![]() ![]() It is a love song that seems relatively superficial and quaint until one looks at the lyrics on a deeper level. On the surface, “Paparazzi” is a love song about how Gaga will follow a boy in the same way the paparazzi follows celebrities which can be seen in the lyrics, “I’ll follow you until you love me, Papa, Paparazzi” (Appendix 1, 10-11). The first step in deciphering Gaga’s grandiose video is to analyze the song’s lyrics. Through her artistic choices of heavy symbolism, cinematography, and juxtaposition of ideas through visuals, Gaga satirically critiques and comments on the issues of celebrity behavior, feminism, sexuality, and the fame-obsessed American culture. In “Paparazzi” Lady Gaga exaggerates the problems she sees in the world of celebrities and the media and makes her point with provocative, thought-inspiring, and symbolic visuals. The scene described is the world in which Lady Gaga’s seven and a half minute long music video for “Paparazzi” takes place, but is it really that different from the real world? Gaga does not seem to think so. Imagine a world where killing a man bares no consequence other than making the killer famous. Using extravagant imagery, she has shown the double standards given to celebrities and how society in general buys into it with the hope of it being them who are famous in the future. A limitation to the conclusion is there were no interviews of Gaga explaining the video in any databases, magazines, interviews and, press conferences with her that I consulted. I analyzed the lyrics like a poem in order to discern Gaga’s purpose in writing the song and subsequently the making of the music video.Īfter carefully analyzing both the music video on its many levels, I concluded that Gaga provocatively addresses the issues facing America. I evaluated the music video on different levels of depth starting with the surface imagery and working into the philosophical and symbolic aspect of the piece. To see these elements at work and how they all work together to promote Gaga’s critique, I analyzed the music video using literary and film devices. In analyzing the video one can see that through her artistic choices of heavy symbolism, cinematography, and juxtaposition of ideas through visuals, Gaga satirically critiques and comments on the issues of celebrity behavior, feminism, sexuality, and the fame-obsessed American culture. She first made a critique of society and showed her opinions in her “Paparazzi” music video. Although often blunt about her beliefs, Gaga also crafts her viewpoints into her music videos which are multifaceted escapades into Gaga’s ideologies. In time Gaga would become an influence in the worlds of politics, fashion, pop music, and pop art. Her first single, “Just Dance”, marked Gaga as an upcoming pop star and her second single, “Poker Face”, affirmed her status in mainstream society. ![]() Additional live performances of the song took place during many of her concert tours and residency shows.Since her arrival into the mainstream music scene in 2008, Lady Gaga has remained a constant changing force. Gaga performed the song at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in a performance art piece symbolizing the negative effect of fame leading to death. The video won two MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 for Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. ![]() It shows her survival, comeback, revenge on her boyfriend, and experiences on the way to fame. The accompanying music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and portrays Gaga as a doomed starlet, hounded by photographers, who is almost killed by her boyfriend (played by Alexander Skarsgård). It was also commercially successful, reaching top-ten positions in the music charts of Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and topping the charts in the Czech Republic, Germany and Scotland. "Paparazzi" was critically acclaimed for its "fun-filled" and club-friendly nature. " LoveGame" initially had been planned as the third single release in the UK, but when its lyrics and music video were deemed potentially controversial, it was decided that "Paparazzi" would be released instead. The music video was released on May 29, 2009, and on J"Paparazzi" was released digitally in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and physically in Australia on July 10. Quick facts: "Paparazzi", Single by Lady Gaga, from the al. ![]()
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