00:00 Time Magazine voted the meat dress as
00:02 the top fashion statement of 2010. it
00:04 was so iconic that it was preserved and
00:06 encased in the Rock and Roll Hall of
00:07 Fame Museum to this day people all
00:09 around the world remember the meat dress
00:11 however suggesting the dress was only a
00:13 fashion stunt minimizes its true meaning
00:16 Lady Gaga is known for her bold and
00:18 elaborate outfits as well as being a 130
00:20 times Platinum 13 times grammy-winning
00:22 16 Guinness World Record holding
00:24 oscar-winning all-around great artist
00:25 Gaga makes it very clear what message
00:28 she is trying to get across with her art
00:29 yet the media will try to spin it a
00:31 different way that fits their narrative
00:33 they said the meat dress was
00:34 anti-fashion that it was a defiant
00:36 feminist gesture or an anti-vegan
00:38 statement for me this evening it says if
00:40 we don't stand up for what we believe
00:42 and if we don't fight for our rights
00:43 pretty soon we're going to have as much
00:45 rights as the main on our bonds but the
00:47 only reason why anyone cared about Lady
00:49 Gaga wearing the meat dress is because
00:51 of her VMA performance one year earlier
00:53 that shocked the world in late 2008 Gaga
00:56 released her first album The Fame in
00:58 which the first four tracks would go on
00:59 to be 27 times Platinum singles and
01:02 arguably the best four song Run in a
01:05 modern day pop album her meteoric rise
01:07 and fame led to a necessary performance
01:09 at the following Year's Video Music
01:10 Awards the performance began with her
01:12 underneath a fallen chandelier singing a
01:15 subdued version of the chorus to Poker
01:16 Face she then quickly transitioned into
01:18 her latest hit paparazzi paparazzi is a
01:21 song about the media vultures who stalk
01:23 celebrities for photos as we all know
01:25 these people can really pester
01:26 celebrities even to the point of
01:27 violence occasionally she was dressed in
01:29 a white leotard and throughout the song
01:31 her vocal performance became more shaky
01:33 as she seemed to be physically degrading
01:35 at one point hobbling around the stage
01:37 with a cane fake blood begins to pour
01:39 out of her chest and run down her
01:40 stomach turning her white garment into a
01:42 stained mess she even smears him on her
01:45 face at the end of the song She's
01:46 essentially feigning death before being
01:48 raised up on a wire to peer into the
01:50 crowd with dead eyes it's obvious that
01:52 she's making a statement on how
01:53 detrimental Paparazzi can be to a
01:55 celebrity's well-being the lyrics She
01:57 was singing the outfit she was wearing
01:59 and the performances she created were
02:01 all a part of a greater story Gaga set
02:03 the standard in the first year of her
02:05 career that she demanded your attention
02:07 and you were going to give it to her
02:09 however sometimes the public would
02:11 totally misunderstand her performances
02:13 and not get the underlying message which
02:15 led to unfortunate truths being shared
02:17 while performing her song swine at South
02:19 by Southwest she was criticized for
02:21 having a performance artist Millie Brown
02:23 stick her fingers down her throat and
02:26 regurgitate a nasty green liquid all
02:28 over the pop star critics said it was
02:30 quote music vomit shock for shock's sake
02:33 and disturbing a high-profile celebrity
02:35 critic Demi Lovato said as if we didn't
02:38 have enough people glamorizing eating
02:40 disorders already bottom line it's not
02:42 cool or artsy at all even a petition was
02:45 started against Lady Gaga demanding her
02:48 to stop glamorizing bulimia which was
02:50 signed by almost 25 000 people
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04:00 for this performance they were launching
04:02 the hashtag bold missions campaign in
04:04 which fans had to complete bold tasks to
04:06 earn their entry to the show fans were
04:08 disappointed with their song selection
04:10 she didn't play any hits as well as her
04:12 attitude towards the crowd one of the
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04:16 million I better hear Alejandro she
04:19 didn't meet his request nobody would
04:21 find out the real reason and behind the
04:22 confusing performance until eight months
04:24 later and it was darker than we thought
04:26 drink water the song is about
04:29 the song is about demoralization the
04:31 song is about rage and fury and passion
04:34 and I had a lot of pain that I wanted to
04:36 release and I said to myself I want to
04:38 sing this song while I'm ripping hard on
04:41 a drum kit and then I want to get on a
04:43 mechanical bull which is you know
04:45 probably one of the most like
04:47 demoralizing things that you can put a
04:49 female on you know in her underwear
04:50 right you know and I want this chick to
04:53 throw up on me in front of the world so
04:55 that I can tell them
04:56 you know what you could never ever
04:59 degrade me as much as I could degrade
05:01 myself and look how beautiful it is when
05:03 I do she then goes on to tell her story
05:06 of being R worded by a record producer
05:08 when she was just 19 years old she
05:10 wanted the performance to be disgusting
05:11 to make you feel uncomfortable to make
05:13 you feel rage the way she felt dealing
05:16 with this traumatic experience she
05:18 doubled down on her performance she
05:19 understood why people may have not liked
05:21 it but said it was quote art and its
05:26 Gaga was draped in actual raw meat from
05:30 the dress to the shoes and even a little
05:32 steak Beret and a purse as accessories
05:34 for the 2010 Video Music Awards she was
05:37 the most nominated artist for a single
05:39 year in 2010 with 13 nominations which
05:41 he would go on to win eight so all eyes
05:43 were going to be on her no matter what
05:45 but Gaga actually didn't arrive at the
05:47 VMAs draped in meat she wore a more
05:49 traditional Alexander McQueen gown while
05:51 she was accompanied by four members of
05:53 the U.S armed forces at the time nobody
05:55 knew why she had these chaperones with
05:57 her this was arguably the statement that
05:59 meant more to her but she knew it wasn't
06:01 enough to make headlines the four
06:03 service members she arrived with were
06:05 negatively affected by the military's
06:06 oppressive don't ask don't tell policy
06:09 the policy prohibited any
06:11 non-heterosexual person from disclosing
06:13 their sexual orientation or from
06:15 speaking about any same-sex
06:17 relationships while they were serving in
06:19 the United States armed forces service
06:21 members who disclosed that they are
06:22 homosexual or engage in homosexual
06:25 conduct would be discharged Gaga has
06:28 been very open about her support for the
06:29 lgbtq community as a bisexual woman
06:32 herself her six times Platinum single
06:34 Born This Way can be described as quote
06:36 The Lady Gaga Anthem that previewed a
06:39 decade of culture wars the song itself
06:41 salutes not just the lgbtq community but
06:44 also people of various skin colors
06:46 nationalities and abilities plus Subway
06:48 kids and the insecure Gaga makes
06:51 statements with her art she said during
06:53 her 2014 swine performance when you die
06:55 nobody is going to give a [ __ ] what you
06:57 tweeted her record Born This Way is a
07:00 Timeless political statement that people
07:01 will continue to spread even when she is
07:03 long gone three days before the 2010
07:06 VMAs judge Virginia a Phillips ruled
07:08 that don't ask don't tell was an
07:10 unconstitutional violation of the first
07:13 and fifth amendments the morning of the
07:15 VMAs she granted an immediate worldwide
07:17 injunction prohibiting the Department of
07:19 Defense from enforcing the policy now
07:21 I'm not a lawyer so I'm not going to get
07:23 too technical on this subject but the
07:25 worldwide injunction is a huge first
07:27 step in doing away with this oppressive
07:29 policy but technically it's still a law
07:31 just an unenforceable one if that makes
07:34 sense but it was during this Ellen at
07:36 the VMAs interview where she was able to
07:39 mobilize her audience and spread her
07:41 message if we call Harry Reid on the
07:44 phone and we tell him to schedule to
07:47 vote in the Senate this month we can get
07:50 developed to the president at that time
07:52 Harry Reid was the Senate Majority
07:54 Leader meaning he is in charge of
07:56 scheduling business on the senate floor
07:58 so he is really the most important
08:00 person to get the ball rolling to
08:02 abolishing Don't Ask Don't Tell Well
08:04 turns out Gaga's mobilization of her
08:06 audience worked because three months
08:08 later the don't ask don't tell repeal
08:10 Act of 2010 was voted on by the Senate
08:13 with the measure passing by a vote of
08:15 65-31 almost exactly one year after Gaga
08:18 wore the meat dress President Barack
08:20 Obama signed the repeal into law so
08:23 there is a huge argument to be made that
08:25 a pop star covering herself in would Aid
08:28 in the repeal of a homophobic military
08:30 policy however that still doesn't
08:32 specifically answer the question as to
08:34 why she wore the meat like what does
08:36 meat have to do with the sexual
08:37 orientation of military members sure you
08:39 could say that she is making a statement
08:40 that judging people based on their
08:42 sexual orientation rather than how good
08:44 they are at their job is treating them
08:46 like a piece of meat but she knew people
08:47 weren't going to decode that she knew
08:49 people were looking for a deeper mystery
08:51 she knew that the media was looking for
08:53 something darker that juicy story that
08:55 click bait headline they could share and
08:57 she continued to manipulate them to get
08:59 exactly what she wanted everybody wants
09:01 to see the decay of the Superstar do you
09:04 think people want to see your Decay what
09:07 of course they do they want to see me
09:08 fail they want to see me fall on stage
09:11 they wouldn't see me vomiting out of a
09:13 nightclub I mean isn't that the age that
09:15 we live in that we want to see
09:19 um people who have it all lose it all
09:22 Gaga studied the greats that came before
09:24 her how they got famous what did they do
09:26 where did they go wrong she understood
09:28 the sociology of Fame and used it to
09:31 control her Legacy Gaga knew that the
09:33 public the tabloids and the paparazzi
09:35 were going to be preying on her downfall
09:37 the moment she Rose to fame however she
09:39 knew they were the gateway to her fans
09:41 and potential new fans it was like a
09:43 toxic relationship because she knew how
09:45 valuable people's attention was she knew
09:47 that if she gave over-the-top
09:48 performances and wore intricate outfits
09:50 the media would be focused on her art
09:52 she art directs every moment of her life
09:54 to avoid people looking for a story
09:56 beneath the surface because the surface
09:58 is well complicated throughout her
10:01 entire career people always wondered
10:03 what is the real Lady Gaga like
10:04 everything she does is a big show
10:06 insinuating that she has something to
10:08 hide but they don't have time to look
10:09 for what she's hiding because they are
10:11 trying to figure out why she's wearing
10:13 this lace catsuit with a spiky Crown why
10:15 she's riding a horse controlled by two
10:17 humans why she's wearing this racy nun
10:19 outfit or why she's wearing this spiked
10:22 leather pyrotechnic possible skin
10:24 grafting coming suit she's able to
10:25 maintain her privacy because people are
10:27 trying to decode her performances rather
10:29 than her personal life and they are
10:31 constantly wondering what will she do
10:33 next and when they are talking about her
10:35 performances they are spreading them
10:37 allowing her art to reach millions of
10:39 eyeballs all the while she's selling
10:41 millions of Records making her one of
10:42 the highest selling female artists of
10:44 all time she wore the meat dress because
10:46 she knew she could communicate her
10:48 message directly to her fans and they
10:50 would listen then the tabloids would try
10:52 and decode the darker or true meaning
10:54 behind it which then in turn would
10:55 spread her message even farther because
10:57 she said directly to their faces what
11:00 the true meaning behind it was but she
11:02 let them dig and dig because she knew
11:04 she had nothing to hide when artists do
11:06 wrong is they lie and I don't lie I'm
11:10 not a liar Lady Gaga is not a liar she
11:13 is not hiding who she really is she is
11:15 telling you exactly who she is you are
11:18 looking for a deeper meaning and it's
11:20 making her more successful
