Steven Klein will reportedly direct the video for Lady Gaga's next single, "Alejandro," even though her next single should probably really be "Monster," but whatever. She'll probably make no less of a spectacle of herself with the "Alejandro" phase, especially with her faux Spanish accent, which sounds ridiculous on the track mixed with her faux forties movie accent. However, Klein is primarily a fashion photographer, and Gaga has relied on video directors for her past videos. She hired Jonas Ackerlund for the epic "Paparazzi" and "Telephone" videos, and music-video and film director Francis Lawrence did the "Bad Romance" video (which we actually slightly prefer to the "Telephone" video, if only for the McQueen).
Klein's recent video credits include a viral short for Madonna's D&G sunglasses campaign. However, he could be a good fit for "Alejandro" because, as we saw not too long ago in W, he knows how to make Latin men look good. But this being Gaga, she's likely to not do a literal interpretation of the single for the video. After all, what did the "Telephone" video concept have to do with the song? They danced a little bit and talked on telephones, but that was about it. The rest just looked like something she felt like doing because she had a big budget and could. It will be interesting to see if, for the Alejandro phase, she finds a Jesus Luz of her own to cart around with her, kind of like how she wore a telephone on her head while promoting "Telephone."
Read more: Can Steven Klein Do Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ Video Justice? -- The Cut
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Just weeks after releasing her nineand-a-half-minute “Telephone” music video, Lady Gaga is already on to the next.
The pop star is said to have enlisted fashion photographer Steven Klein to direct the video for “Alejandro,” the upcoming third single off her 2008 album, “The Fame Monster.” Known primarily for his celebrity and editorial work for French and Italian Vogue, Details and W magazine (including the Madonna shoots and the July 2005 issue featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a Sixties family), Klein has dabbled in video in recent years, directing a handful of commercials and short fashion fi lms and collaborating with Madonna on the background videos for her 2004 and 2006 concert tours.
While the choice of Klein is a departure for Gaga, who has opted for music-video vets such as Jonas Akerlund (“Telephone” and “Paparazzi”) and Francis Lawrence (“Bad Romance”) in the past, it makes a certain sense — “Alejandro” is about a tumultuous breakup and Klein is great at depicting sexual tension — just ask Brangelina.
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Additionally, Gaga did a radio interview recentley, and said that the music video for “Alejandro" will be filmed very soon. She also said that it will NOT be the continuation of the "Telephone” video.
http://gagadaily.com/2010/03/new-lad...-interviews-5/