Symbolism in Lady Gaga & Beyonce's Video "Telephone"

I recently watched the video (with the sound off, the song annoys me) and saw a ton of things that I had to capture them all and point them out. This is one of the videos with the heaviest use of the one-eye imagery of Horus (Eye of Horus, dajjal, wadjet, wedjat) . I couldn't catch every single thing. I'm sure others will. For instance, I left out the poisoning theme of Lady Gaga and the skull and cross bones and bee symbolism. I'm also not going into the symbolism of the entire video. I don't do that because it's very subjective and could throw off the blatant symbols if wrong.

Onto the video captures (click for somewhat larger image):

In this clip one can faintly see the faux beauty mark under her right eye that is the beginning of the emphasis on one eye. It also introduces the constant theme of black and white clothing that's in this particular sequence of the video. It's convenient because of the prison environment (i.e. fashionably representing the stripes in various ways) but there is no doubt in my mind that it references the Masonic and occult obsession with duality.

Here Lady Gaga is draped in chains. Like the constant black/white imagery, it fits the prison theme. However, is it revealing something deeper, perhaps the tradition of the one-eyed Dajjal being chained? Even Loki in the Norse tradition was also chained (albeit with the intestines of his children, but similar concept).

Flashing of a triangle that has no valid reason to be there. Also it's diamond studded, which is common in videos.

That is a tattoo of the infamous demon Beelzebub. Lady Gaga eventually kisses that woman.

Closer shot of the earlier subtle emphasis on one eye (in a different outfit).

More of the one eye.

The a-okay symbol, that some believe to represent 666, but that I personally believe to be the Eye of the Moon aka Wadjet, the counterpart to Horus both with his own eyes and also attributed to the serpent goddess of the same name. It fits the obsession with duality.

Eye of Horus. again. Also, could argue the triangles present in the hat, though some may say it comes from the practicality of turning a phone into a hat. Also, it's a shade of blue. Blue is the color of Horus and also of the Norse one-eyed god Odin (though hard to imagine Odin with such a bright shade, his blue is more along the lines of her eye shadow).

Eye of Horus and the a-okay signs. Could argue that although the yellow is reminiscent of the police tape, it's also like the golden light typically around the Eye of Horus used by Freemasons.

Still more of the one eye imagery.


Now here's Beyonce giving tribute to the Eye of Horus and Wadjet with the a-okay sign, and even hand awkwardly bent into a partial triangle and her other eye emphasized by a star. Not captured is Lady Gaga with a big star under her eye. I couldn't catch it clear enough but it's the usual one eye obsession.

Here Lady Gaga is actually in blue (it's not lighting shining on white) and Beyonce is in black. That's a rather odd combination because white would be preferred although the blue matches with the yellow and Gaga's eyeshadow. But again, Horus' color is blue, just like Odin. The black could represent the occult concept of Set or Loki even though their primary color is red (remember, they are the counterpart to Horus and Odin).

The one eye thing never gets old for Lady Gaga, I suppose.


This clip is actually the reason I even bother with the blue/black symbolism. Here they are joining hands, joining the blue and the black in sisterhood. Well blue of Odin and the black of Loki were joined (by blood) into brotherhood. Horus and Set have a similar tradition later on in regards to rulers.