Lady Gaga launches new video for Born This Way

Lady Gaga’s newest music video, Born This Way, debuted yesterday (February 28) and has already accumulated almost three million views.

The sci-fi inspired video begins with an opening sequence that is over two minutes in length, bringing the video’s total time to more than seven minutes.

"This is the manifesto of mother monster," opens the video in a voiceover, while dramatic music swells in the background. Gaga’s voiceover continues to explain the sequence of images, which resembles an epic science fiction movie.

"The song is very meaningful to me, so I wanted to make something that would really show what was going on in my head when I wrote ‘Born This Way,’" Gaga told BBC Radio 1.

"It’s the story about the birth of a new race," she explained. "A race that bears no prejudice and a race that’s primary sort of ambition in life is to inspire unity and togetherness."

The music video for Born This Way can be viewed online here.