The Dead Dance: Song and Video Discussion

[elsamars 1,453]

[4BLAiNE 1,281]

The song and video are growing on me by the hour at this point.

[hamartia 1,395]

Come back Stupid Love video, all is forgiven 

[lastpopicon 32,818]

 

[monkeybuziness 12]

It’s definitely a grower not a shower.

Still not able to understand the added value (besides the naming) Tim is bringing to the video. Production and cinematography wise, it has the value of a spoof published by College Humor in the early 2010’s…

 

In comparison to the blockbuster production value of Disease or even moreso Abracadabra, it feels flat.
 

Or Am I Wrong?

[Luke78619 23,383]

Have to remind myself that we were absolutely SPOILED with the Abra MV, they went above and beyond with absolutely everything and has become one of her most beloved videos 

anything coming after was most likely gonna pale in comparison

but I feel everyone hyping the fact that Tim Burton was directing this video made me expect more from it  there were some shots that feel out of place or felt like they were on screen for far too long, like when the first verse starts and the entire thing is one shot from a distance from her, felt a bit awkward on the first watch  

but it’s a cool video, I love the colours they used later on and the dance is great as well, I do wonder whether it was Paris who did it or someone else

[elegidadedios 2,244]

17 minutes ago, monkeybuziness said:

It’s definitely a grower not a shower.

Still not able to understand the added value (besides the naming) Tim is bringing to the video. Production and cinematography wise, it has the value of a spoof published by College Humor in the early 2010’s…

 

In comparison to the blockbuster production value of Disease or even moreso Abracadabra, it feels flat.
 

Or Am I Wrong?

Wouldn't describe it as flat at all. But, I agree to a certain point. Nevertheless, we have to keep in mind Tim directed the MV because Gaga appears in the Netflix show he is directing too, where the promo song is also made by her. If he directed a MV to launch an era, not attached to a side project, it would definitely feel different. Just see the video as what it is: promotion for Wednesday and extended visuals (good ones) for MAYHEM

Not to mention how this surely feels like a win for her. She opened a door to work with him again in upcoming and future potential projects

Edited yesterday at 01:47 PM by elegidadedios

[Sarah H 3,724]

 

[LadyLuca 2,553]

The Dead Dance’ by Lady Gaga debuts at #96 on the Global Spotify

https://x.com/PopBase/status/1963598142240428260

 

Dunno if thats good tho.

also has 4.8 mil views on youtube only 22 hours in.

 

i love that song

Edited yesterday at 01:58 PM by LadyLuca

[elegidadedios 2,244]

20 minutes ago, Sarah H said:

 

Wonderful news tbh

[Ladle Ghoulash 26,039]

“So she’s cursed…”

 

[Starmie25 18,950]

So it seems like half the fanbase isn't on board for TDD.. guess uts up to the tiktok community. 

[rinasawachanta 3,087]

I firmly believe that the disappointment that many people felt is because the video does not add anything to what those of us who are chronically online already knew: we knew that there was a video directed by Tim Burton, filmed on Island of the Dolls, and even leaked images of the only look she wears in the whole video and I understand that part of the song! (The latter I could avoid, but not the pictures of her look unfortunately). That led to set high expectations and imagine that it was going to go much further than it turned out to be. If we strip away that, the video is good! It could benefit from another look and a “wow factor”, but the truth is that it's good, it goes well with the song, and the theme is fun and I've already listened to it several times. Why do I say this? Because I shared the video with my brother and my mother and they liked it a lot! And my brother is usually terribly picky when it comes to Gaga (he listened to all of MAYHEM and only liked Abracadabra and a little Disease and The Beast). Ultimately both he and my mother are part of the GP, so I think it's another case of little monsters setting high expectations

[TheOriginalOne 10,873]

Hmm I spent the day with it and yeah I think this song is alright. Would probably place it at 16th place in a mayhem ranking, just above BoG. The video is truly the first miss for me this era. Feels like a waste of a good location, choreo leaves a lot to be desired, and there’s far too much wide-eye spasming.

Edited yesterday at 04:35 PM by TheOriginalOne

[Mason 210]

AI or not, I enjoy the song and the video. 

I think we're kind of entering the age of AI so this is only going to happen more and more