Bad Romance is the first single out of Gaga’s Fame Monster album. If 당신 look back at her past works, the main message of her 음악 is that she is willing to do anything, even sacrificing herself, to obtain fame. The video continues in the same direction 의해 depicting Gaga as a willing victim in the 음악 industry’s shady inner-workings. She wants to live a Bad Romance with the abusive, cruel and satanic 음악 industry. She knows of all its flaws but she still desires to be part of it 더 많이 than anything else. She is a Fame Monster…she feeds from fame…she enjoys being famous…if she is not famous, she’ll die 또는 something…you get the picture. At face value, the song lyrics seem to be about her wanting to get “banged” 의해 a kind of psychopath, but the video reveals that the psychopath is in fact the 음악 industry.
The song starts with a weird chant that goes
Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance
This is the type senseless crap drunk people like to yell in those disco dance parties 당신 crazy kids go to. Is there a deeper meaning to it? Gaga says it in a weird, 고딕 accent, in a ceremonial/incantation matter, a little like the “Bum-bum-bedum” of Rihanna’s Disturbia (article here). Ra is the name the ancient Egyptian sun god is still of a great importance in today’s occultism (see the “Eye of Ra”, the All-Seeing Eye). Roma is maybe a reference to the roman catholic church, but I’m not sure. This could be interpreted in many ways so I won’t linger on it.
I want your ugly
I want your disease
I want your everything
As long as it’s free
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)
I want your drama
The touch of your hand
I want your leather-studded 키스 in the sand
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)
Right away, it is obvious that the 사랑 that Gaga is seeking is wrong and sick. She’s a sex slave and, apparently she likes it. She knows that the industry is ugly but she still wants in. There is an obvious sense of sadomasochism, as she seems to know that this 사랑 (of success in the 음악 industry) will hurt her and treat her badly, but she’s up for it. As we will examine in the video, there is also a spiritual meaning to the lyrics where fame equals submitting to the dark, satanic side of the 음악 industry. In other words, the song is also about submitting to evil and the imagery of the video corroborates this fact.
I want your horror
I want your design
‘Cause you’re a criminal
As long as your mine
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love-uuhh)
I want your psycho
Your vertigo stick
Want 당신 in my rear window
Baby you’re sick
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)
Here again, there is a mix of the “horror” of evil with hardcore sex references, which convey the fact that she wants to be “penetrated” 의해 this evil influence in order to gain its favors. There are references to Hitchcock 영화 (Psycho, Vertigo) but cleverly turned into sexually explicit lyrics.
During the bridge, Gaga sings emotionally “I don’t wanna be friends“. She does not want to be an outsider of the 음악 industry, she wants to be part of it. Later she says “I want your 사랑 and, All your lovers’ revenge”, which means that she wants all of the attention of the 음악 industry to the point that she also wants the “hate” of the artists who are jealous of her.
Of course, the lyrics can be up for interpretation but visuals of the video really give a particular meaning to the words. Gaga is not 노래 to persoin, but to a group, an entity, an organization. She is signing to the Illuminati, to the 음악 industry, to Baphomet, to the ones that have the power to make her famous. She wants to be part of that sinister and corrupted system and write a Bad Romance with it
In Conclusion
Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance is 의해 far the densest and most symbolic video I’ve ever analyzed. It is a metaphorical yet accurate 설명 of the steps needed to be taken in order to part of the “mega-pop-star machine”. Submission, control, business negotiations, initiation, secrecy and the embrace of dark forces are all represented in the video. Once decoded, the song describes indeed the Bad Romance of the 음악 industry. The machine uses artists, it pimps them, it cheats on them with new, hotter artists and it finally dumps them when the initial appeal is lost.
Gaga, the “Fame Monster” wants to be treated that way, knowing that there is not other way to obtain world-wide fame. One might be extremely creative and talented, fame is however only achieved through the exposure that can only be provided 의해 media corporations. They are owned 의해 a secretive elite, which is represented 의해 the masks on the faces of the bidders in the video. Bad Romance, 더 많이 than simply serving the required dose of subversive symbolism to the 엠티비 generation, offers a chilling 설명 of the 음악 industry ruled 의해 the elite. And now comes the hardest part: getting this damn song out of my head.
The song starts with a weird chant that goes
Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance
This is the type senseless crap drunk people like to yell in those disco dance parties 당신 crazy kids go to. Is there a deeper meaning to it? Gaga says it in a weird, 고딕 accent, in a ceremonial/incantation matter, a little like the “Bum-bum-bedum” of Rihanna’s Disturbia (article here). Ra is the name the ancient Egyptian sun god is still of a great importance in today’s occultism (see the “Eye of Ra”, the All-Seeing Eye). Roma is maybe a reference to the roman catholic church, but I’m not sure. This could be interpreted in many ways so I won’t linger on it.
I want your ugly
I want your disease
I want your everything
As long as it’s free
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)
I want your drama
The touch of your hand
I want your leather-studded 키스 in the sand
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)
Right away, it is obvious that the 사랑 that Gaga is seeking is wrong and sick. She’s a sex slave and, apparently she likes it. She knows that the industry is ugly but she still wants in. There is an obvious sense of sadomasochism, as she seems to know that this 사랑 (of success in the 음악 industry) will hurt her and treat her badly, but she’s up for it. As we will examine in the video, there is also a spiritual meaning to the lyrics where fame equals submitting to the dark, satanic side of the 음악 industry. In other words, the song is also about submitting to evil and the imagery of the video corroborates this fact.
I want your horror
I want your design
‘Cause you’re a criminal
As long as your mine
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love-uuhh)
I want your psycho
Your vertigo stick
Want 당신 in my rear window
Baby you’re sick
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)
Here again, there is a mix of the “horror” of evil with hardcore sex references, which convey the fact that she wants to be “penetrated” 의해 this evil influence in order to gain its favors. There are references to Hitchcock 영화 (Psycho, Vertigo) but cleverly turned into sexually explicit lyrics.
During the bridge, Gaga sings emotionally “I don’t wanna be friends“. She does not want to be an outsider of the 음악 industry, she wants to be part of it. Later she says “I want your 사랑 and, All your lovers’ revenge”, which means that she wants all of the attention of the 음악 industry to the point that she also wants the “hate” of the artists who are jealous of her.
Of course, the lyrics can be up for interpretation but visuals of the video really give a particular meaning to the words. Gaga is not 노래 to persoin, but to a group, an entity, an organization. She is signing to the Illuminati, to the 음악 industry, to Baphomet, to the ones that have the power to make her famous. She wants to be part of that sinister and corrupted system and write a Bad Romance with it
In Conclusion
Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance is 의해 far the densest and most symbolic video I’ve ever analyzed. It is a metaphorical yet accurate 설명 of the steps needed to be taken in order to part of the “mega-pop-star machine”. Submission, control, business negotiations, initiation, secrecy and the embrace of dark forces are all represented in the video. Once decoded, the song describes indeed the Bad Romance of the 음악 industry. The machine uses artists, it pimps them, it cheats on them with new, hotter artists and it finally dumps them when the initial appeal is lost.
Gaga, the “Fame Monster” wants to be treated that way, knowing that there is not other way to obtain world-wide fame. One might be extremely creative and talented, fame is however only achieved through the exposure that can only be provided 의해 media corporations. They are owned 의해 a secretive elite, which is represented 의해 the masks on the faces of the bidders in the video. Bad Romance, 더 많이 than simply serving the required dose of subversive symbolism to the 엠티비 generation, offers a chilling 설명 of the 음악 industry ruled 의해 the elite. And now comes the hardest part: getting this damn song out of my head.
I want your whisky mouth
All over my blonde south
Red wine and cheap perfume
And a filthy shout
Tonight bring all your 프렌즈
Because a group does it better
Why river with a pair
Let’s have a full house and leather
Ooh-ooh-ooh-who-who
Who-who-who ooh-who-who
Who who
Heavy Metal Lover
Ooh-ooh-ooh-who-who
Who-who-who ooh-who-who
Who who
Heavy Metal Lover
Dirty 조랑말 I can’t wait to hose 당신 down
You’ve got to earn your leather in this part of town
Dirty pearls and a patch for all the Rivington Rebels
Let’s raise hell in the streets drink 맥주 and get into trouble
I could be your girl girl girl girl girl girl
But would 당신 사랑 me if I ruled the world world world
Oooooo
Heavy Metal Lover
Whip me slap me, drunk funk
New York clubbers, bump drunk
Budlite, liquors, bar slam
Wash the night, with St. J-ameson
Like a baptism
Heavy metal 연인들 play
Because we were born this way
All over my blonde south
Red wine and cheap perfume
And a filthy shout
Tonight bring all your 프렌즈
Because a group does it better
Why river with a pair
Let’s have a full house and leather
Ooh-ooh-ooh-who-who
Who-who-who ooh-who-who
Who who
Heavy Metal Lover
Ooh-ooh-ooh-who-who
Who-who-who ooh-who-who
Who who
Heavy Metal Lover
Dirty 조랑말 I can’t wait to hose 당신 down
You’ve got to earn your leather in this part of town
Dirty pearls and a patch for all the Rivington Rebels
Let’s raise hell in the streets drink 맥주 and get into trouble
I could be your girl girl girl girl girl girl
But would 당신 사랑 me if I ruled the world world world
Oooooo
Heavy Metal Lover
Whip me slap me, drunk funk
New York clubbers, bump drunk
Budlite, liquors, bar slam
Wash the night, with St. J-ameson
Like a baptism
Heavy metal 연인들 play
Because we were born this way