Why MTV Banned Lady Gaga’s ‘LoveGame’

Lady Gaga ‘s “LoveGame” has some cheeky, sexual lyrics that bothered a lot of people when the song came out in 2009. In fact, the song’s music video was too hot for a branch of MTV . People who worked for the network explained why they banned the clip — and Gaga explained what she was thinking when she penned the song.

Lady Gaga’s ‘LoveGame’ was controversial in multiple countries The music video for “LoveGame” includes scenes of Gaga wearing nothing but jewelry and getting intimate with several people. According to a 2009 article from The National , MTV Arabia banned the clip. Samer al Marzouki, channel head of MTV Arabia explained the decision.

“We represent the young generation’s mentality and culture so we can’t play something that conflicts with that,” he said. “If they can’t watch something comfortably with their brother, sisters or friends then we will not play it.” al Marzouqi explained his network’s approach to controversial topics.

“Our policy to keep away as much as possible from sex, religion and politics unless it’s educational,” he said. “What we play in MTV represents the hits of the region and global hits.” MTV Arabia wasn’t the only MTV network to ban “LoveGame.

” MTV Australia did as well. Lady Gaga wrote the song in a place that isn’t very sexy While “LoveGame” was a controversial song, it was written in a pretty square palace: a library. The Washington Square News reports that Gaga revealed the origi.