The singer bids farewell to her lovers over mid-tempo synth-pop music with a Europop beat. Contemporary critics predominantly gave "Alejandro" positive reviews and noted that it takes influence from the pop acts ABBA and Ace of Base. The song charted in the United Kingdom and Hungary due to digital sales following the album's release. 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. 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 music video was controversial and received mixed reviews. 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". Gaga co-wrote and co-produced "Alejandro" with RedOne. The words are slurred in Gaga's vocal delivery while the composition consists of an uplifting melody. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.
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The meaning of the song is multi-layered. The video's director, fashion photographer Steven Klein, told MTV he considered it a tale about, "The pain of living without your true love. In the case of "Alejandro," that monster was the "fear of men. Gaga has claimed that the song specifically references three "boyfriends": Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, represented by the name Alejandro; producer Fernando Garibay, using his actual first name; and producer and former collaborator Rob Fusari, represented by the name Roberto. McQueen committed suicide just two months before the release of "Alejandro" as a single.
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Living in an interfaith, marriage can be hell. I love this post and this perspective. I'm trying to maintain my own professional goals which he is very supportive of but I'm quickly realising that in order for us to have some quality time together, something has got to give Currently he abroad at yet another conference. Then she took a vacation to Utah and in her letter to me she stated that she had seen the Temple, and I never heard from her again. I do hope I'm able to make the necessary sacrifices to make my marriage work.
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