Lady Gaga and Beyonce‘s new “Telephone” video has gotten mixed reviews since its premiere late Thursday night. Some believe it’s “epic” while others believe the hype around it was considerably higher than how good the video actually was.

Well, Lady Gaga recently hit up a couple radio stations to clarify some things in the video; from the “acting” on both her and Beyonce’s part, to the number of product placements that lined the video. After listening to these, we can definitely say that no one puts as much thought into a video like Gaga does and it looks like she’ll be sticking around in this here music biz!

Lady Gaga talks to JJ at Z100

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Click here to listen to Gaga speak with Carson Daly on 97.1 AMP Radio. Also, there’s the shorter version of the video that you will see on television. We actually like it better than the original 9-minute version. Continue reading to check it out!