It’s hard to deny my incessant love for Lady Gaga. It’s equally as hard to deny my love for Beyoncè.
Both are powerful, multitalented singing artists who bring with them a unique view into the world of entertainment. Just YouTube their recent performances and one can see how engaging and truly interesting they are. They are true entertainers.
Whether it be singing personally to a young girl with Leukemia during a world tour or hanging above a crowded theater with blood streaming down her stomach, both Beyoncè and Gaga have proven themselves to be different from others in their profession.
They take originality to new heights and break the mold of what being a performing artist entails by separating themselves from the norm.
Well, for fans like me, dreams transformed into reality when these wonder-women joined forces and unveiled two beautifully crafted singles to bless our Gagoncè-lovin’ ears. Beyoncè’s ‘Video Phone’ featuring Lady Gaga and Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ featuring Beyoncè are undeniably trance-inducing melodies.
‘Video Phone’ is pretty risk-ay when analyzing the lyrics, and the music video is a little out-there as well, but Beyoncè did an excellent job at combining Gaga and her styles into one song.
Gaga brought her quirky attitude to the video and adopted some of Beyoncè’s classic sass, whereas ‘Sasha Fierce’ changed from voluptuous vixen to futuristic flirt in order to compliment the Gaganian image. It’s a great collaboration, in summary.
‘Telephone’ is a great song based on its musicality in general, but with the hip-hop styling of Beyoncè added in, this jam could be fairly popular among Gaga fans in the future. No video accompanied this song; however, it might be advantageous of Gaga to throw one together.
In an interview with New York’s Z100 radio station, Gaga commented on the process behind shooting the ‘Video Phone’ music video with Beyoncè.
“When I was doing her video with her, she called me and she said, ‘What do you want to do?’” Gaga explained. “And I’m like, ‘I don’t want to show up in some frickin’ hair bow and be fashion Gaga in your video.’ I said, ‘I want to do you.’”
An unlikely pair as far as musical style and genre is concerned, but with their combined talent and impact on the music scene, this duet is sure to please if they decide to extend their partnership to tour status.
Clearly the creative juices are flowing between the two show-stoppers. I’m just hoping that that creative river continues to take over the music industry and lead to more interesting collaborations between artists.
Let’s bring together country and electronica or rap and indie. Heck, let’s even throw together some pop and jazz. Let’s get creative, people.
Music is a blank canvas when it comes to being original and creative. Take some risks, invent some new beats or melodies, and have fun with what has become a repetitive collection of sampled songs.
I’mma let you finish, but I’m really sick of hearing Lil’ Wayne scratchily assembling similes in everyone’s new singles.
