Lady Gaga clip will 'shock the world'

Lady Gaga's new promo will "shock the world" as it is so forward thinking.

The flamboyant singer has already finished shooting the video for her track Judas, which her creative director Laurieann Gibson was heavily involved with.

Laurieann knows many will be expecting something outrageous from the star given the title of the song - in the Bible, Judas was one of Jesus' apostles but ended up betraying him.

However, she thinks many will be pleasantly surprised by how uplifting the promo is.

"I will tell you now, first off, I'm Christian, and my career is evidence of God in my life, and I think that most people are already thinking that Gaga and the blasphemy and they're premeditating the approach and I think they'll be very shocked to find out how huge and really ground breaking the message is and how freeing the message is for all the right reasons," she told MTV News.

"And it's really going to shock the world."

Gaga portrays Mary Magdalene in the release, while Judas is played by Hawaii Five-0 actor Norman Reedus. Laurieann calls Norman's performance "prolific", and was blown away by how well he did.

She explained the whole video was directed by her and Gaga as they were so determined to get it right, especially as she thinks Gaga's previous promo for Born This Way could have been better.

"There was elements of Born This Way during our collaboration [with director Nick Knight] and, as much as I loved it, there were moments where, for me, it didn't really evolve as I had inspired of the actual creative, which was still fine," she explained.

"But when we got to Judas, it was very clear to me and the inspiration was very clear to her."

Religious groups have already spoken out about the clip, with Catholic League For Religious And Civil Rights president Bill Donahue telling NME.com Gaga was becoming irrelevant.

"People have real talent, and then there is Lady Gaga. I find Gaga to be increasingly irrelevant.

"Is this the only way to jet up her performance? This isn't random, we are getting closer to holy week and Easter."

The video is due out on April 19, NME.com said.