What is the video Alejandro about?

Answer 1

i will try and explain it best I can by reciting parts of the song and the video. Also keep in mind how in the interview with Larry King when he asked her "what are your views on religion," Gaga said that to her religion and the church are 2 different things.

In the video, gaga is not gaga. She represents religion/the church. And Alejandro, to my amazement, represents God/religion. Now, the video is about the struggle of gay people with their relationship with religion/the church. We all know how the church views us gay people right? We are little less than human, a disgrace and an abomination in their book. A gay person's biggest conflict is not being accepted by the church and not given basic rights to live and love or marry.

The beginning of the video is the end of the story.

When you see the video again, replace "Alejandro" with "God" and replace "She" with "the church."

When Gaga is dressed in black looking out the window, she represents religion or God depending on what part of the song/video its at.

It starts off symbolically with a gay man conflicted and torn saying to God "I know that we are young, and I know that you may love me, but I just cant be with you like this anymore.."God"

When Gaga is dressed as a nun she represents religion or the church, depending on what part of the song/video its at.

When Gaga is in black holding a bloody heart with a nail thru it and a coffin following behind her.

((I think this represents either "the sacred heart of Jesus" or "true love" and religion is inside the coffin)).

She's got both hands in her pocket and she wont look at you wont look at you.

((this represents the church giving us gays the cold shoulder, not caring about us, not even looking at us or acknowledging us as equal to others)).

She hides true love in her bolsillo, shes got a halo around her finger around you.

((this represents the church denying us true love, the halo is our right for marriage being denied to us and using it against us to control us)).

When Gaga sings "Dont call my name don't call my name, Alejandro. I'm not your babe I'm not your babe, Fernando, don't wanna kiss don't wanna touch just smoke my cigarette and hush, don't call my name don't call my name, Roberto."

((This could represent the gay man/people calling out to a God (Alejandro, Fernando, Roberto in different religions Jesus, Allah, Krishna, Elohim) or God himself talking back to men but the church gets offended or sees it as a ridiculous attempt and wont comfort or help the gay man/people who is calling out)).

When Gaga sings "Stop, please just let me go, Alejandro, just let me go."

((Just replace "Alejandro" with "God/religion"))

When Gaga sings "You know that I love you boy hot like Mexico rejoice, at this point I gotta choose, nothing to lose."

((This represents the gay man/people expressing that at this point he's gotta choose between being himself/true love and God/religion/the church)).

When Gaga is eating the prayer beads.

((This represents religion being forced down on us)).

At the end when Gaga looks like she's having an orgy with all the men, its not that at all and its not that she's being raped either.

((This represents that the gay men all around her are stripping religion/the church off of them)).

At the end when there is a man sitting on a bed holding a gun with string holding him and Gaga (as a nun) dead on the bed.

((This represents the gay man/people that chose to ignore the bad views and opinions of the church. The church was pulling him around by strings)).

This ties back around to the beginning of the video, religion is dead in the coffin and Gaga holding the dead bloody heart.

Now watch the video again and you'll see how it makes sense

Answer 2

i will try and explain it best I can by reciting parts of the song and the video. Also keep in mind how in the interview with Larry King when he asked her "what are your views on religion," Gaga said that to her religion and the church are 2 different things.

In the video, gaga is not gaga. She represents religion/the church. And Alejandro, to my amazement, represents God/religion. Now, the video is about the struggle of gay people with their relationship with religion/the church. We all know how the church views us gay people right? We are little less than human, a disgrace and an abomination in their book. A gay person's biggest conflict is not being accepted by the church and not given basic rights to live and love or marry.

The beginning of the video is the end of the story.

When you see the video again, replace "Alejandro" with "God" and replace "She" with "the church."

When Gaga is dressed in black looking out the window, she represents religion or God depending on what part of the song/video its at.

It starts off symbolically with a gay man conflicted and torn saying to God "I know that we are young, and I know that you may love me, but I just cant be with you like this anymore.."God"

When Gaga is dressed as a nun she represents religion or the church, depending on what part of the song/video its at.

When Gaga is in black holding a bloody heart with a nail thru it and a coffin following behind her.

((I think this represents either "the sacred heart of Jesus" or "true love" and religion is inside the coffin)).

She's got both hands in her pocket and she wont look at you wont look at you.

((this represents the church giving us gays the cold shoulder, not caring about us, not even looking at us or acknowledging us as equal to others)).

She hides true love in her bolsillo, shes got a halo around her finger around you.

((this represents the church denying us true love, the halo is our right for marriage being denied to us and using it against us to control us)).

When Gaga sings "Dont call my name don't call my name, Alejandro. I'm not your babe I'm not your babe, Fernando, don't wanna kiss don't wanna touch just smoke my cigarette and hush, don't call my name don't call my name, Roberto."

((This could represent the gay man/people calling out to a God (Alejandro, Fernando, Roberto in different religions Jesus, Allah, Krishna, Elohim) or God himself talking back to men but the church gets offended or sees it as a ridiculous attempt and wont comfort or help the gay man/people who is calling out)).

When Gaga sings "Stop, please just let me go, Alejandro, just let me go."

((Just replace "Alejandro" with "God/religion"))

When Gaga sings "You know that I love you boy hot like Mexico rejoice, at this point I gotta choose, nothing to lose."

((This represents the gay man/people expressing that at this point he's gotta choose between being himself/true love and God/religion/the church)).

When Gaga is eating the prayer beads.

((This represents religion being forced down on us)).

At the end when Gaga looks like she's having an orgy with all the men, its not that at all and its not that she's being raped either.

((This represents that the gay men all around her are stripping religion/the church off of them)).

At the end when there is a man sitting on a bed holding a gun with string holding him and Gaga (as a nun) dead on the bed.

((This represents the gay man/people that chose to ignore the bad views and opinions of the church. The church was pulling him around by strings)).

This ties back around to the beginning of the video, religion is dead in the coffin and Gaga holding the dead bloody heart.

Now watch the video again and you'll see how it makes sense