G.U.Y.

It's about gender roles.

Gaga is the girl and would therefore be seen as submissive/weaker during sex, but instead she is claiming the male identity in the bedroom. "I'm gonna wear the tie, I want the power to leave you." Clearly, she is the dominant one.

On the other hand, her boyfriend would traditionally be viewed as the one calling the shots, being on top, more sexually aggressive, etc. However, Gaga refers to him in the song as a "G.I.R.L. = guy in romantic love" while she is the "G.U.Y. = girl under you."

Additionally, because this is a song on ARTPOP (which is all about marrying art with pop culture), Gaga blends her art with social media by mixing her love life with her public life during the chorus:

“Touch me, touch me, don't be sweet" (art, if she's role playing as Venus, Eros, or Himeros)

“Love me, love me, please retweet” (pop culture, as she directly references twitter)

So yeah, it's mainly about breaking free from gender roles but it still carries over the idea of combining art and pop that is present throughout the entire album.

I think this song is talking about a strong woman not being intimidated by a man that takes the "active" position. She's in and feels in control, even if the man is on top of her.

It's "Greetings from Eros".

To me, the song refers to her wanting to take on the role of Eros at first--who has been interpreted as a bisexual god, not simply one-side-or-the-other--Gaga wants to shed wooden ideas and embrace her 'self' that isn't represented. I'll start off at this point because it sets the tone for the rest of the meaning to me. "I wanna be that guy." "Gee; you--why?" The comment she receives from Gaga's partner completely disregards her. The girl doesn't believe in transgender people, in transformation, is just closed-minded/superficial about it. Likely a surprise for Gaga, it shows the partner having some level of understanding, but not being willing to accept Gaga fully for the person she is. The partner plays along with what Gaga's shared, and allows Gaga to treat her as a man would, though she's still superficially oriented toward Gaga/is into experimenting, etc. Gaga still feels masculine, still thinks masculine. Maybe it was a role she played once, but Eros is seeping/seeped into her. "I’m in charge like a G.U.Y; I'll lay down face up this time, under you like a G.U.Y." The problem is, her partner's words are stuck in her head. "Gee, you--why?" and Gaga can't shake this. Attacked from the same side, Gaga realizes she's stuck in her form; her role. But subconsciously she resists, or the masculine feelings permeate through still. "I'm gonna wear the towel; the power to leave you" comes out of wanting to resist her partner who doesn't accept or understand fully. Gaga wants to do what she's wanted to but has been unable to do--maybe even what guys have done to her in the past--but because she's trapped, she realizes she wants to leave her partner, 'like a G.U.Y.' would do. She's caught between loving women and wanting them to treat her like a man in ways, but can't progress any further because she is a woman and her partners whom she looks to for understanding instead fail her. So she inadvertently understands the underhanded, lower-form of male; just as broken as the men she pushes away from. "I wanna be that guy (G.U.Y.) I'll wreck you right up guy (G.U.Y.)"

If this isn't the way she intended it, it's the meaning that comes across for me. The tragedy of being transgender. Not a Tomboy--a girl who likes guys and hangs out with them, etc--but the girl who was born a girl yet feels they should have been made male, who pushes down her true feelings and ideas because she believes transformation isn't possible for her.

My interpretation of this song is that she's saying how she knows the guy she's with doesn't want her for her body and sex, he appreciates her for who she is and respects her. For example: I don’t need to be on top To know what it does, I'm strong enough to know the truth.

I think this song is about her experimenting with women, and the sexual identity she has created with another woman (or women). Society always puts constraints into lesbian sex, as to who is the guy, and who is the girl. I think by saying she wants to be your G.U.Y. (girl under you) she is playing with the idea of being the submissive one (girl), but still being dominant enough (she's strong enough to know the truth) to be a "guy".

That has been my take on the song since the first time I heard it, and based off Venus, and other songs on this album, I'd say the interpretation is at least somewhat close to her intention. It's definitely a sexual song, no doubt about that! Also one of my favorites on the album.

Did nobody realize about the gay roles references in the song? Really? I mean, look at the bridge, it's like if she's saying that she doesn't need to be the top on the lesbian relation to feel potent. It's a "third wave feminism" that talks about how a woman can be the bottom in both straight and gay relationship but she still knows that she worth it. Just because you're the submissive one doesn't mean you don't deserve some respect. Also, she renew the meaning of "guy", putting it aside as a synom of "boy" and taking it as the girl who is worth it. Greetings from a bottom. X

Not only do I think this song is about the obvious, her being just as strong as the man in the relationship and all, I also think this is some great commentary and gender and patriarchal culture. If you watch her video, you can see famous figures such as Michael Jackson, Ghandi, Jesus. She wants to be just as famous and important as these influential men were. In another scene in the video you can see them taking blood from these people and injecting them into Gaga. This is great social commentary in my opinion. Her songs and videos definitely have more layers and meaning than most think.

No meaning can be discerned from this.

The lyric is "Please retweet".

I think this song is about how she wants to run the relationship. She is tired of getting hurt and played with by this man. She wants to turn the tables on him so he can be the girl and get hurt. Its kind of like that ciara song about being the boy but its lady gaga version lol