The song was written by Gaga expressly for the film in a collaboration that breaks the mold for the artist, and likely has the power to change many lives, including many in the gay, lesbian and queer communities.
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Feel free to watch Lady Gaga’s full music video below, but please be advised it contains graphic content. It also shows us that the damage inflicted by rape lasts long after the attack is over.
Lady Gaga has shared the video for “Till It Happens To You,” and it’s very intense.
The video is both chilling and handsome . Hardwicke is mostly known for directing the first “Twilight” movie. It interweaves several realistic but varied on-campus sexual assault scenarios, and features Nikki Reed and Dope’s Kiersey Clemons.
The brutality of these snapshot scenes are remarkably moving in the scariest and most sickening way possible.
The 29-year-old singer recorded the song for The Hunting Ground, a 2015 documentary about rape on college campuses in the USA , and dropped the video on Friday. The two are longtime collaborators, having worked together on the films Thirteen in 2003 and Twilight in 2008.
You can buy “Til It Happens to You” on iTunes and stream it on Spotify. “I was not myself”. It’s not all of the perpetrators being hauled out to prison (though they deserve it).
The final shot is of a woman standing alone in shadow in the background.
The emotional ballad belted out by Gaga is accompanied by a gut-wrenching depiction of young women raped by men from their own social circles, and their struggles to come to terms with the assault. Its ending reflects the women who have spoken out about being assaulted.
“After watching The Hunting Ground, I was inspired by the survivors who had the courage to tell their stories”, said Warren. 1 in 5 women in college are victims of sexual assault. At the beginning, there’s a trigger warning.
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Gaga and Hardwicke deserve props for creating such a powerful, visceral, and aesthetically striking PSA. I have family members who were victims of sexual assault.
