Opinion: A blood-soaked Lady Gaga once shocked the world. It’s time for artists to get radical again | angus_dalton
Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame won’t take my life…Sprawled on the floor of a crumbling baroque palace was Gaga, the bubbly, bizarre, blonde pop princess. But there was a tension in the air, a growl in her throat, aShe ditched the monotonous melody of the studio version’s chorus –and instead belted a melodramatic harmony that saturated the song with emotional urgency.
Gaga ended the performance dangling above the stage, blood smeared across her torso and face, playing dead to a soundscape of snapping cameras. Legions of young queer people swore allegiance to Gaga the moment the mic dropped from her cold, fake-dead hand. Of course, Gaga’s performance was followed by the moment that at once upstaged her and instantly proved her thesis on the pitfalls of female fame. Kanye West snatched the microphone – and the spotlight of the entire VMAs — from a 19-year-old Taylor Swift as she accepted the best female video award and delivered his infamous one-liner.
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