Last night, Lady Gaga launched her residency at MGM’s Park Theater in Las Vegas. During the set, she performed a couple of live debuts: a cover of David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” and “Shallow,” the breakout song from A Star Is Born. (She sang both her own and Bradley Cooper’s verses.) Watch footage below.
Transitioning into the Bowie cover (around 2:40 in the first video), she changed a “Government Hooker” lyric to reference the current president: “John F. Kennedy/I’ll make you squeal, baby/Donald Trump… if you pay me.” The residency, titled Enigma, is due to span two years.
Read “Lady Gaga May Never Find a More Perfectly Meta Role Than A Star Is Born.”
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