There’s something about Yuyi (aka Lady Gaga’s mermaid alter ego) and Jo Calderone (her male drag alter ego) in Mother Monster’s video for “You And I,” the fourth single release off Born This Way. The clip was set to premiere this Thursday on MTV. But as fate and the online gods would have it, the country-tinged visual surfaced two days early. Head below to see what the Internet at large had to say about Gaga’s latest epic!
:: The Daily Mail commented on the video’s early arrival: “Cheeky Gaga leaked the video on her own YouTube page, and it lived up to her usual bizarrely epic standards. She dons a series of wacky ensembles the singer would claim are works of high fashion.”
:: CNN’s Marquee Blog thought “You And I” was a standout: “While some of her prior videos for Born This Way tracks have had a lukewarm reception, this one holds promise.”
:: Rolling Stone got more specific: “Though the last two videos from Born This Way – ‘The Edge of Glory’ and ‘Judas’ – were fairly disappointing, ‘You and I’ is a return to form that throws roughly eight million visual ideas at the viewer. At least a handful of Mother Monster’s looks in the video are instantly iconic – Gaga in young Bob Dylan-ish drag, the official debut of the singer’s mermaid alter-ego Yuyi, the shot of the Cher-like dancers grinding away in a barn.”
:: E! Online also noted the following: “Besides her over-the-top outfits and quick sexual scenes that we’d expect in a Gaga video, we also see Mama Monster sing to her ‘love interest,’ played by none other than…Lady G herself, who skips the heavy eyeliner and dark lips for a ’50s greaser look. Talk about loving yourself.”
:: Meanwhile, the Washington Post‘s Click Track blog simply quipped, “It’s, you know, a Lady Gaga video.”
:: For those not in the Gaga-know, the New York Daily News points out, “The lyrics were inspired by Gaga’s on-and-off relationship with New York City bartender [Luc] Carl.”
:: AOL Music also speculates, “Just maybe, Lady Gaga was inspired by one of her favorite artists Marina Abramović, who walked the length of the Great Wall of China to meet her boyfriend and performance-art partner Ulay. Or, just maybe, it’s a mad mix of all her creative influences and fantasies.”
:: SheWired highlighted Mother Monster’s ability to adapt to online leaks: “The early leak sunk Mother Monster’s plans to release the video on Thursday as her 1000th tweet when it showed up earlier today. However, Gaga isn’t easily upstaged. When the songstress got wind that her video had begun to sail through cyberspace ahead of schedule she quickly sent out a series of tweets reading, ‘Fuck,’ ‘Thurs,’ and ‘Day’ followed by her ’1000th’ tweet containing the link to her new video.”
:: Finally, yours truly said on Chart Rigger, “I don’t know what goes through Lady Gaga’s mind when she comes up with the sick trash that winds up being her music videos, but her ‘You And I’ clip comes off like a combo of cheesy romance, cutting room floor footage from some lost John Waters flick and the Nebraska Chainsaw Massacre. In any case, this is her best music video from the Born This Way era.”
Impresionante I love you and I
I loved it! The different costumes were awesome, from Jo Calderone to the mermaid.
Check out my review! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piydtvoQ-LQ
Another generic pop song that she tries to inject a deeper meaning into by assaulting viewers with a barrage of nonsensical images that don’t make any sense. Who does she think she is by trying to seem so profound with her throwaway music??? Anyone that thinks this video is entertaining can probably be found entranced by a shiny object they find on the side of a road…
Rude…..
To each is own.
Whoever wrote this article is obviously too young to know that GaGa is paying homage to Annie Lennox who had a male alter ego with an almost identical look back in 1983:
http://www.eurythmicsvideovisionaries.com/Features5.html
http://www.eurythmics.me.uk/2010/07/02/have-you-ever-seen-lady-gaga-and-earl-annielennox-in-the-same-room/
Generic? Apparently you don’t know the meaning. Laughable.
it makes perfect sense only if you were smart enough to understand it fool!
how is this generic pop music when it has a slight country tinge and also brian may from arguably the best band in history -QUEEN- played guitar on this and legendary producer mutt lange – who produced shania’s albums one of which is the best selling album from a female in history – this is far from generic considering it features the work of two legend and a legend in the making
get off your high horse and stop feeling the need to attack gaga because you feel insecure about yourself
“a barrage of nonsensical ideas that don’t make any sense”
…well at least we know the Redundant Department of Redundancy got its say.
Well I think this video is really cool and its obviously inspired by Queens video where there are little clips of a man putting a woman together and trying to bring her to life.. what was the name of that song again??? Oh yeah.. RADIO GAGA
This video was received a lot better than I expected. Of course, I still don’t think many are giving it the full credit it deserves–or her previous videos either. Gaga has been true to her word in this album. She’s combining musical facets and fashion and dance … she’s creating art on all levels by working with all her brilliant friends.
I had a lot to say about this video. You can check that out here, if you’d like:
http://www.rjspindle.com/content/yo%C3%BC-and-i-choreography-by-laurieann-gibson
I’d imagine, “nonsensical” things wouldn’t make any sense, Dan, now would it? Way to sound like a fool while throwing shade. You’re shallow. Art doesn’t HAVE to make sense. ;) Yes, I dare to call this video art because it is.
And You + I sounds NOTHING like generic pop music. Especially pop music of today. It’s pretty country if you ask me. You just sound like a miserable hater. But then again, it IS your opinion anyway lol
When someone’s trying too hard, it’s forced..it’s not working on me anymore, sorry GaGa.
I think she reached certain point at her development, maybe the peak was the Fame: Monster itself.
NOW she’s just a copy of a copy of a copy of herself plus she exploits every pop cultural reference of the twentieth century. But nevermind as long as the enraptured Americans will buy it, why not.
I’m just fed up, that’s it.
I love it. She’s a totally freak and rocks at being one. I’d have to describe myself as someone with an “All-American” look, and I think it’s fantastic that she challenges the world’s idea of beauty and style. She not only challenges it…she pretty much says f*** it. Love it!!!