Not gagging for Gaga’s Alejandro
Yesterday (June 8th) was the premiere for Lady Gaga’s music video Alejandro! I was gravely disappointed!
A friend of mine advised that I watch the video again after my exclamations of disappointment. It was at that moment that I knew that I hadn’t imagined the flop. Gaga does not need a second look to “grow upon you.” Gaga just happens!
I will admit my own personal investment in the song but I cannot excuse the let down I endured. Watching the video felt like watching Lady Gaga do a cheap impression of herself. I may as well have just watched a current episode of Saturday Night Live, which is to say…not funny!
The male dancers were surprisingly fabulous, and without doubt left Gaga in their dust! Call me a sucker for androgyny but the male dancers had me in their clutches. With every high heel and industrial fishnet, I was captivated, the same can not be said for a single Gaga look throughout this video.
Perhaps it was my own personal investment in this song, but I was definitely disappointed. Which has led me to wonder, do “true” Gaga fans (aka “monsters”) believe this is good?
Or is it that most Gaga fans do not understand the avant garde and therefore accept anything out of the norm as inspiring now? I do not profess to have any true understanding of fashion or what dictates avant garde, but I know that this was certainly not it.
To say the least for one of my favorite Gaga songs, I’m disappointed…
I think it was purposefully made to be less spectacular than her other videos because it was more of a personal belief and message. She barely promoted this one in comparison to her others, and I think its because she knew it wasn’t as big.
I read somewhere that Gaga said the video was a representation of gay oppression in the military and in religion, and it was a cause so close to her heart.
I don’t think she wanted the video to be amazing, I think she just wanted to show what she felt.
Also, zinger on SNL, nice!
I loved her message, it was well executed by her dancers. I just wish she would have picked a different song. I don’t profess to be the biggest Gaga fan but I fail to see how this song echoes the message.
Thank you