Girl Gaga performs on the Paris Olympics 2024
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Girl Gaga kicked off the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony in dazzling style on Friday, however her efficiency was truly pre-recorded. Regardless of showing to energy by technical difficulties and inclement climate, Gaga’s set alongside the Seine River was filmed hours earlier.
The Grammy Award-winning artist carried out a tribute to French star Zizi Jeanmaire along with her rendition of “Mon Truc en Plumes.” In accordance with the Related Press, Gaga was seen warming up onstage about three hours earlier than the ceremony started and carried out for about an hour earlier than exiting the stage and waving to followers.
Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremony choreographer Maud le Pladec defined the choice to pre-record the efficiency to Selection. “For security causes, we needed to pre-record late within the afternoon, as soon as we knew for certain that it was going to rain – we had minute-by-minute updates, we had by no means watched the climate forecast so carefully in our lives,” mentioned Pladec.
“We assessed that it was going to be too harmful for performers, even with a number of drops of rain. [Gaga] wished to do it completely so we most popular to pre-record it reasonably than cancel it,” Pladec continued. “The soil would have been slippery. She was carrying heels, very close to the water, there have been stairs… We needed to be extraordinarily cautious.”
Following the efficiency, Gaga watched the ceremony from her dressing room earlier than returning to her resort. She later shared an announcement in regards to the expertise on social media.
“Though I’m not a French artist, I’ve at all times felt a really particular reference to French folks and singing French music—I wished nothing greater than to create a efficiency that may heat the guts of France, rejoice French artwork and music, and on such a momentous event remind everybody of one of the vital magical cities on earth—Paris,” Gaga added.
