"Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé is featured on Just Dance 2023 Edition.
The song also has an alternate routine titled "Runaway Version".
Appearance of the Dancers[]
Main Dancer[]
The main dancer is Louise Dials, a woman whose fashion design is based on Lady Gaga’s wardrobes in the official music video. She has purple wavy and bouncy hair, which rests on her shoulders. She has thin eyebrows, black sharp eyeliner and purple lips. She has a yellow glove and a faded outline, which turns either light blue or yellow in various parts of the routine.
C1[]
C1 consists of a black oversized circular flat hat, styled after the number wheel of an antique telephone. The upper surface of the hat consists of nine white circles that spells out the song title. Additional details also include a black central circle with thick light blue borders, a light yellow curved line resembling a finger, and light blue edging. She also wears a light blue long-sleeved leotard, with a massive cleavage, exaggeratedly large and stiff pointed shoulder pads and a stiff skirt-like triangular section. The leotard contains thick black shiny lines on the body, surface of the shoulder pads, and on her arm sleeve, and the cleavage partially exposes her shiny silver studded black bra. At the end of the cleavage is a code number that reads "111709", and hanging by her thighs are red strings. She also wears a pair of black stockings and below-the-knee stiletto boots with golden yellow laces. Yellow security tape is wrapped around her right eye, on her neck, and with two straps on her right thigh, each containing words "Stop", "Baby" and "Hello". This outfit is used in the intro, first half of the first verse and the second verse.
C2[]
C2 is a simplified version of her previous outfit, which loses her hat and most of her leotard. The shoulder pads remain, which are now smaller and less exaggerated than the ones in the previous costume, and the length greatly reduced. Her bra is fully exposed, with the shiny silver stubs bordering at the upper sections of each cup and having straps that goes to her shoulders. Left exposed by her missing leotard is a black waist-high short shorts. The security tapes on her body now wraps around her left shoulder, in the middle of her body, and on her left thigh, each containing a small phrase or word from the song’s lyrics such as "Stop telephoning", "Hello", "Stop" and "Busy". This outfit is used in the choruses and outro.
Cameo Dancers[]
During the refrains, dancers from previous Lady Gaga songs are featured in the routine. Majority of these dancers are given updated visuals. Outlines are visible for each dancer, but only appear when they became the playable coach.
CD1[]
CD1 is Adameve, the lead dancer for Born This Way. Her appearance has been kept almost the same, except the right side of her hair is less voluminous and her androgynous makeup is replaced with red eyebrows, black eyelashes and shiny blue lips. Her outline is cyan and faded.
CD2[]
CD2 is Claire Obscure, the lead dancer for Bad Romance. Her appearance is based on the way she appears during the verses, with all of her outfit details changed to white and her natural skin color is changed to white. Obscured by her white veil is a platinum blonde curly hair and red lips. She also has a light purple glove, and she lacks her monster claws. Her outline is purple and faded.
CD3[]
CD3 is Jane Wayne, the dancer for John Wayne. Her appearance has been kept almost the same, except her outfit is slightly lighter and she has pink lips. Her outline is blue and faded.
CD4[]
CD4 is Shadow Rider, the dancer for Judas. Her appearance has been kept the same. Her outline is cyan and faded.
CD5[]
CD5 is Icona Shard, the dancer for Just Dance. Her appearance has been kept almost the same, except she has a slightly lighter hair and leotard suit and her glove color is changed to light green. She also has pink visible eyebrows, eyelashes and red lips. In her appearance in Beyoncé's verse, she holds a red telephone headset over her left ear before throwing it away in frustration. Her outline is light blue and faded.
CD6[]
CD6 is Indra, the lead dancer for Rain On Me. Her appearance is based on the way she appears during the verses and bridges, with her hair turned completely purple and has visible lips and eyes that are partially obscured by her visor. Her outline is cyan and faded.
CD7[]
CD7 is Aro'Ha, the dancer for Stupid Love. Her appearance has been kept almost the same, except the hearts on her head are light pink with the stems visible, her face and neck tattoos are mint green, her eyelashes are black and her bangle is light blue and cream yellow. Her outline is cyan and faded.
CD8[]
CD8 is Countess Butterfly, the dancer for Applause. Her appearance is based on the way she appears during the choruses, with her hair having a faint yellowish tint, a slightly different butterfly-shaped eye mask with visible eye holes that shows brown eyes, golden lips and darker outfit with less shine. Her outline is cyan and faded.
Background[]
Inspired by the song’s official music video, the routine takes place in a prison complex built within an expansive desert, with padded cells that are separated by a color tinted glass, and hallways with bar cells that emit blue and yellow alternating lights.
Throughout several segments of the routine, Louise Dials is accompanied by four backup dancers, all of them wearing an ensemble with varying details, which consists of silver studded black bras, yellow security tapes containing some of the song’s lyrics, fishnet tops and sleeves, black waist-high short shorts, fishnet stockings and leggings, and shiny ankle-length leather high heeled boots. Each backup dancer is separated by a unique hairstyle, which consists of a brunette with a fluffy top that has a stiff curved strand on the front and held high by a security tape wrapped on the forehead, a blonde with a short curvy and wavy updo, a brunette with wavy shoulder-length hair and a blonde with most of the left side wrapped by red empty soda cans. The backup dancers also share the outline of the main dancers, but only when they are in close proximity with the main dancer.
As the routine starts, it begins with a bird’s eye-view of Louise Dials’ hat with the song logo before it slowly pans down to reveal her full appearance as well as the backup dancers. The intro takes place in a secured room that shows a height chart of the dancers, in which each of them stood behind it. Slowly panning further, a dark blue steel-reinforced door with a small rectangular window is seen, where a clawed hand of Night Swan slowly moves up and points to Louise Dials. Soon afterwards, the camera slowly moves forward to focus on Louise Dials and her backup dancers.
During the first verse, Louise Dials is placed within a yellow padded cell. The floor is highly reflective, with white light flashing below on her feet.
During the chorus, the background quickly changes to one of the hallways, with Louise Dials accompanied by her backup dancers once again. The background slowly scrolls past the dancer in a forward direction.
During the post-chorus, the background changes into a large, spacious area made of concrete. Padded cells are lined up in the walls in three rows, with each cell having black silhouettes of inmates inside them. The cells also flash lights in a random pattern in sync with "Eh" being sung. The dancers are in the center of the area, with the main dancer having red telephone cords wrapped on her body while the backup dancers hold on the rest of the cords.
During the first refrain, the routine quickly zooms in to a closer view of the cells, where the cameo dancers all appear inside it. The colors of each cell are shown to be red, white, purple, orange and blue, used for Adameve, Claire Obscure, Jane Wayne, Shadow Rider and Icona Shard respectively. For Icona's appearance, it is zoomed in to show only her torso, where she repeatedly bangs on the glass barrier as her cell emits a dark red color. As she performs the first Gold Move, the glass barrier and the entire background shatters to show a new background.
During the second half of Beyoncé’s verse, Louise Dials and her backup dancers appear outside of the prison complex; a structure made of desert punk aesthetics of weathered walls filled with graffiti and paint splatters and a rocky arch for the entrance. The walls outside are filled with phrases such as "Dance floor" and "Stop callin'", along with colorful neon figures painted on its surface. There are also colorful parked cars and trucks by the sides of the roads, in colors such as red, turquoise, yellow and orange. The camera view slowly moves away from the background for the rest of its appearance until the second post-chorus.
During the second pre-chorus, the background is divided into three sections with borders to show various actions of the cameo dancers and Louise Dials, all of whom are holding mugshot placards with their names and prisoner numbers. The central section shows the original background while the side sections show them having their photos taken. Adameve (102015) briefly does a coy pose before facing sideways and "wipes" the surface of her nose with her thumb, Aro'Ha (012121) holds her card with her gloved hand as she took out a lollipop that she sucks with, Jane Wayne (102417) holds her card with her gloved hand as she tips her hat with the other, Countess Butterfly (100113) biting her fingernails before fanning herself with the card, Shadow Rider (110421) using her card as a steering wheel, Claire Obscure (012121) flips her veil upwards to show her partially obscured face as she laughs triumphantly, Indra (123120) positioning upside down while standing normally, and Louise Dials (111709) holding her card with both hands, slightly bares her teeth, and then performs a side view, looking annoyed.
During the second chorus, Louise Dials and her backup dancers are now shown farther from the background. Soon before the second half of the second chorus starts, Claire Obscure, Shadow Rider, Adameve, and Jane Wayne appear and move from the side view to join with Louise Dials’ routine.
From the second post-chorus to the outro, the dancers are now shown farther and into a desert highway and out of the prison, where it shows streetlamps armed with lamps, red telephone booths dotting around the landscape, and dark green desert grass growing on the reddish brown desert soil. Louise Dials is once again covered by the same red telephone wires from the first post-chorus. During the second refrain, the background slowly cycles around to show Indra, Aro'Ha, Countess Butterfly and Louise Dials performing the refrain moves.
During the outro, Louise Dials, her backup dancers, and the past dancers now appear together in the background. As the song ends and the final Gold Move is performed, they all walk and strut forward, finally escaping from the prison.
Gold Moves[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in this routine:
Gold Move 1: Hit the air in front of you with both of your hands.
Gold Move 2: Jump then put your arms down away from your chest.
Gold Move 3: Point with your right hand in front of you.
Appearances in Playlists[]
Telephone is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance 2023 Edition[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- Telephone is the ninth song by Lady Gaga in the series.
- It is also the sixth song by Beyoncé in the series.
- Telephone is mentioned in the ESRB rating summary of Just Dance 2023 Edition, which references the line "And I’m sippin’ on that bub".[2]
- A redundant "it’s" has been added to the line "It’s not that I don’t like you".
- The last three lines in the outro are shown in the lyrics, but fade out before the song ends.
Routine[]
- Telephone marks the first time behind-the-scenes content of a map was revealed upon a fan’s request.[3]
- The number “111709” on C1’s outfit references the North American release date of Just Dance (November 17th, 2009).
- Each of the returning coaches hold a placard that also references the release date of the Just Dance game they came from.
- However, Claire Obscure’s placard erroneously reads "012121" (January 21, 2021, the release date of Stupid Love) instead of "102114" (October 21, 2014, the release date of Just Dance 2015).
- Additionally, Indra’s number reads "123120", the date of Rain On Me’s release on 舞力无限 (December 31, 2020), rather than its initial release on Just Dance 2021.
- However, Claire Obscure’s placard erroneously reads "012121" (January 21, 2021, the release date of Stupid Love) instead of "102114" (October 21, 2014, the release date of Just Dance 2015).
- Each of the returning coaches hold a placard that also references the release date of the Just Dance game they came from.
- The returning coaches were all portrayed by different performers compared to their original routines: Adameve, Claire Obscure, and Shadow Rider are respectively portrayed by Sarah Magassa, Shirely Henault, Emmanuelle Soum instead of Juliana Herrera, Indra is portrayed by Shirely Henault instead of Juliana Herrera, Aro’Ha is portrayed by Céline Baron instead of Hannah Shang, and Countess Butterfly is portrayed by Sarah Magassa instead of Aurélie Sériné.
- However, Henault portrayed P1 of Bad Romance.
- The routine uses moves from the song’s official choreography.
- During the outro, while all the coaches walk towards the screen, Adameve disappears behind one of the backup dancers.
- Two of the backup dancers reappear in the Runaway Version.
- According to Just Dance’s Twitter, the recording process of Telephone took up to 4 AM.[4]
- Two pictograms for Telephone can be seen in the background of the page "Comment on fait: une choré Just Dance" on the website Ubisoft Stories.[5]
- On December 13, 2022, the community manager guessed that Louise Dials’ favorite food would be raw beef.[6] This is likely a reference to the infamous meat dress worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
- From January 24 to January 30, 2023, Just Dance’s Twitter held a contest where followers had to share their scores for Telephone. Those with the three highest scores would have won a commemorative Twitter banner.[7]
- A beta coach selection image can be found in the Just Dance 2023 Edition files.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
![Promotional image for a contest on the official Just Dance Twitter account (along with Layl)[8]](/wiki/File:Jdnext_contest_promo.png "Jdnext contest promo.png (1.59 MB)")
Behind the Scenes[]
Beta Elements[]
Others[]
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Gameplay[]
Extraction[]
Behind the Scenes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File:Telephone perf proof.png
- ↑ https://www.esrb.org/ratings/38777/Just+Dance+2023/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1619997686832463874?t=oFYsY3v9Rz79wHTU5jCM6g&s=19
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1597304792640290816
- ↑ https://stories.ubisoft.com/article/choregraphie-just-dance/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1602710172681601029
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1617930273525579776
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1732807187490070896
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