Mom monster is right here.
Woman Gaga took the primary stage for an epic almost two-hour efficiency at Coachella 2025 Friday evening, wowing followers with an operatic mash-up of her largest hits, like “Paparazzi,” “Poker Face” and “Unhealthy Romance” in addition to songs from her latest album, “Mayhem.”
Just like the distinction between her enduring decades-old data and contemporary beats, the electrifying spectacle was structured across the dichotomy between previous and new — with Gaga herself transitioning actually between the darkish character Mistress of “Mayhem” and a extra angelic determine a number of occasions all through the three acts.
After a pre-taped monologue that noticed the 2 characters participating in a dialogue, the famous person first appeared on stage serving because the Mistress, carrying 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 pink robe that hid a number of dancers below the ruffled skirt and featured horn-like elaborations round her collar and wrists.
The Grammy winner had a number of outfit adjustments 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 modern parade.
Whereas performing “Poker Face” on an revolutionary set designed to seem like 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 pink appears to be like for a romantic, shredded white look and lengthy blond, braided wig for Act Two to carry out “Good Celeb,” “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” during which she interacted along with her devoted followers whereas carrying 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 useless 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 evening. “‘Mayhem’ is, to me, a variety of Gothic desires. I’ve realized that’s been part of my music since early in my profession. So I’m simply actually interested by the lighting, the sensation, the power, and what I need to assist folks really feel that evening,” she mentioned.
That is the second time that Gaga has headlined the California music competition; she beforehand crammed 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 drag the efficiency collectively, Gaga wasn’t capable of absolutely notice a posh scene for the stage set-up or wardrobe — she was given simply two weeks discover.
“I’ve lengthy dreamed of throwing an enormous evening 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 capable of absolutely notice at Coachella for causes past our management however I wished to come back by for music followers,” she added. “I have been wanting to return and to do it proper, and I’m.”
