March 12, 2010

Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé – Telephone

While I like Lady Gaga for what she is—flawlessly executed surreal pop performance art—I can’t say that I follow her every move. However, the new video for “Telephone” is epic.

We had an amazing time working together on her video and it just kind of works out because we both like women.

–Lady Gaga on MTV.com

(OMG wouldn’t it be, like, AWSM if Gags and B were besties in real life?)

Vulture talks fashion and costumes in a scene-by-scene breakdown (I personally thought the leopard catsuit was unflattering and uninspired, but the rest of the dress was great). Kottke notes the unabashed product placement. Videogum hates.

I also have some half-baked analysis about celebrity, pop culture re(up?)cycling, etc.:

Lady Gaga may be our Madonna, Warhol or Bowie, but (I’m not sure if this will come off as cheesy, pretentious or just plain ignorant) these comparisons are moot insofar as my generation inherits the legacy of Madonna, Warhol and Bowie as much as Ms. Germanotta herself. The fact that she exists in the present confirms that she is, in fact, none of the above, and I think it’s safe to assume that the next generation will have their very own Lady Gaga. They will have their own Banksy, Animal Collective, Tarantino, David Chang, etc., and we will claim to have seen it all before. But they won’t have Lady Gaga the way that we have her now. (She is, after all, a social media genius.)