Lady Gaga feels ‘so completely grateful’ to have performed at the opening of the Olympics in Paris on Friday.
The Bad Romance hitmaker, 38, performed a rendition of Mon Truc En Plumes’ on a set of stairs along the Seine River and took to social media afterwards to pay tribute to the country.
FEELING GRATEFUL
She wrote on X: ‘I feel so completely grateful to have been asked to open the Paris @Olympics 2024 this year.
‘I am also humbled to be asked by the Olympics organising committee to sing such a special French song-a song to honour the French people and their tremendous history of art, music, and theatre.
The crowd featured a host of world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer, the recently-elected British Prime Minister.
HOW SHE PREPARED FOR HER 2024 OLYMPIC PERFORMANCE
The House of Gucci star also used her social media post to reveal how she had studied French choreography for the performance and how much of it was inspired by the country’s theatre scene.
She added: ‘We rented pom poms from Le Lido archive—a real French cabaret theater. We collaborated with Dior to create custom costumes, using naturally molted feathers.
‘I studied French choreography that put a modern twist on a French classic. I rehearsed tirelessly to study a joyful French dance, brushing up on some old skills’
‘I bet you didn’t know I used to dance at a 60’s French party on the lower east side when I was first starting out! I hope you love this performance as much as I do.
She concluded her post by congratulating the athletes about to take part in the games as she declared them ‘open’.
