From Mind Control to Superstardom: The Meaning of Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night”
By VC | December 18th, 2011 | Category: Music Business | 404 commentsThe music video “Marry the Night” tells the story of Lady Gaga’s rise to fame in the entertainment industry. Oddly enough, her “journey” begins with her describing the symptoms of a trauma-based mind control victim. Is there a deeper meaning to this video? We’ll look at the symbolism of “Marry the Night” and its underlying occult meaning.
Lady Gaga generated a great buzz among her fans when she announced that the video to Marry the Night would reveal a part of her past. Did her fans expect the video to begin with a traumatized Gaga inside a psychiatric ward with a bunch of lobotomized girls? Probably not. But from that strange starting point, the video proceeds to depict Gaga’s rise to super-stardom. How does all of that tie in together? To most, this doesn’t really make any sense. However, to those who understand the relation between trauma-based mind control and the entertainment industry, it makes perfect sense. While many of her previous videos referred to mind control in subtle and symbolic ways (see previous articles on Vigilant Citizen), Marry the Night takes it a step further, pretty much spelling it out. At the very start of the video, Gaga’s monologue defines in unequivocal terms the plight of a mind control victim. Despite her hardships, she says, she is determined to make it in the music business and is ready to do whatever it takes to reach her goal. She therefore “marries the night”, an expression that has a profound meaning.
The video is Lady Gaga’s directorial debut and, according MTV.com it is basically a “big thank you” to Interscope Records – the record label that signed her. This is definitely true but the video also says thanks to those behind her record label: the “Night” that she married. Let’s look at the video’s most important scenes.
In the Psychiatric Ward
The intro of the video shows Gaga as the patient of some kind of psychiatric ward. While laying on a stretcher that is pushed by two nurses, Gaga describes the way she perceives reality. Affected by a violent trauma, Gaga escapes into her own world to be able to go on. The mental dissociation that is described by Gaga is in direct accordance with the purpose of trauma-based mind control, the basis of Monarch Programming (see the article Origins and Techniques of Monarch Mind Control for more information). Monarch programming uses various methods, including violence, drugs and abuse to induce violent trauma and cause the victim to dissociate – a natural defense mechanism of the brain. The fracture of the personality that results from the process is then exploited by the mind-control handlers to program within the subject’s mind new “alter” personalities. This is also described in Marry the Night, as Gaga creates a new persona to obtain superstardom.
The process also causes the victims to have huge memory gaps when recollecting the past. In during the intro of the video, Gaga describes how a victim of Monarch programming would perceive reality:
“When I look back on my life, it’s not that I don’t want to see things exactly as they happen, it’s just that I prefer to remember them in an artistic way. And truthfully, the lie of it all is much more honest, because I invented it. Clinical psychology arguably tells us that trauma is the ultimate killer. Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. They can be lost forever. It sort of like my past is an unfinished painting and, as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again. Its not that I’ve been dishonest, it’s just that I loathe reality.”
Gaga basically says that she went through trauma that was so horrific that it caused her to dissociate from reality. Since she cannot cope with the true nature of her existence, her psyche has “filled in all the ugly holes” and created an inner-world where she can escape and survive mentally. This is exactly what happens with MK slaves, who, while dissociated into their fantasy world, get programmed by their handlers. Gaga then proceeds to describe how her dissociated mind perceives her surroundings.
The nurses wear their caps in a "stylish" way because we are seeing Gaga's dissociated perception of reality
In Gaga’s reality, the nurses are wearing “next season Calvin Klein” and she is wearing Giuseppe Zanotti shoes. Also, the nurses’ caps are tilted to the side like Parisian berets because she thinks “it’s romantic”. So what we are seeing is not reality, but Gaga’s perception of reality that has been distorted by trauma. Since she loves fashion, the fashion world is integrated in her mental escape to make reality bearable. The premise of this scene is very similar to the movie Sucker Punch (analyzed in the article entitled “Sucker Punch” or How to Make Monarch Mind Control Sexy), where a young patient of a psychiatric hospital dissociates from reality before getting a lobotomy.
Lobotomies also appear to be happening in Gaga’s ward. As she arrives in her room, we notice that it is filled with brain-dead girls with bandages around their heads. This hints that Gaga’s “institution” deals with mind control-related stuff.
On her bed, Gaga speaks with a nurse – who also happened to have delivered her when she was born. This is rather odd (for many reasons) but confirms that Gaga’s existence has been under tight control since her youth. Is this bit part “autobiographical” or fiction? Hard to say.
Something happened to her back
When Gaga turns around, her back reveals that something awful happened to her. The nurse tells her “No intimacy for two weeks”, which hints to the fact that the trauma might of been of a sexual origin. She nevertheless tells the nurse that “she’ll make it” and that “she’ll be a star” because she has “nothing left to lose”. In other words, the trauma she suffered left her lost and empty but that hole can be filled by her two obsessions: fame and success.
The Metamorphosis
After the depressing hospital scene, Gaga is in her apartment when she gets a phone call from her manager announcing that she’s been dropped by her label. She replies “But I’m an artist!”, as if artistic integrity is the top priority of record labels. She then loses it and goes into a topless frenzy involving Cheerios and smudged makeup. The messy scene is juxtaposed with images of Gaga gracefully dancing ballet – as a “true artist”. The two scenes are diametrically opposed yet have noticeable similarities. The ballet scene ends with Gaga topless and crying, indicating that both scenes happen at the same time: One in real life and one in her head.
Gaga topless and crying, like in the apartment scene. This represents how Gaga perceives herself, yet she is rejected by her label.
In the next scene, Gaga is in the the tub, accomplishing a significant task: Dying her hair blonde. Her new alter-persona is being created, the one that will become a pop star.
The transformation from Stefani Germanotta to the alter Lady Gaga symbolized by the dying of her hair blonde. She is beginning to do what is needed to make it in the entertainment industry - A shallow alter-ego that will do what is required by record labels. While she's doing this, she's humming "Marry the Night", something she is actually beginning to accomplish here.
Once the transformation is complete, Gaga says goodbye to her ballet company (were they the ones that were lobotomized earlier?). The “true artist” is gone and the superficial diva is born. The camera stays on the art of the room for several seconds, probably due to its symbolic meaning. (the scene was shot at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in NY).
As the camera pans, we see several interesting things. At the top of this shot is Poseidon, the king of Atlantis with his trademark pitchfork. Although he was probably painted there because the shooting location is a harbor (a nautical place), the god takes another meaning in the context of the video: Poseidon is an important figure in the occult elite's mythology as he is the king of Atlantis, the place where the Mysteries have originated from. Under Poseidon is a lighted star similar to the Blazing star found in Masonic lodges. Underneath the star is written "The Cross is My Anchor" - a Christian saying - but in reverse. I am pretty that the phrase is not actually written in reverse in Snug Harbor. Why was the image flipped? Does this represent Gaga's spiritual shift as she "Marries the Night"?
The camera then pans to the room’s oculus (a circular window at the apex of a dome) with a sun as the pupil of the “eye”. The oculus transitions into a full moon. As the scene turns from day to night, Stefani disappears and Lady Gaga emerges.
Marrying the Night
Most music sites say that Marry the Night is about going out, partying and having fun in New York city. But, as it is often the case with Gaga’s works, the symbolism and the imagery of the video hints at a deeper, more ritualistic meaning. As we have seen above, Gaga is passionately fueled by her drive for success and she appears to realize that the key to make it in the industry is: Initiation. Or, in more sinister terms, selling one’s soul.
In the context of the video, the expression “marry the night“ takes an almost metaphysical connotation. Marriage is a religious ritual, a binding association between two people. What does it mean when one marries the night? It can mean associating with people who deal in the dark: the occult elite (those we call the Illuminati). It can also signify embracing one’s own flaws and “dark side”. In all cases, there is a definite sense of “rebirth” in the process. And, that’s what we see: A blond Lady Gaga (the alter of Stefani Germanotta) emerges from a Trans-Am dressed in black.
Gaga then goes to “Pop Star Training”. No more ballet, it’s all about doing cool, hip, music video choreography now.
"Yeah, that's how you need to dance if you want to be on MTV. Go back there and keep doing it".
Once her training is complete, Gaga is ready for the “big time”. She becomes a glamorous diva and dances what is almost a parody of MTV music videos.
With her cool shades and fashionable backup dancers, Gaga now has what it takes to be a product of the music industry.
We are then treated to a video montage of Gaga living the highs and lows of stardom, complete with gigantic hats, bathroom stall door slamming action and emotionally instability. However, all of this crap pays off: Gaga gets signed to record label.
When you "Marry the Night" (or sell your soul), the doors of the music business magically open. Gaga gets an appointment with Interscope Records.
The video ends with an odd and ominous scene:
In this fiery scene Gaga is dressed in red - the color symbolic of sacrifice and initiation. She is wearing a Paco Rabane hat that is fashionable and symbolic: it completely hides her head. It is owned by the Night now.
Gaga’s live performance on X Factor also exploited the theme of headless-ness in a rather graphic way.
The setting of Gaga's performance on X Factor emphasizes on the underlying occult meaning of the song. The full moon, the torches and the religious imagery play on the spiritual significance of "marrying the night". Gaga began the song with her head literally chopped off, a perfect way to describe what figuratively happens to industry pawns.
In Conclusion
Although many describe Marry the Night as a “new direction” for Lady Gaga, the video still exploits her favorite theme: The price of fame. The intro of the video is basically a introductory course in trauma-based mind control, where she describes how dissociating allows her to cope with reality. As the artistic brunette turns into a blonde diva, the Lady Gaga alter-ego is created, one that will do what is required to make it in the music business. The most important requirement is “marrying the night”, which is a poetic way of saying “selling one’s soul” and associating with the dark side. Gaga had to deny everything she previously was to become a brand new person. Therefore, beneath the fashion and the dancing, the video hides an underlying ritualistic theme, as the death of a ballet dancer gives birth to an MTV pop star. From the broken girl who had nothing to lose to international superstar, it took a marriage with the dark side to turn things around. But at what cost? The final scene of the video, complete with hellish fire and a sacrificial red dress tells volumes.
In the grand scheme of things, despite her apparent originality, Gaga brings to the youth a message that is very similar to other pop stars: “Mind control is cool, everyone is doing it” and “Submit to the dark side and you’ll get what you want”. But when things get scary and the night becomes an abusive husband, asking for divorce won’t be an option. Ask Princess Diana.
People these days would just do anything for fame even if it means giving themselves to the dark side.
Lady Gaga a.k.a A Gag is definitely a perfect example of how one would “Make a Deal with the Devil”
The symbols in all her music videos just explain everything which many can’t recognize because its staring right at them in the face but they just can’t decipher the meaning of it.
Wonderful article VC you always keeping me vigilant all throughout
The illuminate are all part of the Saturnian religion which has been perceived by the catholic church. This ancient religion steams from Babylon, they worship the Sun God and his star saturn. It is no hidden secret, symbols are not a mystery if you understand this religion and the concept behind it.
King Solomon also practiced certain rituals steaming from this religion, the mason’s and elite have adapted Kings Solomon’s keys to draw energy from the Sun God (satan) this can be done through symbols and mathematic equations. The reason why god forbids dark magic is that no one has the strength to control what comes through it usually ends up controlling them as they know so little about the demons, the only person that could ever control these fallen angels was solomon who summoned them with the help of Michael the archangel, Solomon casted the demons into the dessert.
When jesus ventured into the desert the demons (fallen angels) tormented him but he was too strong for them, so when they failed the devil himself came before jesus and tried and failed. If you look into Aleister Crowley he too ventured into the desert to summon the devil and fallen angels through an ancient ritual which comes from Solomon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia
This is by far the best translation of the song’s real meaning. Now I get it 100%! This is now my favorite website! A real eye-opener and really liberating! Thank you so much.
Vigilant you see Gaga as an artist who is expressing the story of one who has made it in this industry. The illuminated are not famous. Just cause a person will sing and dance to a tune in order to rake in the bucks–doesn’t mean they are illuminated. Gaga is not talking about her career because in my view–gaga doesn’t have much to do with the content of her own work. THAT is what a puppet is. Don’t go calling Gaga a puppet in one case and accuse her of revealing a hidden truth about HER experience in another case. Either she is a puppet OR she is an artist.
can you anilyze her “Judas” video?
The video is viewed by the public as a bloated, self indulgent, mess so it’s likely the video’s true meaning got lost in translation. She reveals the truth about her and it ends up being the biggest flop of her career.
people see gaga as a “unique” artist with “talent”
when in reality she is just used and makes herself look like a fool
I don’t understand why she gets away with it all, she is a sick person.
imagen what else she does in private, if she shows horrible things in her performances, can you imagine what goes on in their gatherings.
they think they run things but in the end god will come and they will be suffer for their poor decisions.
we need to stand up and let people know, i tell people all the time about this website and ive changed so many peoples thoughts about this, lets all unite and stand up for what many are afraid of saying!
marry the night its seems like talking about devil or sending a crystal clear massage to the youth that submit to the dark and you will get what ever you want just like lady gaga,s other previous singles its look like she is trying to thank some one in this video a some one who is trying to help her washed the youth,s brain that,s what the dark force i mean (IL) is trying to do but i thank to this very very very good & helpfull site for leading us to the brightest way but after reading every single article of lady gaga,s singels on this site i am now a vigilant citizen (tahnkyou) vigilant citizen your new fan abrar hussain from pakistan
Hey,reading your articles has really opened my eyes about what kind of world we’re living in.It’s absolutely astonishing!We have a very corrupt society…
She also always mentions in interviews that she lives half way between reality and fantasy. This also is a sign of mind control. She also says to her fans that we should love the bad or ugly things about ourselves. Maybe thats how she copes with her life, if she submits to the evil side they are trying to make her, it would be much easier to live her life then to constantly try to resist them because she knows she cant turn back on them otherwise they will kill her or her family. I also noticed that shes afraid to die because of fame. she says “on these flashing lights i pray the fame won’t take my life.” i also fear (as a fan) like what if they kill her when shes 27? like amy winehouse? then that means she only has 1 year and a couple of months to go. hope nothing like that will happen.
Amy Winehouse killed herself by abusing her body (living in the UK we got constant dribble day by day on her antics). The difference with Amy and GaGa is Amy really was a lost soul trying to find some peace, GaGa is a lost soul catcher – think of the pied piper – theres your answer.
So whats with the upside down triangle hair?
you forgot to add the part when she puts the cd into the car and the “eye” is tattooed on her wrist
“When you get older and wiser, being delusional tends to not be so great for you. But as an artist, I think delusion is the greatest gift that you can bare. How much can you get away with? How delusional can I really be?” Come on people, this is so blantantly obvious. She is stating she is delusional, or mind-controlled.
I guess we’ll never know the whole truth of Gaga, but you have to admit, this video is not sexy. She said that she was going to say the truth in this video like she never has before. And she did. Was it easy? no. Was it brave? yes. She clearly showed everyone in the world what she went through. And for those who think that shes trying to make mind control look “cool”. it obviously is NOT cool. This song is a pop song, but the lyrics and the music is sad. There are no lies in it.
I genuinely feel REALLY sorry for Stefani. God please help her. And why aren’t her parents trying to help her? They are the closest to her! They need to save her!
The thing that sickens me most about Gaga is the fact that she actively tries to become God, or some kind f superior spirirtual entity. She is essentially talentless and she only gets anywhere by use of shock and awe. She appears fearless to most viewers/listeners, and that may be appealing to them as well. I just don’t understand why her “followers” feel the same sense of fearlessness when it comes to idolizing the woman. She obviously promotes nothing light, nothing positive, and certainly nothing holy. I feel like listening to her or even looking at her only makes me vulnerable to the same evil force.
Heres a link to one of lady gaga’s show interlude….
Called “Manifesto Of Little Monsters”
Everyone should check this out its one of the creepiest videos shes ever done…and so symbolic.
shes wearing a mickey mouse mask, wearing a lot of mask and making wierd gestures.
Even to one particular scene where her eyes roll back as if she got possesed..
its disturbing but heres more proof shes into the illuminati.
(I HOPE VC would cover this video and some of her other interludes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QiIqlNXKI&feature=related
weird
Really????seriously??? Why are u guys making such a big deal about this ? I’m a Christian and I LOVE lady gaga , she so talented and kind hearted and always try to make things better. I admit some of her creations are pretty odd but why people have to go to the extreme and say she worships the devil >.> she is fricken awesome. FOR ALL THE FELLOW CHRISTIANS THAT THINKS SHES “evil” *rolls eyes* , God loves LADY GAGA and I (I as in us ) with no end, everyone has a purpose and GOD MADE US WHO WE ARE, if ur a Christian who thinks she’s evil , aren’t u contradicting ur selves ? Seriously if u forgot that we are made in his image, then I think u better drop that bible in the nearest church and never go back.i mean , if u can’t accept people for who they are in this world , how u ganna get along with them when we go to the next one? Surely it wont be called “heaven” no more xD lol
Sorry. I agree with your stuff to a certain extent but you take a lot too far. You got 95 % of this video wrong. She did not sell her soul to the devil, if anything…she sold out to what the record companies wanted at first. A superficial celeb. Notice how she unbelievably superficial and shallow she was before being dropped and before joining interscope? There were eye symbols every 10 seconds in every video, for publicity. Interscope supports her vision completely, she calls all the shots now, she didn’t before. This video is an artistic rememberance of what happened that day. Not mind control making her lose touch with reality. I do believe the illuminati exists and that it has a certain amount of control over movie companies and record companies, ect. I do also believe that artists must submit to a certain amount of behavior in order to become famous, hence “selling your soul for fame” the devil has nothing to do with it. It’s irrelevant. Lady Gaga worships Jesus Christ and God, she speaks openly about it all the time.
Art is always occult-ish and filled with symbolism. Actually, everything is filled with symbolism. You can find a story in a pot of roses. Is there a conspiracy there? The flower symbolizes many things depending on the culture you grew up in. The internet symbolizes a global mushroom connecting all of us together. It’s pure chaos, man. My point is that the music video you take and break apart fulfills YOUR agenda, and fits your model of reality. The brain is a powerful instrument because it can create heavens and hells, and make patterns out of chaos (order out of chaos). YOUR ARE ALL OCCULTISTS – receiving signals via the brain and ordering it to fit your model of reality. There are hundreds of conspiracy theories, perhaps thousands. Of course, your premise is that the occult (which simply means “hidden”) is “evil.” Wait, let’s flip the word evil around. What does it say now? Read it backward. Is that a conspiracy?
The brain is powerful.
Of course, I don’t disagree that there are definite religious symbolism all over pop culture. If you want to find out who is behind it then look toward the people behind it. What kind of person are they, and what influenced the art that they create? Artists feel the need to express their subconscious (which is a primitive part of our brain that contains many elements, usually gods and goddesses – the masculine and feminine aspects of our psyche). This is expressed through art, and the medium for that can be anything. The conspiracy element of it is the fear that we are being controlled. There are brands everywhere coercing you to consume. It’s all about money, honey. Why do people want money (take for example, the very wealthy)? Because they want to live lavishly, and also consume. You see, we all want the same things. There are the suckers and the suckered. But the cosmic joke is that we are all suckers, constantly searching for fulfillment in this life, forgetting that we are a creator. We create heaven, hells, judgments, conspiracies, demons, labels, inventions, etc. The brain is powerful.
I know a girl like Gaga. She sees things in symbols, and expresses freely. Paints. When I look at her paintings I think, damn..this girl can really reveal our hidden archetypes.
I think that what gaga has showed in the video deserves applause instead of severe critism,alittle critism is always allowed though. In the video,she says she has nothing to loose and what would you do if you had nothing to loose? there is no way i can blame and start judging her for what she does. I mean if you look at life,you dont have much choice,you either marry the night or stay in your room alone with self pity which will take you nowhere. I guess if i was in her shoes,i would do the same,its a matter of putting yourself in someone’s shoes to really know and understand what they are going through instead of judging and going to conclusions without fully understanding the root cause of everything.
Peace
Great comment, I totally agree with you. It sure looks like a grown up vision to me
Can you explain why would she give so much information away when others are watching (like yourselves and me)… I can understand the mind control bit to the youngsters, but it seems strange that this is so blatant. Is the youth so dame sure of its self that its becoming untouchable ??
I see Rhianna is following the same path now – definity in the same mold
I’m not a Christian and I’m extremely concerned about what’s going on.
This “sex culture” propaganda is just the worst and more catchy thing to destroy the society, and in a hardly unreversible way. It’s now been going on for years, but in the last years it’s been just overwhelming, choking. Girls dressings like sluts and all they are able to do is posting their photos on Facebook while they do those “brainless” face posing shots. Nudity and pornography ever-more entering the daily stuff as if they were something acceptable. All of this sex talk, sex imagery, sex-blinking content or acting. Anyone feels more free to lose its substance as a person and becomes just like vacuum cattle. Going on like this, it will all end-up with a sheep of sex-addicts, sluts and wankers.
THAT is the problem. Even the people that say “Lady Gaga is vulgar” they don’t happen to recognise that this is actually a straight campaign to change the society in a different, beast-like way. The potential in music is terrible, now that it’s always matched to the video, it penetrates and just shows you how can you behave, and how you should behave to be ok for this era.
Moreover, for the very few ones that are possesed of a higher culture, they can also see that Lady Gaga is right spreading out what is a secular Satanic campaign to corrupt the masses, while the Church was conducting its own campaign to keep the masses apart from what would have corrupted them.
Most of people now talk about “sex” as if sex alone was an act of pleasure that they can perpetrate!
They don’t even know what they are, they don’t even know that sex is actually only the act for reproduction, and by nature you receive pleasure from it, otherwise you would not breed, and so would get extincted.
Doing sex not for reproduction is itself a thing that should be strongly punished, but ok.. if you’re so dull you can’t recognize it by yourself, at least you should shut up, not showing, not divulgating. Keep your stuff into decency.
Now it’s much more far, and the results are out everyday..
Debauchery comes from sexual behaviors but arrives to any other aspect of life. A debauched person is no more good for anything. It’s like having to deal with uneducated beasts.
But I’m twenty, and I don’t really want to have sons in a shitty dirt world like this.
Those kind of people destroy all that is pure, deep, and beautiful out there, and they blur it, they mock it. I can’t even imagine how void and grey are they inside, to not be able to inhale the deepest feelings and just laying their lifeless bodies for quick pleasure, fun, debauchery, nothingness.
Christendom is now so weak, almost dead, and the Church is a terminall ill person. In the Western world, I wonder who/what could stop this degeneration? I think none..
And for the few parts that once I read from the Bible, I’m now recognizing how wise were many passages, about temptation and “evil”, and about the spreading of evil to handle the people. It’s like it’s all out there.
Thing is the the Bible ends with the Apocalypse, but I don’t want to end like that; I’m alive!
The apocalypse means “revelation”, and not the end of the world. Just for you to know. I let you find out for yourself what truth or revelation it could mean. (I have my own opinion on the subject but people should find their own truth, so I won’t tell).
Lady Ga Ga is a disgrace to our country, she is working with the Devil and is trying to brain wash are young people. Time is running out people we need to be paying close attention to what are children are watching and who is influencing them. As adults we must beware of the wicked which are all around us. I know what happens in the end Biblically to all of them . I follow Jesus please follow him too.
On a more obvious level, the “night” represents the forces of Darkness. She’s admitting that she has chosen the side of evil by marrying the devil. Her arrogance reflects the arrogance of the conspiracy as a whole.
What if it was just what they want you to believe ? It is only symbols and words, come on ! You do not have to take it so literally, do you ?