Girl Gaga Kicks Off the 2024 Summer time Olympics With a French Cabaret Efficiency Worthy of an EGOT

Girl Gaga has formally kicked off the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris, France.

On July 26, Gaga carried out the opening quantity because the world’s athletes made their means down the Seine in a parade of boats. Escorted down a grand staircase at Sq. Barye by a bunch of women and men carrying dramatic pink feathers, he 38-year-old singer was impressed by iconic French cabaret performances for her rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire’s “Mon Truc En Plume.”

Whereas a lot of the efficiency was harking back to Jeanmaire’s personal performances, Gaga’s customized Dior physique go well with and opera gloves have been additionally giving sprinklings of Marilyn Monroe in Gents Favor Blondes (1953). You may watch the efficiency for your self right here.

Girl Gaga performs at Sq. Barye throughout the athletes’ parade on the River Seine throughout the opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France.

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Is Girl Gaga French? No. Born Stefani Germanotta, Gaga grew up in an Italian American family in New York Metropolis. Does that matter? Additionally no. It is the Paris Olympics.

Most viewers did not thoughts both. One person shared a Trinity The Tuck meme from RuPaul’s Drag Race, quoting “I do not know what the fuck she’s saying however woman, I am dwelling.” That publish shortly obtained over 5,000 likes.

“There’s one factor I might guess my life on and it’s that Girl Gaga will EGOT,” one person wrote on X.com. EGOT, after all, stands for “Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.” She’s already half-way there with 13 Grammy Awards and one Oscar. To some, this efficiency alone deserves all 4.

As one person wrote, “NO ONE WILL EVER DO IT LIKE LADY GAGA.”