The accompanying music video is a continuation of the video for her 2009 song , " Paparazzi " , and is also shot as a short film . After Gaga gets bailed out of prison by Beyoncé , they go to a diner and poison the guests having breakfast . After the homicide they escape and end up in a high-speed police chase . The video referenced Quentin Tarantino and his films '' Pulp Fiction '' ( 1994 ) and '' Kill Bill : Volume 1 '' ( 2003 ) . The video received generally positive reviews and was nominated for three awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards , including one for Video of the Year . In January 2015 '' Billboard '' named it the best video of the first half of the decade . In memory of Alexander McQueen , Gaga performed an acoustic rendition of " Telephone " mixed with " Dance in the Dark " at the 2010 BRIT Awards . It was also performed during the Super Bowl LI halftime show , and many of the singer ’s later tours , the most recent being the Joanne World Tour ( 2017 – 2018 )
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Telephone (song)