Lady Gaga pays homage to past music videos in nearly 2-hour Coachella 2025 headlining set

She lives for nan applause.

Headliner Lady Gaga paid tribute to her illustrious profession astatine nan 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival successful Indio, Calif., Friday nighttime and was received pinch an uproar of cheers from her Little Monsters.

The popular superstar, 39, began her astir two-hour performance pinch “Bloody Mary” from her 2011 album, “Born This Way” and past did a medley of “Abracadabra,” “Judas,” and “Poker Face.”

Throughout her set, Gaga dropped a bid of Easter eggs that referenced past euphony video looks.

For “Paparazzi,” she wore metallic crutches, akin to those featured successful her 2009 euphony video.

Gaga besides recreated a segment from her “Bad Romance” euphony video by laying down adjacent to skeletons and a dancer wore a achromatic crown reminiscent of nan 1 she wore for nan original video.

Aside from her classics, nan Grammy victor besides performed tracks from her seventh workplace album, “Mayhem,” including “Disease” and “Killah,” which she told Uproxx she was astir excited to perform.

“I really emotion that record,” she told nan outlet connected Thursday. “It’s nan Gesaffelstein feature. It’s ultra confident, ultra funky, ace unsocial and cool.”

The hitmaker added, “I’ve ne'er done thing for illustration it before, truthful that’s making maine consciousness really excited conscionable to do thing I haven’t done yet before.”

Gaga’s afloat 2025 Coachella group can beryllium seen here.

Leading up to nan headlining event, nan songstress teased location would beryllium “Mayhem successful nan Desert.”

However, she was tightlipped astir nan remainder of nan surprises she had successful shop for her fans.

“I genuinely don’t want to springiness thing distant astir Coachella,” she added successful her Uproxx interview.

“I cognize that is heartless of me, successful a way, but I could honestly outcry connected nan telephone pinch you conscionable reasoning astir really excited I americium to do this show, and I want it to beryllium a full surprise, and want everyone to person arsenic overmuch nosy arsenic possible.”

Gaga has headlined Coachella erstwhile before. She was recruited arsenic nan festival’s main attraction successful 2017 —but only aft Beyoncé had to driblet retired past minute because she was pregnant pinch twins Rumi and Sir.

“Following nan proposal of her doctors to support a little rigorous schedule successful nan coming months, Beyoncé has made nan determination to forgo performing astatine nan 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival,” a rep for nan “Texas Hold ‘Em” vocalist said astatine nan time.

Gaga was reportedly past near pinch only 2 weeks to create her set. She ended up performing a operation of her hits, including “Poker Face,” “Telephone,” “The Cure” and “Bad Romance.”

During Weekend 2 of Coachella 2017, nan triple-threat besides took nan opportunity to announce nan merchandise of her then-upcoming film, “A Star Is Born,” which went connected to beryllium a monolithic container agency hit.

While connected shape astatine nan time, Gaga thanked her co-star and head Bradley Cooper and revealed that they had filmed a fewer scenes connected nan show grounds.

All of nan excitement was past met pinch a somber moment, erstwhile nan euphony superstar sang an acoustic type of “The Edge of Glory” successful grant of her friend Sonja, who was battling cancer.

“I’ve been fortunate that I’ve had immoderate existent occurrence since nan past clip I performed astatine Coachella,” Gaga told Uproxx, reflecting connected her erstwhile experience.

“But also, I emotion my caller medium truthful much, and I’m truthful excited to execute it live. I can’t wait. So this felt for illustration a awesome opportunity to do thing imaginative and creator and conscionable bring my afloat imagination to life.”

Aside from Gaga, different awesome headliners astatine Coachella 2025 see Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott. Nearly 150 acts are group to deed nan show stages complete nan two-weekend period, including notable names for illustration Missy Elliott, Charli XCX and Megan Thee Stallion.

Coachella Weekend 1 runs Friday done Sunday while Weekend 2 is taking spot from April 18 done April 20. Passes for nan renowned euphony show are disposable online.