Mom monster is right here.
Girl Gaga took the primary stage for an epic almost two-hour efficiency at Coachella 2025 Friday night time, wowing followers with an operatic mash-up of her largest hits, like “Paparazzi,” “Poker Face” and “Dangerous Romance” in addition to songs from her latest album, “Mayhem.”
Just like the distinction between her enduring decades-old information and recent beats, the electrifying spectacle was structured across the dichotomy between outdated and new — with Gaga herself transitioning actually between the darkish character Mistress of “Mayhem” and a extra angelic determine a number of instances all through the three acts.
After a pre-taped monologue that noticed the 2 characters partaking in a dialogue, the celebrity first appeared on stage serving because the Mistress, sporting her hair in a brief chin-length jet-black bob with bangs.
Gaga, 39, made her grand entrance in a larger-than-life multi-storied purple robe that hid a number of dancers beneath the ruffled skirt and featured horn-like gildings round her collar and wrists.
The Grammy winner had a number of outfit modifications throughout the magnum opus efficiency — and at many moments she made reference to her previous music movies and most well-known outfits, just like the white- and red-lace face-obscuring bodysuits and crown that she wore throughout her “The Fame” period.
There was a bondage-inspired Dolce & Gabbana buckle jacket, Captain Hook-style jacket and a mirrored catsuit all through the trendy parade.
Whereas performing “Poker Face” on an revolutionary set designed to appear to be a chess board, Gaga — clad in a black veil and black lace bodysuit — bodily fought off her doppelgänger in an awe-inspiring dance quantity.
Her stage design and choreography, created in collaboration with Parris Goebel, who labored on the “Illness” and “Abracadabra” music movies, resembled an vintage theater straight out of a twisted “Phantom of the Opera” set with jaw-dropping pageantry.
In distinction to the chaos-causing counterpart, the “A Star is Born” actress traded her all-black and purple appears to be like for a romantic, shredded white look and lengthy blond, braided wig for Act Two to carry out “Good Superstar,” “Alejandro” and extra — together with “Paparazzi,” throughout which she donned comparable silver crutches and arm braces from the 2009 music video.
Again in “Mayhem” mode for a heart-warming rendition of “Vanish Into You” by which she interacted along with her devoted followers whereas sporting a futuristic grey blazer and black patent leather-based boy shorts, she returned to the stage for an encore as basic Gaga.
Returning to her blond wig, Mom Monster was raised from the lifeless in one other throwback look: an intricately crafted white feather bodysuit with exaggerated hip options and a collar — plus gloves with variations of fingers that reached previous her knees.
She teased the Easter egg-filled efficiency in an interview with Out journal forward of Friday night time. “‘Mayhem’ is, to me, plenty of Gothic goals. I’ve realized that’s been part of my music since early in my profession. So I’m simply actually serious about the lighting, the sensation, the power, and what I wish to assist individuals really feel that night time,” she stated.
That is the second time that Gaga has headlined the California music competition; she beforehand stuffed in as a last-minute substitute for Beyoncé in 2017 when the “Cowboy Carter” singer dropped out after revealing she was pregnant with twins.
As a consequence of her restricted timeframe to tug the efficiency collectively, Gaga wasn’t in a position to totally understand a fancy scene for the stage set-up or wardrobe — she was given simply two weeks discover.
“I’ve lengthy dreamed of throwing an enormous night time of chaos within the desert,” Gaga wrote on Instagram when she was introduced as a 2025 headliner.
“I’ve had a imaginative and prescient I’ve by no means been in a position to totally understand at Coachella for causes past our management however I needed to come back by means of for music followers,” she added. “I have been wanting to return and to do it proper, and I’m.”
