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It isn’t like Lady Gaga is starving for attention, but the eccentric pop songstress continues to take outlandish steps to keep everyone on their toes. The latest Gaga blip comes as news spreads that she’s hired fashion photographer Steven Klein to direct her latest music video. The “Alejandro” shoot will take an avant-garde approach to both fashion and music, debunking rumors from March that it would be a continuation of her Beyonce collaboration in “Telephone.”

Even without a video, “Alejandro” is getting major YouTube time thanks to her recent American Idol performance, which showcased her dancing skills but also her knack for drama. Gaga took to her Twitter page following the show after Idol cut off about a minute and a half from the performance; While the dramatic interpretative dance still lasted five minutes, Gaga was not happy, writing, “FOX POORLY + AMATEURLY edited + cut my performance/musical arrangement on idol [sic].” Still, Gaga managed to rock the house during the Thursday performance and the cut didn’t keep fans from buying <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);” href=”http://www.stubhub.com/lady-gaga-tickets/”>Lady Gaga tickets</a> from http://www.stubhub.com.

The new “Alejandro” video, as Gaga explains, will represent her lifestyle in a way only Klein can represent. The fashion director who has previously worked with Madonna understands “I am what I wear,” she said in a press statement. The video will take a cue from Gaga’s personal love of theater, music and art, as “Steven really knows and understands” her love for all three fields. “So we’re making a beautiful video, and I’m so excited.”

“Alejandro” is the third single from Gaga’s The Fame Monster, an eight-track November release that debuted fifth on Billboard’s 200 charts. The album follows her debut full-length, which continues to get support on her Monster Ball Tour, an event Gaga has deemed “more of a musical and less of a concert” to LiveDaily.

Even with all her eccentric tunes and costume, Lady Gaga is still Stefani Germanotta, the New Yorker who listened on repeat to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper via her tape recorder. Though today she might dress much more provocatively than she did when dancing atop restaurant tables with a breadstick in hand, Gaga’s unconventional persona has always remained constant. “I was always an entertainer,” she says on her website.

From her days dancing aside her Italian family to performing in underground hip-hop clubs on New York’s lower east side, Gaga’s name is now synonymous with serious theatrics. Apart from making headlines for her American Idol performance, Lady Gaga continues to keep fans interested with her recent Monster Ball Tour dates as she extends her summer tour through September.

The Monster Ball Tour will see Gaga mania in cities like Denver, Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Portland, Pittsburgh, Washington and Charlotte. When her first round of Madison Square Garden and Staples Center dates sold out in minutes, tour promoters added an extra date to each city. The theme, she revealed to Ryan Seacrest last year, follows Lady Gaga and her friends throughout the Big Apple as they head to the Monster Ball. See what is next for the “fame monster” herself, with Lady Gaga tickets today.

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