"Alejandro" Is Here! With Dancers In Bowlcuts!

Lady Gaga's videos never fail to be eyecatching, so it was surprise that the almost nine-minute epic clip for her latest single "Alejandro" would do the same. It's a much darker look than Gaga has given us before, her "Telephone" was all bright Technicolor hues and "Bad Romance" was a awash in brightly lit whites.

Taking cues from religious iconography of Madonna, Lady Gaga is alternately a steampunk inspired Borg queen, latex wearing nun and a bra and panty clad dominatrix. Also, Liza Minnelli:

The Fosse, Fosse!

The video has a military theme, with strange erotic training exercises. They also seem to have a monk-ish haircut and an abject love for their queen and fishnet stockings. As you do:



The combined military and religious images with the overtly homoerotic dancing are clearly a commentary on the ongoing prejudice against homosexuality. What that commentary is supposed to say is not totally clear, but it's a dark thrillride. Watch: