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By the time “LoveGame” was released as a single, Gaga’s The Fame had already been established as a groundbreaking pop moment. For the video, she worked with Joseph Kahn to make a tribute to her New York City roots — as well as Michael Jackson’s “Bad.” The video starts off in Times Sqaure and leads […]

“911” came with a freaky short film that seemed like a departure from the intergalactic feel of Chronatica.  For “911,” Gaga pulled inspiration from Sergei Parajanov’s classic 1960s art film The Color of Pomegranates while switching between mystical looks reminiscent of artist Frida Kahlo. The visual follows a teal-haired Gaga in a dystopian dream filled […]

In “Disease,” Gaga’s biggest enemy is herself, a few times over. She faces a host of scary, horror film-level villains that she plays in a variety of trippy scenes. Directed by Tanu Muino, the “Disease” video kicks off with Gaga in a suburban enclave bruised and bloodied on top of a car. Behind the wheel […]

“Abracadabra” saw Gaga return to the dark themes and pristine choreography of her early eras. The video (which premiered during the 2025 Grammys) opens by capturing a sinister Gaga dressed as “the lady in red,” wearing spike-covered latex as she declares: “The category is dance or die.”  The video features more than two dozen dancers, […]

The lore was crucial in Gaga’s early world-building, and you need look no further than her “Marry the Night” video for the best distillation of her story. The 13-minute, self-directed clip is an autobiographical video, re-telling Gaga’s experience being dropped by Def Jam and later re-signing with Interscope. The cinematic visual begins in a hospital, […]

Gaga has always cited a myriad of influences for her videos, but for “Judas,” the singer went literal, telling the story of Judas Iscariot betraying Jesus. Released in 2011, the music video was directed by Gaga and her longtime choreographer Laurie-Ann Gibson, with The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus taking on the titular role, and […]

By the time “Poker Face” rolled around in the fall of 2008, Gaga had already established herself as a full-fledged superstar, with a keen eye for aesthetic and entertainment bombast. It’s this level of commitment that made this otherwise straightforward music video pop, from the staccato-style choreography that matched the P-P-P stutter of the song’s […]

Moody, provocative and peculiar, Gaga’s video for “Alejandro” had all the hallmarks of an avant garde art film, with just enough camp to keep it firmly in Gaga’s wheelhouse. Directed by famed fashion photographer Steven Klein and styled by Nicola Formichetti, the eight minute-long clip was like a series of editorial shots come to life, […]

Even though it was filmed on a Los Angeles studio lot, “Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)” is pure Little Italy fantasia, a cornucopia of pink stilettos, cigars, spaghetti, Great Danes, and so, so many spray tans. “I wanted to show a different side of myself — perhaps a more domestic girly side,” the […]

When Gaga approached acclaimed video director Jonas Akerlund to direct “Paparazzi,” he was about to quit the biz all together. “I was getting bored, and didn’t understand the purpose of music videos anymore,” he tells Rolling Stone. “Then she showed up in my life.” Free of the constraints of MTV’s censorship, the seven-minute murder ball […]

You may have heard that Lady Gaga’s work draws heavily from fine art and fashion. Oh, you haven’t? Well, let the video for “Applause” remind you just how much she loves Warhol and Botticelli. Directed by fashion photography duo Inez and Vinoodh, “Applause” is Gaga’s attempt at bringing “iconography in motion” to her work, animating […]

One of a trilogy of music videos from her cowboy-inspired album Joanne, “John Wayne” sees Gaga reuniting with Jonas Akerlund for a rapid-fire, beer-swilling tale of outlaws and freaks causing mayhem on a country road. In just under three minutes, the Tarantino-esque video packs a huge amount of chaotic surprises, most notably when Gaga’s thigh-high […]

Few videos captured the genius of Gaga more than “Bad Romance,” a mind-bending, futuristic set-piece with an elaborate plot matched only by the elaborate outfits designed by Alexander McQueen. The seductive, Blade Runner-esque thriller starts with a spacesuit-clad Gaga emerging from her pod, before stomping through a sci-fi sanatorium in a madcap fashion show that’s […]

If you grew up watching any of the Spy Kids movies, or The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, then you’ll easily recognize the aesthetics of “Rain on Me.” It’s directed by Robert Rodriguez himself, who brought his love for giant CGI stadiums and cyberpunk to the Gaga universe. That would be a star-studded […]

Gaga stormed onto the scene in 2008 with this raucous house party-themed video, which quickly established the singer as a provocateur for the post-pop tart age. Sporting her then-signature platinum bangs, flat-top shades, and a lightning bolt sticker that paid tribute to one of her idols, David Bowie, Gaga’s visual introduction to the world came […]

Joseph Kahn was set to direct the “Edge of Glory” video before a disagreement between him and Gaga led to the pop star’s Haus taking the reigns. The final product is another tribute to where she comes from: Gaga strutting down the streets of NYC, while also dancing on fire escapes and stoops. She’s joined […]

For Gaga’s first foray into country-pop, she set out to Nebraska to remember a great lost love. Wandering down a dirt road in a black veil, she’s struck with the memory of her past: a barn, a mermaid, a mad scientist and, of course, Gaga’s male alter ego: Jo Calderone. “She was totally in character,” […]

After the historic, massive run of her debut album The Fame and its expanded reissue, The Fame Monster, Gaga’s sophomore album was heaped with outsized expectations. In true Gaga fashion, she paired an empowering arena pop anthem with an avant-garde, forward-thinking video. Directed by Nick Knight, “Born This Way” is a surrealist adventure. “We shot […]

Shot in Hearst Castle, Gaga’s directorial debut, the Artpop film “G.U.Y.,” is an epic work that features everything from cast members of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to the resurrected “bodies” of Jesus, Michael Jackson, and Gandhi. Clocking in at nearly 12 minutes, the video features four songs from Artpop as Gaga embodies a […]

Directed by Jonas Akerlund, Gaga’s “Telephone” video is a cinematic odyssey of epic proportions. Part Kill Bill, part Thelma & Louise, the colorful, nine-and-a-half minute visual features Beyoncé breaking Gaga out of jail only to get revenge in a desert diner against Tyrese Gibson (who selfishly took all of Beyoncé’s honey). The pair poison Gibson […]