Lady GaGa Strips Down In "Marry The Night"

Lady Gaga has a reputation to uphold, so when she releases a self-directed 14-minute autobiographical video she really has to bring the crazy. "Marry The Night" doesn't disappoint! The opus features the 25-year-old pop star at her most gloriously provocative, with extended dance sequences, explosions, nudity, and a violent attack on a box of Honey Nut Cheerios. While the clip is an homage to her pre-fame roots, the song is also a tribute to the Big Apple.
As the fifth single from her latest album "Born This Way," "Marry the Night" is a dance-pop song influenced by house and electropop. The electro-thumping number with euphoric synths and uplifting melody was inspired by the energy of Gaga's previous song "Dance in the Dark" and features electronic church bells, a driving electro organ sound and a funk-rock influenced breakdown. The lyrics are about Gaga's love of the night and partying, while serving as a homage to her hometown, New York City.
"'Marry the Night' is about marrying your obstacles and the challenges that you face to become great or to live your dreams," Gaga gave more detail about her favorite song on the album, "It's about committing yourself wholeheartedly to the thing you're most passionate about. For me, it was always music. It's about that moment when I decided I was going to tear it up, that I was going to get married to my work, and that my work would be my husband forever. There was no fire and no rain that could get in the way."
Gaga is nothing if not a storyteller. And this particular musical yarn may be her best yet. At the very least, it's her most personal. "Put 'Born This Way' back in the vessel, for rebirth, as I lay in mine. When too strong to divorce, then buckle up, MARRY THE NIGHT." Intense though the video is, it isn't without its levity. "I always believe that you walk the line of humor if you're being so incredibly serious," she explained. "There's something quite comical about the opening of the video, even though it's quite sinister and dark." And that the video itself serves as a window into the heart and mind of Gaga.