The video for "Bad Romance," the first single from Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster, the re-release of her debut album The Fame packed with eight new tracks and due out on November 24, debuted today and it's nothing short of fan-fucking-tastic. Since arriving on the scene a little over a year ago, Gaga has been known for her berserkly spectacle-acular fashion, videos, and performances and "Bad Romance" proves that while some naysayers think her initial success was a fluke, she apparently always has more to give, push, and/or peddle and isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
The pop star recently told MTV, "there’s this one shot in the video where I get kidnapped by
supermodels... I’m washing away my sins and they shove vodka down my
throat to drug me up before they sell me off to the Russian mafia,” but that's only the beginning. With Gaga as the queen leading her colony of white vinyl humanoids through a variation of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance routine, a pink-tressed Gaga with giant anime eyes, a polar bearskin rug worn as a cape (among 48,532 other costume changes), and the return of her famous flame-throwing bra from her Much Music Awards performance (this time used for a much more nefarious purpose than merely entertaining her fans), the video left me wanting a cigarette, a shower, a nap, and another 18 hours of footage.
To see our '50s B horror movie–inspired photo shoot with Gaga from our September issue, click here.
To read our September Lady Gaga cover story, click here.
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"[Beyoncé] called me and she said, 'What do you want to do?' And I'm like, 'I don't want to show up in some frickin'
hair bow and be fashion Gaga in your video'. I said, 'I want to do
you.' The whole time I was learning the
choreography they were calling me Gee-yoncé."
-- Lady Gaga speaking with the Z100 morning show about her upcoming appearance in Beyoncé's "Video Phone" video. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the release of Gaga's debut album, The Fame, which has sold over 4 million copies and spawned four top 10 singles.
To see our slideshow from Out's September issue featuring Lady Gaga on its cover, click here. To read the cover story, click here.
> Lady Gaga will appear in Beyoncé's "Video Phone" music video, wearing... wait for it... "something wild." Meanwhile, dates have been announced for her Kanye-less holiday season tour, dubbed "The Monster Ball" and kicking off November 27 in Montreal. "Bad Romance," the first single from the re-release of her debut album, The Fame, now titled The Fame Monster, will make its radio premiere on Monday.
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