It’s funny seeing the reaction to Lady Gaga appearing on Rock Band next week, as people seem equally parts horrified and excited. I have to admit to being on a bit of a kick of her music- it’s fun and really catchy as shit, and some of the stuff gets downright dark. (I know, time to turn in my metalhead card. Does it matter that I was listening to Accept and Carcass this morning?)
Her new video for “Telephone” has only solidified how cool she is, though, because it’s a basically a short Women in Prison exploitation film. She recently talked to E! Online about the obvious Tarantino influence- “There certainly is a Tarantino-inspired quality in the video,” she says. “I mostly love the way he uses different forms to create something new. His direct involvement in the video came from him lending me the Pussy Wagon . We were having lunch one day in Los Angeles and I was telling him about my concept for the video and he loved it so much he said, ‘You gotta use the Pussy Wagon.'”
The director of the video Jonas Åkerlund has done videos for everyone from Metallica to Madonna to The Prodigy, and even that infamous “Pussy” video by Rammstein that hit last year. Just avoid the rampant advertising here and you’ll be good to go. Most probably NSFW though, folks.