The deed has been done, the Judas video is out and now we are all left with plenty of questions, judgment to make and the moral obligation.......to liberate ourselves.
Pretty sure that I've heard the song more than just 337 plays
In the first place, the song Judas, it's about accepting the fact that it is only normal for darkness to coexist in life for you to see the light.
Many expected the video to be of shocking religious imagery, but here's a fact. Lady Gaga is the same Catholic girl,Stefani Angelina Joanne Germanotta. She believes in God strongly and I don't think exploiting religious imagery is her main factor for her fame. She said it herself, though, that she is obsessed with religious art due to being exposed to 15 years of Catholic education. Judas turned out rather tamed. It was a myriad of colours, dancing, a modern spin on Mary Magdalene's relationship with Jesus and Judas and biker men.
The video is Gaga's simplest video to comprehend! I have to admit though, my virginal experience of the Judas video was confusing. There are plenty of interpretations to the video but mine is that sometimes in life, you fall in love with the wrong things, but it's part of your destiny.
My favourite outfit in the video by Christian Lacroix
Like it or not, this is Monster May. Gaga has planned a cultural baptism for the world and we all can clearly see that she has put in a lot of effort.
"I'm defensive over Lady Gaga because she works so hard"- Laurie Ann Gibson
The same applies to me. Don't you dare speak ill of Gaga if you don't even make an attempt to see her purpose in her art.
So glad to finally be back in Singapore. I made this gif while I was away from the internet :/ . Off to rush assignments now. It irks me to think of how much time I actually wasted going for this trip with my grandparents.
Review of Lady Gaga's Judas Debut Performance posted at 12:52 AM
This performance may not have been Gaga's best performance in terms of vocals, but Mother Monster sure danced her ass off for this. I really loved the concept of the performance and you can really see that a lot of thought has been put into the choreography. Just a little disappointed that she did not do the "EW" live. The "EW" part is really my favourite part of the song.
Love, is an understatement, to my feelings towards the Judas choreography. It is jovial, memorable, tribal to a certain extent and convenient for Little Monsters everywhere who live and breathe Gaga.
The concept of the performance, on the other hand, is very intriguing. Anyone who has ever attempted basic literature would know that Gaga's leap to the lower stage represent the descent from what she originally sees as good, represented by the guitarists in golden angel wings, to a world of "darkness", represented by her dancers in black.
After taking a short and fast walk in this new world, she immediately dances in uniform with the darkness. While they are dancing, lights in the background mimic that of fire, which changes from orangey red to Hades blue back and forth, throughout the performance.
This concept of the performance is in tie with the concept of the song, whereby Lady Gaga keeps going back to what she know is wrong, just because it gives her a good feeling.
The stage, however, gets brighten up at the song's breakdown symbolising Lady Gaga's enlightenment. She goes into a deep thought about her faith by comparing it in the "biblical sense" and the "cultural sense". Shortly after, she declares "Jesus is my virtue and Judas is the demon I cling to".
Lady Gaga wants us to know, that it is alright if darkness exists, in your life. We would not know light, if darkness did not exist. That we all need to forgive ourselves for anything regretful we have done. She wraps up with a few more counts of choreography, before the stage gets brightly-lighted up again.
THIS BITCH <3. Someone needs to literally give her an award for just putting so much thought into everything. But of course, this is just my interpretation to this performance, weaved in with Gaga's explanation to this song from the interviews. I cannot wait for the music video next week. This bitch be causin' controversy like no other.
