The video for Lady Gaga's new single 'Born This Way' has been given its world premiere.

The much-anticipated video was released on YouTube and can be also seen at the bottom of the page.

The video for 'Born This Way' was filmed over a 72-hour period in New York in January by director Nick Knight, alongside Lady Gaga and Laurieann Gibson.

It depicts Lady Gaga with her body covered in horns and in one scene shows her dancing in a tuxedo with the bones of her skull exposed.

Lady Gaga will release two versions of the video, the full-length version and a stripped down edition for charity.

'Born This Way' is the first single to be taken from Lady Gaga's forthcoming album of the same name, due out in May.

Lady Gaga - 'Born This Way':

(by Jason Gregory)