MV of the week;

(warning: today's video is quite raunchy. viewer discretion needed.)

*cries* I don't even think this counts anymore, in reason of it being so lately posted. But, I shall try to redeem myself through making things a little bit different just this once.

So, today's MV review is not only going to differ from the rest, but I think I shall also make it a bit shorter (sorry!) due to this case of influenza which is just killing my life as we speak.

Anyway, so the music video I have belatedly picked is literally a music video belonging to a major record label artist. Yep, that's right. It is not an MV made by an amateur YouTube user. However, even though I've picked an actual MV this week, I probably won't do it again, due to the fact that I have rarely loved a mainstream video hit as much as this one.

The video I've chosen is Lady Gaga's new MV for her song Telephone featuring Ms. Beyonce Knowles. I've been a fan of the song for a couple of months now, but this video has doubled my love for it. Now, I know that Lady Gaga likes making intentionally strange MVs which basically say 'I'm trying so hard to be innovative', but this one really hits the spot for me, despite the fact that I'm not a huge fan of her's.

Everything about it is pretty cool, but what's mostly awesome about the MV is the mood of it, which reflects the atmosphere of a Thelma & Louise-like film, but is executed in a more retro and cheesy manner. This is done through the intensionally terrible acting and bright colours. Example: The scene where The Gaganator and Ms. Knowles are driving away from prison in their PussyWagon and Gaga says You know what they say: Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger. Gaga then slowly proceeds to subtly look at the camera, clarifying how nonsensical the saying really is through her blank facial expression.

The MV is very much in the style of Gaga, rather then the MV for Video Phone which was very Beyonce. This is evident through the retro dance routines, the crazy (yet fab) outfits, the abundant amount of skin shown, the strange/unidentifiable meaning of the video and, of course, the use of poison. My fave scenes in this MV are pretty much all the dance routines, which are done in the Diner, the kitchen and in jail. The dance moves are pretty good (coming from someone who can't dance for crap) and they were also quite funny, especially the kitchen scene. I also specifically LOLed at the dikey intelligence officer who, as Gaga left prison, was browsing through a dating site called PlentyofFish.com. ROFLCOPTER! Oh and another funny bit was the CookNKill, 'how to make poison' scene, which was pretty much Cooking Mama in Lady Gaga form.

In conclusion, it's a really funny and artistic video which merges awesome costumes, bright colours and raunchy scenes into the mix. I give it a 4.5 out of 5, due to the fact that it's a bit too long for your average MV (9:32). I'd just like to mention that Beyonce looks exceedingly hot in this vid, whilst Lady Gaga is quite meh... Yeah, she scares me just a tad. Anyway, I have tons more to say about this MV, buy I really can't be bothered, therefore I shall just let the vid do the talking (even though you've all probably seen it already):


Overall, I hope you all liked it! Peace,
Nadine xx