But honestly this video is AHHHHHMAZING. There are more wardrobe changes than a Mariah Carey-episode of Cribs. The choreography incorporates elements of “Thriller” and the Twist(!).And I don’t think Gaga has ever looked prettier than in the close-ups where she’s more stripped down. On the flip side, I love those crazy dilated pupils she sports for much of the video.
She's exciting to watch, plain and simple. Sure, her theatrics might cause a few eye-rolls, and she definitely isn't breaking any pop music conventions, but while Britney's out there making the same old boring video, we need someone like Gaga to really bring it. To put actual thought and care into her product so that it feels alive.
The singer-songwriter-pianist-provocateur seems to be one of the few pop stars these days who really understands spectacle, fashion, shock, choreography—all the things Madonna and Michael Jackson were masters of in the 1980s.
Just one album into her career, Lady Gaga has established herself as someone impervious to predictions — especially in the music video department. And the video for her first Fame Monster single, "Bad Romance," has Gaga providing fans with perhaps her craziest, brightest canvas yet. A collaboration between director Frances Lawrence and the Haus of Gaga — or in this case, the Bath House of Gaga — "Bad Romance" finds Gaga simultaneously paying homage visually to Kubrick
"Bad Romance", arguably the best pop single and best pop video of 2009. And the video is part of the package: Like Madonna or Prince, it's impossible to separate the song from the performer. But unlike those artists, Lady Gaga isn't particularly attractive, and she uses this to her advantage by suppressing her vanity and making herself a slippery figure.
GRAMMY Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
MTV Video Music Awards MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing
MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects