her second album (of which release date is this November 23!). And I think, she and Lawrence just did it. The video turned out to be one of the best videos I’ve seen nowadays. It has so many details, and also commercials. If you basically love art, you will simply love it, too.

Bad Romance video shots

There are several great reviews achieved by the video. I will share what gagadaily.com wrote earlier.

Entertainment Weekly: “This video is AHHHHHMAZING. There are more wardrobe changes than a Mariah Carey-episode of Cribs. The choreography incorporates elements of “Thriller” and the Twist. And I don’t think Gaga has ever looked prettier than in the close-ups where she’s more stripped down. On the flip side, I love those crazy dilated pupils she sports for much of the video.”

E!: “In the past, we’ve found her relentless ploys for attention pretty exhausting, but this music video really makes us appreciate everything Gaga actually brings to pop music. She’s exciting to watch, plain and simple. Sure, her theatrics might cause a few eye-rolls, and she definitely isn’t breaking any pop music conventions, but while Britney’s out there making the same old boring video, we need someone like Gaga to really bring it. To put actual thought and care into her product so that it feels alive.”

MTV: “So what’s so great about this video? Well, of course there’s the costuming and the choreography, the sly nods to Anubis Airlines from “True Blood”, but aside from that, there are the scenes where we get to see the real Gaga: stripped of her makeup (and her clothes), she sings directly to the camera, a single tear trickling down her face. It’s a disarming moment, a glimpse at the woman shed of her outer layers … a Gaga we rarely get to see.”

Rolling Stone: “Just one album into her career, Lady Gaga has established herself as someone impervious to predictions — especially in the music video department. And the video for her first Fame Monster single, “Bad Romance,” has Gaga providing fans with perhaps her craziest, brightest canvas yet. A collaboration between director Frances Lawrence and the Haus of Gaga “Bad Romance” finds Gaga simultaneously paying homage visually to Kubrick and lyrically to Hitchcock, all while dressed in some of the most outrageous outfits she’s ever worn (and that’s saying a lot).”

As for me, I noted some of my favorite, but it would be spoilers anyway. So I suggest you don’t read the following should you haven’t watched the video. As I said, this video includes so many details. What I love from them is the bathhouse setting. It’s pretty white, meaning really simple and clean. In the beginning of the video you can see Gaga with Hello Kitty eyes make-up. Oh, I love these eyes. They’re just repulsively cute.

Another thing that I noticed was the bathtub of course. It’s a symbolism of Gaga washing away her sin, to be later auctioned to a group of guys, whom she explained during the sneak preview, Russian mafias. I love the Beats laptop displayed in this part by the way. What a cool gadget.

Then it came to the part when it was getting more interesting. Gaga stood there, frozen, surrounded by shards of diamonds. I really love this scene. Photographically, these frames are stunning. But I didn’t get enough, I wanted more and luckily this video offered its beautiful climax with Gaga appearing more feminine, dropping a tear, and burnt like in hell. The closure was.. touching.

Speaking words won’t ever explain the real magic about this video. You have to watch it yourself and be a part of the bad romance. (mb)

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