London
(ANI):
Swedish
film
and
video
director
Jonas
Akerlund,
who
helmed
some
of
Madonna"s
most
popular
videos,
has
predicted
Lady
Gaga
to
be
the
next
Queen
of
Pop.
Akerlund,
who
worked
with
Madonna
on
her
Ray
of
Light
and
Music
videos,
has
directed
Gaga"s
new
nine-and-a-half
minute
Telephone
video,
which
also
features
Beyonce.
And
while
working
with
the
Poker
Face
star
he
couldn"t
help
noticing
how
similar
she
was
to
Madonna.
"I
really
don't
like
to
compare
the
artists
that
I
work
with,
because
they
are
all
so
unique
and
so
different.
One
thing
for
sure
is
that
Gaga
is
a
true
artist.
She's
really
a
huge
talent,
and
she's
such
a
hard
worker.
That
makes
me
think
of
Madonna,
because
Madonna
is
always
such
a
hard
worker,
more
than
anybody
else," the
Daily
Star
quoted
Akerlund,
as
telling
MTV.com.
He
added:
"She's
(Madonna)
always
very
creative.
She
always
goes
back
to
creativity.
She
has
so
much
politics
around
and
all
these
stupid
rumours
and
gossip
and
all
that,
and
some
artists
manage
to
stay
above
that.
So,
in
that
sense,
I'm
fine
with
comparing
(Gaga
and
Madonna),
but
then
again,
they're
so
different.
I
also
have
12
years
with
Madonna
and
I
have
two
videos
with
GaGa;
it's
the
future
to
tell,
but
I
think
that
Gaga
has
all
the
potential
and
all
the
tools
and
all
the
brain
to
take
her
creativity
as
far
she
wants
to.
But
she's
great."