The music world came to a standstill last night, as Lady GaGa‘s eagerly awaited video for ‘Telephone’ premièred. Many however, regardless of their take on the clip, were somewhat baffled as to the it’s narrative. To shed some light on the matter, the 23 year old superstar explained the premise behind the Beyonce assisted video to E! News. Check out what she had to say below:
Lady GaGa Explains ‘Telephone’ Video
Published: Friday 12th Mar 2010 by Sam
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If anyone is wondering what this video is about. In Paparazzi, She gets revenge for her boyfriend throwing her off the ledge by killing him and she goes to jail. In this video, she helps Beyonce kill her abusive boyfriend. They kill everyone in the dinner to make it seem like the food killed everyone and they escape.
They did a great job…kudos to them both
Thank you Will for explaining that…a lot of people were left confused. The video was hot and GaGa is a great thinker…to think of a concept so in depth.
Its more of a 10 min commercial for Pepsi, cellphones, head phones, laptops & Chevy trucks.
It would be nice if you could transcribe the video interviews sometimes. We can’t all afford to play videos all the time. Thanks!
I could be wrong but many are saying her video was her advertising products but who’s to say they didn’t endorse this video instead of her paying for it out of her pocket…smart ass move if she did because ppl noticed and that was the point…again great video
I don’t really get why some of you are having such a hard time understanding the meaning behind it. It seems very self explanatory people. Beyonce bails Gaga out of jail, and Gaga helps Beyonce kill her ass slapping abusive boyfriend played by Tyrese. Gaga a*** her in killing him but ends up killing the whole dinner while she was at it. They both set of riding into the sunset like a modern day Bonnie and Clyde or Laverne and Shirley. It’s really not that hard folks. Watch the damn thing again.
Besides the blatant tacky advertisements, The video was really creative. Gaga has got to be praised for her vision. While all the other artists including her Honey Bey are making recession specials, Gaga is making classic Pop art videos for her time. Her videos will all go down as one of the best. And will looked at as Pop classics.
gag-me is fugly! where did that English accent come from??Oops and did she just say Bey was bi-sexual???i wonder if they screwed each other
only gaga would think of something like this. Gotta ♥ her!
@ FLORIDA GIRL
I don’t like diet pepsi.
I buy whatever bread is on sale…so ta hell with wonder.
I love Miracle Whip already.
I already have the virgin mobile rumor 2 phone.
I think that they sponsered her. I know that she works with Virgin Mobile alot. the video was stupid to me. Beyonce did horrible. It was like she was uncomfortable or something. Terrible. Just another bad video from Lady Gaga. I liked Bad Romance.
i didnt like this video at all
ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT A VIDEO IS ABOUT IT SUXXX!! DUMB B****, GO BACK TO ITALY.
that video didn’t impress at all
she tried too hard
paparazzi>>bad romance=telephone
Paparazzi and Bad Romance are so much better then this video, specially Bad Romance, this was really disappointing, sure the stupid stans with their biindess will still say that this is the best video of the decade, but no, not really
And I dont know which is worse, Beyonce acting or Beyonce dancing, FFS!
My “Telephone” Dance Choreo from Official Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqbj_xL0pEI
It’s cool. I got it.
she’s WAY too full of herself.
i think the video is too busy. too much of everything. there were scenes that could be left out. the leopard leotard for example. it doesn’t fit. the director got lost in it. still, better than most of the recent videos. but to say the music world was in a standstill! LMAO! i was sleeping
i liked the vid alot.
just went on youtube and it ALREADY has close to 3million views, Gaga killin it
the video is tooooooooooo long and too much stop and go with the music. I love a video with a story line but that was just way too much.
Kind of had a Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction feel to it…I thought it was dope..I think its funny that the only thing that people could pick from a video was the acting…U want acting watch a movie..Gaga gives visual…if u don’t like it, then don’t watch..It’s just that simple
Damn people ! All idiots ! the idea behind the video & the song is the fear of suffocation (every song of Lady GaGa ‘Fame Monster’ represents one fear), in the lyrics you can get that she’s feeling oppressed by her boyfriend who calls her all the time, the Telephone is like a prison and she’d rather stay on the dancefloor & dance (=freedom), that’s for the song, the video it is the same : you have the jail to confirm the whole idea, but the fear is represented by the constant presence of the media (Diet Coke hair style, cigarettes on the glasses, Poison TV, sandwich & fast food junk in the P**** Wagon, Virgin mobile, Polaroid …), at the end everybody dies because of that, and then you see Gaga & Bee dancing in American Flag clothes => that represents the US not caring (=so dancing and pretending that nobody dies) about the fact that the society ‘can’t breathe’ under that daily media pressure, it’s all about ‘BUY EAT BUY EAT AND DIE’, I might have gone too far but HEY that’s what I got from Telephone.
gag me can explain this evil anyway she wants, because she is an evil illuminati puppet , her and b, anyway I don’t have patience for all this evil she and all these idiots who are presenting you with an evil illusion,this is a matrix world baby, you better wake up and see the real truth when it comes to your soul if you want to know the truth go to these websites http://www.vigilantcitizen.com, pseudooccultmedia.com/b*******.org, estoric kitten.com theindustryexposed.com, illuminati & freemason artists, music videos, and don’t buy the clothing either eye of horos on jz clothes, ed hardy clothing, book bags, perfume, and on some wigs I personally found that symbol on my wig tag why? for what? what’s the purpose of this evil on these normal items, I will tell you, to make you okay with all the evil you are taking into your soul everyday how are they getting into your soul through your eyeballs the evil images, movies, music, music videos, they have been doing all this evil since we were kids to get us used to, like it’s nothing, it’s all good, when it’s not, fight back spread the word on all this evil, the matrix has shown that is all an illusion this evil world we live in to protect yourself from this evil read your bible , pray to GOD, and he will help you to see this evil world that I see, I’m in the world,but not of it.Spread the word go to these websites and ecucate yourselves.
This video sucks ass!!!!
I ain’t drinking the coolaid jim jones 1978,gag me , rhianna, kanye, jay-z, beyonce, snoopdogg, lil wayne, m&m etc have all sold their souls to the devil, and I for one ain’t having all this evil from them getting into my soul no stank you, you all want to go to hell , go right ahead but for the rest of you reading my rant go to these websites that I posted above they tell you, the people wants really going on with the evil images, movies, music lyrics, music videos, clothing, perfume, bookbags. Go here now to http://www.vigilantcitizen.com this guy was born into this evil he’s 30 years old so he ain’t old he’s young enough to tell you what ‘s up, go these other websites also and educate yourself on this http://www.theindustryexposed.com, http://www.pseudooccultmedia.com/b*******.org,www.estoric kitten.com, type in evil for the kiddies cartoons you know all the stuff you and I watched as kids, it’s on youtube type in illuminati kids, freemason kids, also type in illuminati music artists & videos, same with free mason artists & videos, also the movies you watch the ones you went to the movies to see where the evil spirts , and images on the screen told you to acty in a certain way and mess the next person up or as j says on the next one with the evil. You better wake up and see this world for what it really is, like spike lee said 23 years ago WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
I could kick akon’s non musical a$$ for introducing the world to this evil, ugly, adam’s family pale white hick, he is laughing his a$$ off because , he said in a natiional newspaper because of you he can retire I guess so, all of u ,not me ,have fallen for this idiotic thing that’s so called a woman, man , personally I don’t care what it’s gender is, but just leave my soul alone, keep your evil to yourself puppet.
LMAO some of u are so stupid…
http://twitvid.com/BC873 – check out my shorter version of @ladygaga new video for TELEPHONE, Runtime 3:55, no more 10min
The concept isnt exactly hard to understand:
Well the gist of the video is she is in prison, I am assuming from where “Paparazzi” ends. Her lover (Beyonce) bails her out and they plot to kill her boyfriend (Tyrese). Gaga suggests they kill everyone (“Once you kill the cow you have to make a burger”) but asks Beyonce if she is sure. She says yes (“Broken mirror….blah,blah,blah”), so they poison everybody and runs off to be together and “never come back”. & the concept of the Song is being to busy to give a certain someone any satisfaction.
See Gaga killed her boyfriend in “Paparazzi” and Gaga helps her “HoneyBee” kill hers so they can be together forever.
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*Personally I thought the video was Great, Nice Concept, Cool Visuals, The Fashion, Conceptually it may be Gaga’s Best video r& its also the best song on Monster, It would be nothing without Bey.*
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This video is NO Bad romance, Single Ladies, Poker Face, Disturbia or Thriller.
All Gaga is good for is Videos/Fashion/& Imagery- She cant Sing, Dance, or Perform & asside from a couple songs her music is NOT all that- SO OVER-RATED
@boomboom
What the f***??
didn’t U like it??
so U got a problem cuz everyone liked it!!!
@Aryo:
No, you’re wrong… Nobody liked it…
Well, it’s just an OK video… That’s all..
But some of the gross scenes should have been left out…
chorlotte brown that is so true. im glad u understand it. we were not put on the earth to praise men and be introduced to evil like this. we were put here here to praise god. but how can we when evil surrounds us everyday. thats what lady gaga, beyonce and the whole nine is for. to destroy are souls. we cant help what they do its all evil and i dont understand this world
I absolutely love how she went the f*** left with this video somethin epic and will have people talkin for months yesssssssssssssssssss Lady GaGa this is ber BEST video EVER. Beyonce did that in that video “you’ve been a very very bad gurl a very bad bad gurl”
I crack the hell up on that part.
Why aren’t there comments about Tyrese? hehe
WTF? Did any of you actually watch the clip in this post that was suppose to explain the video?! The whole busting out of jail and killing an abusive BF was the obvious explanation that no one had any trouble understanding… In the clip where Gaga explains it, she says that she wanted to take make a commentary on the idea that “America is full of young people that are inundated with information and technology and turn it into something that was more of a commentary on the kind of country that we are”. That was what Gaga claims the video was about… Did any of you get that out of this silly video?
I think she’s full of $#!T and is always trying to pull a “deer, more profound” meaning out of something that is pretty meaningless & shallow. It’s almost as if she’s trying to see how much garbage she can spoon feed her fans and get away with them eating it up!
Sorry if you got to tell what the video is about, you was doing too much. The acting sucked in the video . Granted the video was different epic not a chance. Sorry michael an Madonna have done much better. Ashanti did the cans in the hair also btw. Ain’t nothing new to this.
This video is all about society and pop culture. Look deeper love muffins. Gaga is making you analyze stereotypes in our society…gender identity, women, gay rights, and etc. Tyrese did a tour last year that only allowed women to come excluding his gay fanbase…thats the symbolism behind his being in it. Gaga and Beyonce are taking back women’s ability to own their sexuality and not be told what they have to do with it. The killing people is symbolic of killing the mentalities of our culture and what we think and perceive to be gender and sexual norms and etc….AND It is a dedication to the King of Pop…both these ladies are at the top of the industry no matter what people at thatgrapejuice say…not just GAGA but BEYONCE too. They both have subtle moments of MJ movement qualities…LOOK DEEPER LOVEMUFFINS…BEFORE YOU JUDGE.
Honey Bey and Lady Gaga need to do whole album 2gether with a video anthology to be included. I luv, luv, love this song and video. great concept, visuals, and choreography.
I don’t understand why for some people it is so hard to understand this video and its concept. I also do not understand the uproar about product placement. Surely there is some of that, also was in her previous video for “Bad Romance” and in numerous other music videos around. The advertising however does not run the show – and more likely it allowed Gaga and Beyonce to do a short movie type video rather than just a typical length music video. I would say it’s good thinking and I would do the same if I was them. As long as there is content and depth and a good concept, artistry always wins. Bravo Gaga and Beyonce, “Telephone” is an amazing video with so many references to pop culture, movies, gender identity, addiction, etc. It’s a very unique package of information if one chooses to see it. I find it silly that people go on complaining on sites that the video does not take place in a club and why is this cos she sings about her heart being on the dancefloor. Yup, that would have made a really interesting video, eh? Not. What I love about Gaga is that she is like modern day surrealist. She combines things in a very interesting way and gives new meaning to things and topics. She’s a true artist who isn’t just after fame but wants to add value to her body of work by inserting deep concepts and thoughts. That’s admirable in a world were so many people go on living lives as shallow fame addicts who do the expected rather than the unexpected.
This is a perfect example of the dumbing of America. Everyone is ragging on her for the product placements and violence. First, is it really that much more violent than many other videos out there talking about cop killers, gang killings, etc? Come on.
Now..as far as the meaning and product placements. Hello! The whole point of the song is talking about “OBSESSION.” Someone keeps calling, especially in our modern day of constantly being reachable, by text, phone, etc. We’re also inundated with products everywhere. Commercials, ads, etc. I can’t even watch a video on Youtube without first having to watch an ad. We’ve become obsessed, as a nation, with products (ie consumerism, aka capitalism). I mean, she and B are even wearing Americana clothes in the last dance after the cafe ‘murders.’
I think the whole thing is a fun, campy, kitcshy commentary on our modern capitalist society…AND I LOVE IT!
YOU GUYS ARE ALL DUMB! Her video is metaphorical in about every single shot.. she sings about her telephone..which is really her conscious telling her to get back to work when shes trying to have a good time..she says it herself! and the boyfriend killing/getting out of jail/running away from the cops is just her way of escaping her fear of suffocation…saying one day her love of her work will be the death of her..most of her videos are about the music industry.. bad romance=the s*** she had to go thru to get there but she doesn’t care thats what she wants..paparazzi=explains a metaphorical process..kinda the same thing as bad romance..but leaving her old self and coming back as a puppet for the music industry(her dream) dont take what she shows by what it looks like because i promise she meant something wayyy deeper than u think
I can’t believe no one can go beyond the shallow meaning of her video (the boyfriend killing and such)! Well, in the diner scene, when everyone dressed in American-themed outfits is parading around dancing, the peoplle surrounding them are dead. Implying that the government is slowly killing us and just going on their merry way like nothings happening. Also, notice how she covers her left eye when she serves the poison…. the right eye is symbolic for good and the left is symbolic for evil. Since she’s covering her left eye and has only the right visible, she’s also implying that the government is putting on a facade, making themselves seem like the good guys, and once they gain your trust, they’ll destroy you. (Tyrese trusts that the food is not tainted, but it is, and he dies)