Lady Gaga faces her “inner darkness” in the bloody, twisted and demonic video for ‘Disease’. In the visual for the acclaimed dark-pop anthem, a dishevelled (and seemingly possessed) version of the star is run down by a car in a suburban area by another Gaga variant, this one even more sinister and nefarious.
As the video progresses, more variants battle (and embrace) one another, before the main Gaga escapes and serves frenetic choreography as walls close in on her.
Reflecting on the meaning of the video, Gaga said: “I think a lot about the relationship I have with my own inner demons. It’s never been easy for me to face how I get seduced by chaos and turmoil.
It makes me feel claustrophobic. “‘Disease’ is about facing that fear, facing myself and my inner darkness, and realising that sometimes I can’t win or escape the parts of myself that scare me.