Critics complimented its idea and dark nature while the Catholic League criticized Gaga for alleged blasphemy, despite Klein dismissing the idea and claiming that the scene in question (the swallowing of Rosary beads) was Gaga's 'desire to take in the Holy'. The music video was controversial and received mixed reviews. Within the video, Gaga dances with a group of soldiers in a cabaret, interspersed with scenes of Gaga as a nun swallowing a rosary and near-naked men holding machine guns. The accompanying music video was directed by fashion photographer Steven Klein and inspired by Gaga's love for her gay friends and admiration of gay love. 'Alejandro' became Gaga's seventh successive single to reach the top-ten of the US Billboard Hot 100.

Upon release, 'Alejandro' charted again in the United Kingdom as well as in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States while topping the Czech, Finnish, Mexican, Venezuelan, Polish, Russian, Bulgarian, and Romanian charts. The song charted in the United Kingdom and Hungary due to digital sales following the album's release. Contemporary critics predominantly gave 'Alejandro' positive reviews and noted that it takes influence from the pop acts ABBA, Ace of Base and Madonna. The video is described by Gaga as a celebration and an admiration of gay love-it confesses my envy of the courage and bravery they require to be together. Musically, it is a mid-tempo synth-pop song with a Europop beat. Co-written and produced by herself and Nadir 'RedOne' Khayat, the song was inspired by her 'Fear of Men Monster', and the lyrics portray Gaga bidding farewell to her lovers. It was released as the third single from her third extended play (EP) The Fame Monster (2009). The pack can be purchased for 12.99 or songs can be individually purchased for 1.99 each. She subsequently appears dressed in a white hooded robe, reminiscent of Joan of Arc, with her dancers, interspersed with a shot of her as the nun, consuming a set of rosary beads.'Alejandro' is a song by American singer Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga Music Pack is a DLC album released on December 9th, 2021. Gaga is then seen as the character Sally Bowles from Cabaret, dancing and simulating sex acts with three men on a stage with twin beds surrounded by spotlights, all wearing nothing but underwear, inter-cut with shots of Gaga lying on a larger bed dressed in a red latex nun outfit. When the lyrics begin, she sits on a throne wearing an elaborate headpiece and binocular-like eyepieces, with a smoking pipe in her hand, watching her dancers perform a rigorous routine in the snow. As the intro of the song begins, Gaga is shown leading a funeral procession, carrying the Sacred Heart on a pillow. The scene then cuts to male dancers performing elaborate choreography while marching forward with a Star of David.

The video begins with soldiers in black leather uniforms in a cabaret with a close-up of a soldier passed out in female fishnet stockings and heels as another lone soldier stares into the distance.

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