Gaga starts fan frenzy for release of "Telephone" video
Regardless of whether you love her or hate her, at this point it should be widely recognized that Lady Gaga knows a thing or two about how to succeed in the music industry. Her impending release of the "Telephone" music video featuring Beyonce is testament to that.
The 21st century's version of Madonna, Lady Gaga has made a name for herself as a "shock star." With outfits crazier than the haute couture gracing European runways and live performances that get thousands of YouTube hits, Lady Gaga has become the pop singer to watch.
Even if her pop/disco/glam rock music doesn't appeal to everyone, there is quite a significant portion of the world who just wants to know what she will do next.
Gaga's past work with Beyonce for the R&B artist's single "Video Phone" was a welcome collaboration as the two are easily among the most successful artists in today's music industry. When Gaga released "Telephone" on her latest album, The Fame Monster, her fans knew it was only a matter of time before the two pop powers would once again reunite for a music video that would be as epic as Gaga's performance with Elton John at the Grammys.
Over the past few months, Gaga has stirred up hype in the media and amongst her fans by slowly releasing stills from video for "Telephone."
As fans of Gaga know, her videos are not simply about the music. Instead, they feature storylines that are almost as intricate as her outfits. Oftentimes, there are extended director's cuts of the videos as well. An example of this is "Paparazzi" featuring True Blood's Alexander Skarsgard, where Gaga poisons her abusive boyfriend.
If the images released from the shooting of "Telephone" are any indication, Gaga's new video picks up right where "Paparazzi" ended, with Lady Gaga in jail. Other images show Beyonce in Gaga-esque fashion talking on a hotel phone and Gaga herself speaking on a pay phone. In one photo, some of Gaga's hair is even styled in the shape of a telephone.
In "Video Phone," Beyonce and Lady Gaga gave a nod to Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. In this nine minute video, they pay homage to the director's movies with stylized violence and the use of Uma Thurman's car from Kill Bill.
Images of this soon-to-be-released epic music video have slowly been released to the public, creating quite a stir.
On March 9, Gaga tweeted that fans were "outside [her] house screaming 'Telephone or die,'" to which she replied, "kind of amazing." While the release of the video has taken longer than expected (Gaga has said she "want[s] it to be perfect"), it certainly hasn't lost any momentum.
"Telephone" is set to release Thursday, March 11 at 11:30 p.m. on ET! and by the press the music video has already garnered, it's sure to be one of Beyonce and Lady Gaga's many masterpieces.
The 21st century's version of Madonna, Lady Gaga has made a name for herself as a "shock star." With outfits crazier than the haute couture gracing European runways and live performances that get thousands of YouTube hits, Lady Gaga has become the pop singer to watch.
Even if her pop/disco/glam rock music doesn't appeal to everyone, there is quite a significant portion of the world who just wants to know what she will do next.
Gaga's past work with Beyonce for the R&B artist's single "Video Phone" was a welcome collaboration as the two are easily among the most successful artists in today's music industry. When Gaga released "Telephone" on her latest album, The Fame Monster, her fans knew it was only a matter of time before the two pop powers would once again reunite for a music video that would be as epic as Gaga's performance with Elton John at the Grammys.
Over the past few months, Gaga has stirred up hype in the media and amongst her fans by slowly releasing stills from video for "Telephone."
As fans of Gaga know, her videos are not simply about the music. Instead, they feature storylines that are almost as intricate as her outfits. Oftentimes, there are extended director's cuts of the videos as well. An example of this is "Paparazzi" featuring True Blood's Alexander Skarsgard, where Gaga poisons her abusive boyfriend.
If the images released from the shooting of "Telephone" are any indication, Gaga's new video picks up right where "Paparazzi" ended, with Lady Gaga in jail. Other images show Beyonce in Gaga-esque fashion talking on a hotel phone and Gaga herself speaking on a pay phone. In one photo, some of Gaga's hair is even styled in the shape of a telephone.
In "Video Phone," Beyonce and Lady Gaga gave a nod to Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. In this nine minute video, they pay homage to the director's movies with stylized violence and the use of Uma Thurman's car from Kill Bill.
Images of this soon-to-be-released epic music video have slowly been released to the public, creating quite a stir.
On March 9, Gaga tweeted that fans were "outside [her] house screaming 'Telephone or die,'" to which she replied, "kind of amazing." While the release of the video has taken longer than expected (Gaga has said she "want[s] it to be perfect"), it certainly hasn't lost any momentum.
"Telephone" is set to release Thursday, March 11 at 11:30 p.m. on ET! and by the press the music video has already garnered, it's sure to be one of Beyonce and Lady Gaga's many masterpieces.
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Jimmy
posted 3/16/10 @ 1:42 AM EST
You nailed it with shock star. She is def the new age dennis rodman. I think i saw something about this on an indie website last month. www.musicwithoutlabels. (Continued…)
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