Lady Gaga performs in Las Vegas in April 2022.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
The Grammy winner, 37, performed her 2011 hit queer anthem“Born This Way”in honor of trans people and spoke out about the importance of using her platform.
Lady Gaga.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
As the residency is dedicated to performing jazz classics and stripped-down versions of her hits, she then turned the song into a stunning piano ballad. While wearing a floor-length pink gown, the “Applause” singer played the song seated at the piano, belting out the emotional lyrics about self-love and acceptance.
In the middle of the song, Gaga stopped playing to add, “Sometimes you hear people say things like, ‘I don’t know what to say.’ Just listen. Don’t say nothing. Listen. Listen to stories of real people’s lives.”
TheA Star Is Bornactress gave the tribute as at least 13 states in the U.S. have signed into law anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and another 23 states have introduced similar bills,according to the Human Rights Campaign, with many of those laws targeting transgender youth and gender-affirming care.
Lady Gaga performs in Las Vegas in October 2021.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Gaga’s residency, which originally began in 2019 and originally switched off with her pop-focused Enigma show, has resumed for the first time since she started filmingJoker: Folie à Deuxin May 2022. The acclaimed show will run now through Oct. 5.
The performer also took time out of the Thursday night performance tohonor her late collaboratorTony Bennett, whodied at age 96in July after living with Alzheimer’s since 2016.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.Michael Tran/FilmMagic
Michael Tran/FilmMagic
Prior to singing “Fly Me to the Moon,” which she dedicated to Bennett’s widowSusan Benedettowho was in the audience, she said, “If I know Tony well, I know he would be real mad at me for being sad, so I couldn’t come out here and be sad. I sung this song while Tony was still alive, and I’m going to sing it now even though he’s gone, because he’ll never be gone.”
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The singer-songwriter alsocelebrated the returnof her Jazz & Piano residency with posts before and after the performance on Instagram.
“IT’S OUR OPENING SHOW IN VEGAS BABY,” the superstar wrote in the caption of a photo of herself holding the Playbill. “1 hr, 16 min till we hit the stage to SWING 🖤🎺.”
source: people.com
