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"G.U.Y." (an acronym for "girl under you") is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third studio album, ''Artpop'' (2013). The song was written and produced by Gaga and Zedd. It debuted on Italian radio as the album's third single on March 28, 2014. It was developed while Gaga was touring with Born This Way Ball, and was recorded a number of times for the final version. "G.U.Y." is an EDM track containing elements of industrial, contemporary R&B, and house music with its lyrics addressing a number of subjects like sexual dominance, submission, and gender roles. "G.U.Y." received mixed reviews from music critics, who complimented the composition of the track and Gaga's vocals, but criticized its lyrics and production. The song debuted on the record charts of a few countries, but failed to enter the top ten in most of them. In the United States, "G.U.Y." became Gaga's lowest charting single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 76. It reached the top ten on airplay charts of Bulgaria and Croatia, the ''Billboard'' Greek Digital Songs chart, and the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The music video for the song was shot at Hearst Castle, located near San Simeon. The video featured reality TV show actors like ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'', and works of artist Nathan Sawaya and YouTube's ''Minecraft'' developer SkyDoesMinecraft. Running for over 11 minutes, the video shows Gaga as a wounded fallen angel who is revived by her followers in a pool. Once rejuvenated, she takes revenge on the men who hunted her and replaces them with clones known as G.U.Y. The video received positive reviews for its visuals and its references to Greek mythology. Gaga has performed "G.U.Y." on her seven day residency shows at Roseland Ballroom in March 2014 and at ArtRave: The Artpop Ball; in both places she emulated the choreography from the music video on stage, and received positive critical response. ==Background and development== Development of Gaga's third studio album, ''Artpop'', began shortly after the release of her second one, ''Born This Way'' (2011), and by the following year, the record was already being recorded. "G.U.Y." was confirmed in an interview with ''Stylist'' magazine where Joanna McGarry asked Gaga about her views on feminism. Gaga told McGarry that the song is about new-age feminism which she wanted to explore, where being subordinate to a man is the transfer of strength.
On her social media website Littlemonsters.com, Gaga later corrected the song title, saying that it is actually "G.U.Y.", an acronym for "Girl Under You". She also revealed that the song was written and produced with musician Zedd, who had been touring with Gaga for her Born This Way Ball. Zedd had previously done a remix of her single "Marry the Night" for her remix album, ''Born This Way: The Remix'', and Gaga had contributed vocals on an alternate version of Zedd's track, "Stache". The musician told MTV News that they "both love nothing more than making music, so it was just kind of natural for us to just work on music". He also confirmed that around ten songs were composed with Gaga and was almost finished, although he was not sure which would be available on the final track list for ''Artpop''. By January 2013, Zedd clarified that due to their busy schedules it was difficult to complete the project and work progressed mainly during the tour. Talking to Sirius XM Radio in December 2013, where she gave an in-depth analysis of each song from the album, Gaga further expanded on the concept of new-wave feminism: "The record's all about being comfortable underneath, because you are strong enough to know that you don't have to be on top to know you're worth it," she concluded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G.U.Y.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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