The biggest overarching reference seems to be Frankenstein. But instead of making a monster, he's making a Gaga.
If the scenes were presented in order of when they happened, it would play out like this: Gaga meets the man as Stefani, her raven-haired self, six years ago. The story is basically about how his love changed her and molded her into a better version of herself.
The barn is his laboratory, she is his creation. He takes her from Stefani to Gaga, which is shown by her hair changing from black to blonde.
Then there is phase two - taking her from The Fame/The Fame Monster Gaga to Born This Way Gaga. She and Luc started dating again in 2010 and he changed her even more.
This is when the scenes with the turquoise hair come into play, one of the looks she's worn quite a bit this era. You see during the second phase that she's showing resistance to his treatments, probably because she's unsure if she really wants to go through with his experiments.
At this point, she is a mermaid and you see Stefani is alone in the barn because that version of herself is only known to her and her boyfriend.
The scene of her alone in the chair and the scene of him looking into the glass chamber containing her seem to show that he's unaware that this version of her is still alive - He thinks it's frozen over at this point but Gaga knows it's still there inside of her mind.
In addition to learning how to love him, he also teaches her how to love herself. (This is represented with the scenes of her and "Jo Calderone" together in the cornfield. It's like the dichotomy of Gaga - both the light and dark, male and female parts of herself - that are only present in her mind.
This is why they're alone in the middle of the cornfield, because they only exist to her.) And at the end, you see she's finally marrying him as this completely pale and completely blonde version of herself, because she loves him so much and his love has destroyed all of the darkness within her... at least that's how it seems. It might still be there in her mind, a.k.a. the water-filled chamber in the barn.
That was certainly interesting, but I have no idea what any of it had to do with anything else in the video.
We've got Gaga walking to Nebraska.
We've got Gaga/Yuyi the mermaid in a bathtub being humped by some guy.
We've got Gaga being experimented on by some other guy?
Gaga and Jo at the piano...
Being Honest. I am a huge Britney and Avril stan. Dont really like Lady Gaga that much, but when you see epicness, u cant deny it. This is by far her best video since Bad Romance, and dare I say it I think its better. She truly has a unique vision and knows how to express her art in a weird yet fascinating way. Hats Off.
Being Honest. I am a huge Britney and Avril stan. Dont really like Lady Gaga that much, but when you see epicness, u cant deny it. This is by far her best video since Bad Romance, and dare I say it I think its better. She truly has a unique vision and knows how to express her art in a weird yet fascinating way. Hats Off.
this video makes me smile. I never saw gaga so sweet in her videos. Also, there are a lot of funny parts (Jo, Gaga running, etc)
