Lady Gaga ‘G.U.Y.’ Music Video with ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Stars and More!

Lady Gaga’s new music video, G.U.Y. (Girl Under You) has had its world premiere on NBC’s ‘Dateline’ and is now online, featuring cast members of ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ and much, much more to see in what is dubbed an ARTPOP film.

Lady Gaga has chosen an unusual venue to premiere her new music video and an unusual time; Saturday night edition of NBC’s Dateline. It follows her live television interview and exclusive sneak peek of the video on NBC’s Today Show in which she spoke with co-anchor Savannah Guthrie about the video and much more, including the controversial SXSW vomit performance that, for better or worse (many would say the latter) has entered our pop culture ethos.

With this broadcast television fanfare, G.U.Y. has arrived; it is among the songs from Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP album. And we must keep in mind it is an acronym Girl Under You, as she sings, “I want to be that G.U.Y. / Girl Under You.” How much the acronym will proliferate remains to be seen. The music video was shot on location at the legendary Hearst Castle mansion and has some unlikely costars as well; cast members of Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’ namely Yolanda Foster, Carlton Gebbia, Kyle Richards, Kim Richards and Lisa Vanderpump. They are not mere cameos appearing as themselves, mind you; complete with musical instruments — guitar, cello and tambourine and even a harp — they portray members of Lady Gaga’s band!

With this crossover to reality television there is extravagance and excess, evoking Aphrodite and ancient Greece, with a decidedly contemporary edge — male and female backup dancers scantily clad. And of course, as we come to expect from Lady Gaga there are quite a number of imaginative costumes, some more daring than others, and throughout she is rocking that ultra-long straight white wig. And in the midst of it, those familiar with the movies of the late legendary Esther Williams who brought her signature synchronized swimming to the Technicolor big screen in the 1940s and 1950s will see Lady Gaga’s homage at the very same opulent pool that that was of ‘Million Dollar Mermaid’ and other classics.

At this point, all eyes are on the new video .G.U.Y. which arrives in the absence of the previously anticipated — and perhaps never to be seen? — music video for her single ‘Do What U Want,’ a collaboration with R. Kelly. The song and a few of the performances of same brought about some controversy and so too we would have imagined the music video reportedly directed by Terry Richardson, lately of Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ music video fame.

But yes, we have opulence, we have excess, we have the RHOBH, and we have Lady Gaga doing what she does best, living in the costumed world that she says is her art. The full 11-minute music video is below!