![]() īiblical figure Mary Magdalene served as inspiration for the song. ![]() Gaga, however, took inspiration from Mary Magdalene, to whom she refers on social media as "the ultimate rockstar's girlfriend" she also said the song is "about living halfway between reality and fantasy". The song's title is an epithet that is mostly associated with Mary I of England and a ghostly figure in folklore and urban legends. NME described "Bloody Mary" as a "serene flipside" to "Judas", using another biblical character "to do much the same job". In the latter, Gaga assumes the role of Mary Magdalene, who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus. One of the record's main lyrical topic is religion several of the songs, such as " Judas"-the album's second single-and "Bloody Mary", make references to Christianity. On May 23, 2011, Lady Gaga released her second studio album, Born This Way. After being released as a single, the song charted in Europe and North America it reached the top 40 in several nations including Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and the top 20 in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Greece, and on the pop and hot adult contemporary radio formats in the United States. The following month, it was also sent to US pop and adult contemporary radios. This resulted in a large increase in plays of the song on Spotify, and "Bloody Mary" was sent to French and Italian radio as a single in December 2022, eleven years after the release of Born This Way. In 2022, following the release of the Netflix comedy horror series Wednesday, the titular character's dance and its fan recreations to the song went viral on video sharing service TikTok. English rock band the Horrors remixed "Bloody Mary" for Gaga's second remix album Born This Way: The Remix (2011). During the Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), she wore a bold red puffer coat and eye mask for the performance. Gaga's first live performance of the song was at her 2012–2013 Born This Way Ball concert tour, where she was seen "floating" above stage in a white outfit with two similarly dressed dancers. It is one of several tracks on the album with religious undertones.Ĭritical reception towards "Bloody Mary" was generally positive reviewers called it "gothic" and "spooky", and highlighted its productional values. Although the song's title is an epithet mostly associated with the English queen Mary Tudor, Gaga assumes the role of biblical figure Mary Magdalene in its lyrics, whom she considered a "feminine force" she had worshiped since her childhood in a Catholic girls school. "Bloody Mary" is an electropop song with elements of synth-pop and trance, and features Gregorian chants. Gaga, Fernando Garibay, and Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair wrote and produced it Clinton Sparks also received producer credit. ![]() " Bloody Mary" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga recorded for her second studio album Born This Way (2011).
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