While “Alejandro” seems both politically and religiously charged, Klein insists “the politics came out of the story, but was not the official intention.” Madonna’s visual oeuvre seems like the obvious reference point for “Alejandro,” with its not-so-subtle hints of “Like a Prayer” and “Vogue,” but Klein admits that painters, more than any musicians or film directors, influenced the design and spirit of the video. “We had planned so much and achieved much of that, but of course some of it we were not able due to time constraints.” “On a music video there is never enough time,” says Klein, who, besides directing tour videos for Madonna, hadn’t tackled an MTV-style project. Like “Bad Romance” before it, the ending of “Alejandro” shows Gaga laying in bed before it culminates in Two Lane Blacktop fashion - Gaga’s blank stare morphs into a specter as the film burns and disintegrates in the projector.Įven though the clip’s running time ballooned beyond the length of standard videos, Gaga and Klein struggled to squeeze all their ideas into the final cut. Gaga swallows rosary beads, simulates sex with her dancers and winks at the “Lady Gaga has a penis” rumors by wearing a red phallus-shaped mark on her crotch. Surrounded alternately by half-naked, monk-haired male dancers in high heels and uniformed soldiers, “Alejandro” avoids one defining plot, opting instead to wow viewers with its intense, provocative political and religious imagery. Get an eyeful of Lady Gaga’s wildest outfits.
“The process was to express Lady Gaga’s desire to reveal her heart and bear her soul.” Lady GaGa won 8 MOONMEN (TELEPHONE - best collaboration, BAD ROMANCE - best female video, best dance video, best pop video, best choreography, best direction, best editing & VIDEO OF THE YEAR). Lady Gaga bares her heart and much more in the sensual video for Alejandro, the third single from The Fame Monster.Directed by photographer Steven Klein, pop’s reigning princess described. We combined dance, narrative and attributes of surrealism,” Klein, a fashion photographer who in the past has worked closely with Madonna, tells Rolling Stone. How True Is 'Respect'? Fact-Checking the Aretha Franklin Biopic
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