She lives for the applause.
Headliner Girl Gaga paid tribute to her illustrious profession on the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant in Indio, Calif., Friday night time and was obtained with an uproar of cheers from her Little Monsters.
The pop celebrity, 39, started her almost two-hour efficiency with “Bloody Mary” from her 2011 album, “Born This Means” after which did a medley of “Abracadabra,” “Judas,” and “Poker Face.”
All through her set, Gaga dropped a collection of Easter eggs that referenced previous music video seems to be.
For “Paparazzi,” she wore metallic crutches, much like these featured in her 2009 music video.
Gaga additionally recreated a scene from her “Unhealthy Romance” music video by laying down subsequent to skeletons and a dancer wore a white crown paying homage to the one she wore for the unique video.
Except for her classics, the Grammy winner additionally carried out tracks from her seventh studio album, “Mayhem,” together with “Illness” and “Killah,” which she advised Uproxx she was most excited to carry out.
“I actually love that file,” she advised the outlet on Thursday. “It’s the Gesaffelstein function. It’s extremely assured, extremely funky, tremendous distinctive and funky.”
The hitmaker added, “I’ve by no means finished something prefer it earlier than, in order that’s making me really feel actually excited simply to do one thing I haven’t finished but earlier than.”
Gaga’s full 2025 Coachella set might be seen right here.
Main as much as the headlining occasion, the songstress teased there could be “Mayhem within the Desert.”
Nevertheless, she was tightlipped about the remainder of the surprises she had in retailer for her followers.
“I genuinely don’t need to give something away about Coachella,” she added in her Uproxx interview.
“I do know that’s heartless of me, in a method, however I might truthfully cry on the telephone with you simply excited about how excited I’m to do that present, and I need it to be a complete shock, and need everybody to have as a lot enjoyable as doable.”
Gaga has headlined Coachella as soon as earlier than. She was recruited because the competition’s most important attraction in 2017 —however solely after Beyoncé needed to drop out final minute as a result of she was pregnant with twins Rumi and Sir.
“Following the recommendation of her medical doctors to maintain a much less rigorous schedule within the coming months, Beyoncé has made the choice to forgo performing on the 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Pageant,” a rep for the “Texas Maintain ‘Em” singer mentioned on the time.
Gaga was reportedly then left with solely two weeks to create her set. She ended up performing a mixture of her hits, together with “Poker Face,” “Phone,” “The Remedy” and “Unhealthy Romance.”
Throughout Weekend 2 of Coachella 2017, the triple-threat additionally took the chance to announce the discharge of her then-upcoming movie, “A Star Is Born,” which went on to be an enormous field workplace hit.
Whereas on stage on the time, Gaga thanked her co-star and director Bradley Cooper and revealed that that they had filmed just a few scenes on the competition grounds.
All the pleasure was then met with a somber second, when the music celebrity sang an acoustic model of “The Fringe of Glory” in honor of her pal Sonja, who was battling most cancers.
“I’ve been fortunate that I’ve had some actual success for the reason that final time I carried out at Coachella,” Gaga advised Uproxx, reflecting on her earlier expertise.
“But in addition, I really like my new album a lot, and I’m so excited to carry out it dwell. I can’t wait. So this felt like a fantastic alternative to do one thing inventive and inventive and simply deliver my full imaginative and prescient to life.”
Except for Gaga, different main headliners at Coachella 2025 embrace Inexperienced Day, Put up Malone and Travis Scott. Practically 150 acts are set to hit the competition levels over the two-weekend interval, together with notable names like Missy Elliott, Charli XCX and Megan Thee Stallion.
Coachella Weekend 1 runs Friday by means of Sunday whereas Weekend 2 is going down from April 18 by means of April 20. Passes for the famend music competition can be found on-line.
