After Beyonce’s ‘Videophone’ remix featuring Lady Gaga, I anxiously awaited the second collaboration between these two females. My curiosity was settled and completely satisfied when I heard ‘Telephone.’ Individually these women are fire and together they seem invincible. There’s something ridiculously exciting about watching two huge stars work together and being able to witness the product of that work is even more satisfying.
There’s been some hype about what the ‘Telephone’ video would be like and now that it’s finally debuted we don’t have to try and figure out what genius idea Beyonce and Lady Gaga will come up with anymore.
If I could explain this 9+ minute video in one sentence it would be ‘confusing yet intriguing but so damn creative.’ The lyrics of the song made me picture a club scene but what I got couldn’t have been more different. The truth is I’ll take whatever Lady Gaga will give me, I’m infatuated.
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Lady Gaga walking down the hall of a jail looking chic and sexy throughout the opening scene didn’t surprise me as her look never seems to disappoint no matter where she is or what she’s doing. But when two female officers stripped down Gaga and threw her naked body onto the bed in her cell I couldn’t help but think ‘WTF?’ When followed by dialogue between the two officers “I told you she didn’t have a dick…too bad” I was impressed by the shot at the rumormill which never seems to leave Lady Gaga alone.
Gaga does what she wants and says what she wants and who can’t respect that? You never know what she will say, do, or wear next. Like in the second scene of the video where she is escorted into the courtyard wearing chains and sunglasses made of burning cigarette butts, I try to figure out how she came up with this so I stay focused trying so hard to understand how this girl’s mind works.
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The actual song doesn’t start playing until about 3 minutes into the video, so consider this a short film. Cat fights, fashion which seems more like art, jacked up women, and of course Beyonce are all reasons I didn’t mind taking up 9+ minutes of my life just to watch a music video. But what was with the drive-thru food and the photoshoot of Beyonce while in the car?
I’m going to take this video as Beyonce and Lady Gaga making the most of their opportunity to work together. Some of the scenes seemed random and a little over the top but both of these women are the best at what they do. I was impressed and definitely entertained with a small side of confusion, but I have no complaints.
-RachelSamara, twitter.com/rachelsamara
