Lady Gaga hailed as an ‘artistic genius’ for bold new 911 music video that shows her hallucinating after near-death car collision
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She released the latest from her Chromatica catalog with the debut of the 911 video on Friday morning.
And Lady Gaga went all out on theatrics for the short film which depicted the singer hallucinating after a near-death car collision.
The 34-year-old performer was hailed an ‘artistic genius’ by fans for her visionary display, which she coined on Instagram as ‘the poetry of pain.’
Impressive: She released the latest from her Chromatica catalog with the debut of the 911 video on Friday morning
Scary: Lady Gaga went all out on theatrics for the short film which depicted the singer hallucinating after a near-death car collision
Gaga woke up in a desert wearing a sheer white and red gown, surrounded by a broken bicycle and pomegranates.
She followed a masked horseman to a temple where she sang as gods and goddesses performed rituals around her body.
‘My biggest enemy is me, pop a 911,’ she sings while dancing on the sand in an array of ensembles.
The Just Dance artist finds herself strapped to an alter where she screams out in pain before one of the guards jabs at her chest.
Lady in red: Gaga donned a leather bra and matching pleated skirt with an impressive feather headpiece
Unique: She followed a masked horseman to a temple where she sang as gods and goddesses performed rituals around her body
‘My biggest enemy is me, pop a 911,’ she sings while dancing on the sand in an array of ensembles
Sheer delight: Gaga wore a see-through blue gown with an elaborate gold face covering
‘This short film is very personal to me, my experience with mental health and the way reality and dreams can interconnect to form heroes within us and all around us,’ she wrote online of the film
She wakes up from what seems to be a deep hallucination as paramedics tend to her body following a near-death car collision.
Medical professionals secure her body onto a stretcher and assure Gaga she hadn’t lost her leg in the car crash, but that it was in a tourniquet.
‘This short film is very personal to me, my experience with mental health and the way reality and dreams can interconnect to form heroes within us and all around us,’ she wrote online of the film. ‘I’d like to thank my director/filmmaker Tarsem for sharing a 25 year old idea he had with me because my life story spoke so much to him.
‘I’d like to thank Haus of Gaga for being strong for me when I wasn’t, and the crew for making this short film safely during this pandemic without anyone getting sick.’
Frightening: She wakes up from what seems to be a deep hallucination as paramedics tend to her body following a near-death car collision
The video was filmed in August during the middle of a global pandemic under strict measures in efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.