--- title: Lady Gaga and R. Kelly "Do What U Want" Clip Leaked description: Terry Richardson directed the never-before-seen clip. canonical: https://time.com/2901179/lady-gaga-r-kelly-music-video/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-19T17:13:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:30.948Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Lady Gaga and R. Kelly "Do What U Want" Clip Leaked og:description: Terry Richardson directed the never-before-seen clip. og:url: https://time.com/2901179/lady-gaga-r-kelly-music-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte785a604b6f105f2/6986984e06f2c1fcbd32f88f/lady-gaga-r-kelly.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: R. Kelly, Lady Gaga og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga and R. Kelly "Do What U Want" Clip Leaked twitter:description: Terry Richardson directed the never-before-seen clip. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte785a604b6f105f2/6986984e06f2c1fcbd32f88f/lady-gaga-r-kelly.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Lady Gaga-R. Kelly Music Video Is As Terrible As You Thought it Would Be  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jun 19, 2014 5:13 PM UTC  R. Kelly and Lady Gaga perform at the American Music Awards in 2013. R. Kelly and Lady Gaga perform at the American Music Awards in 2013.John Sheare—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jun 19, 2014 5:13 PM UTC Imagine that you are a pop star who wrote a song called “Do What U Want” that prominently features the line “do what you want with my body.” Now imagine that you invite a singer who has been the subject of several lawsuits alleging sexual assaults on minors to be the featured artist on the song. Then imagine the song’s music video is directed by a photographer who has been accused of exploiting models and coercing them into sexual activity. _Then_ imagine that the concept of the video involves said featured artist playing the role of a doctor who does whatever he wants with your body while you are out cold on the operating table. That’s the story behind the Terry Richardson-directed Lady Gaga video “Do What U Want,” which features R. Kelly. Though Gaga previously [blamed video delays](https://littlemonsters.com/post/52c9ee5da296c8b7228b4f86) on people who “gravely mismanaged \[her\] time and health,” it’s easy to see why her team never let this video see the light of day — [until TMZ posted a leaked clip Thursday](http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/19/lady-gaga-music-video-sexual-assault-do-what-u-want/) — following last year’s _Village Voice_ story about [all the accusations Kelly has faced](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/12/read%5Fthe%5Fstomac.php) (and months before _New York_ magazine published a [cover story about Richardson](http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/06/terry-richardson-interview.html)). You can see the not-really-safe-for-work clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2901179/lady-gaga-r-kelly-music-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2901179/lady-gaga-r-kelly-music-video/"},"headline":"The Lady Gaga-R. 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