The release of her latest track, "Born This Way", sent
Lady Gaga minions into a rabid craze. The song was surrounded by a heated debate concerning its relation to pop icon, Madonna's, "Express Yourself" and "Vogue". The song's assumed meaning involving acceptance of diversity, however, blinded the Gaga-faithful. She has just released the video for "Born This Way", directed by Nick Knight, and it only intensifies the critics' arguments.
It's difficult to comprehend a relationship between societal biases and spaceship dance-offs, but hey, Gaga's gotten away with much stranger. Somewhere the meaning of the song is misconstrued when it's being performed by a nearly nude, made-up, facially augmented woman.
David Bowie is welcomed to the party with Madonna as Lady Gaga enters her own "Space Oddity" in "Born This Way".
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