‘Betrayed’ Gaga sorry for video delay
Lady Gaga has apologised to fans for the delay of the release of her new music video Do What U Want, saying that she has been "betrayed" and "gravely mismanaged".
Do What U Want, featuring R Kelly, is the latest single off her most recent album ARTPOP, with the music video – directed by photographer Terry Richardson, who recently helmed Miley Cyrus’s record-breaking Wrecking Ball video – due to drop last month.
However, after the expected release date came and went, Gaga penned an open letter to her fans, saying: "[Do What U Want] is late because, just like with the Applause video unfortunately, I was given a week to plan and execute it.
"It is very devastating for someone like me, I devote every moment of my life to creating fantasies for you.
"All my my most successful videos were planned over a period of time when I was rested and my creativity was honored.
"Those who have betrayed me gravely mismanaged my time and health and left me on my own to damage control any problems that ensued as a result.
"Millions of dollars are not enough for some people. They want billions. Then they need trillions. I was not enough for some people. They wanted more."
She also made reference to the surgery she underwent on her hip in February last year, which forced her to cancel a string of her Born This Way Ball tour.
"I am very grateful to the photographers and designers who have always stood by me to make sure my fans are never aware of the things that happen behind the scenes, but unfortunately after my surgery I was too sick, too tired, and too sad to control the damage on my own. My label was not aware that this was going on."
She promised fans that they can expect great things from her most recent album ARTPOP, which was released late last year.
"The next few months of ARTPOP will truly be its beginning. Because those who did not care about ARTPOP’s success are now gone, and the dreams I have been planning can now come to fruition.
"Please forgive me that I did not foresee this coming, I never thought after all the years of hard work that those I called friends and partners would ever care so little at a time I needed them the most.
"Give me a chance to show you the meaning of seeing art all around you. Open your hearts to me again that I may show you the joy of us coming together through our talents, that we are stronger as a unit than when we are alone. Let me be for you the Goddess that I know I truly am, let me show you the visions that have been in my mind for two years. I love you. Forgive me monsters. Forgive me ARTPOP. You are my whole world," she concluded.
In the meantime, Gaga has released an official studio version of the song, featuring Christina Aguilera. Listen to it below:
