Lady Gaga treats fans to a fashion feast during Coachella 2025 performance

Mother monster is here.

Lady Gaga took nan main shape for an epic nearly two-hour capacity astatine Coachella 2025 Friday night, wowing fans pinch an operatic mash-up of her biggest hits, for illustration “Paparazzi,” “Poker Face” and “Bad Romance” arsenic good arsenic songs from her newest album, “Mayhem.”

Like nan opposition betwixt her enduring decades-old records and caller beats, nan electrifying spectacle was system astir nan dichotomy betwixt aged and caller — pinch Gaga herself transitioning virtually betwixt nan acheronian characteristic Mistress of “Mayhem” and a much angelic fig aggregate times passim nan 3 acts.

After a pre-taped speech that saw nan 2 characters engaging successful a dialogue, nan superstar first appeared connected shape serving arsenic nan Mistress, wearing her hairsbreadth successful a short chin-length jet-black bob pinch bangs.

Gaga, 39, made her expansive entranceway successful a larger-than-life multi-storied reddish gown that hid respective dancers nether nan ruffled skirt and featured horn-like embellishments astir her collar and wrists.

The Grammy victor had respective outfit changes during nan magnum opus capacity — and astatine galore moments she made reference to her past euphony videos and astir well-known outfits, for illustration nan white- and red-lace face-obscuring bodysuits and crown that she wore during her “The Fame” era.

There was a bondage-inspired Dolce & Gabbana buckle jacket, Captain Hook-style overgarment and a mirrored catsuit passim nan fashionable parade.

While performing “Poker Face” connected an innovative group designed to look for illustration a chess board, Gaga — clad successful a achromatic veil and achromatic lace bodysuit — physically fought disconnected her doppelgänger successful an awe-inspiring creation number.

Her shape creation and choreography, created successful collaboration pinch Parris Goebel, who worked connected nan “Disease” and “Abracadabra” euphony videos, resembled an ancient theatre consecutive retired of a twisted “Phantom of nan Opera” group pinch jaw-dropping pageantry.

In opposition to nan chaos-causing counterpart, nan “A Star is Born” character traded her all-black and reddish looks for a romantic, shredded achromatic look and agelong blond, braided wig for Act Two to execute “Perfect Celebrity,” “Alejandro” and much — including “Paparazzi,” during which she donned akin metallic crutches and limb braces from nan 2009 euphony video.

Back successful “Mayhem” mode for a heart-warming rendition of “Vanish Into You” successful which she interacted pinch her dedicated fans while wearing a futuristic grey blazer and achromatic patent leather boy shorts, she returned to nan shape for an encore arsenic classical Gaga.

Returning to her blond wig, Mother Monster was raised from nan dormant successful different throwback look: an intricately crafted achromatic feather bodysuit pinch exaggerated hep features and a collar — plus gloves pinch versions of fingers that reached past her knees.

She teased nan Easter egg-filled capacity successful an question and reply pinch Out magazine up of Friday night. “‘Mayhem’ is, to me, a batch of Gothic dreams. I’ve realized that’s been a portion of my euphony since early successful my career. So I’m conscionable really reasoning astir nan lighting, nan feeling, nan energy, and what I want to thief group consciousness that night,” she said.

This is nan 2nd clip that Gaga has headlined nan California euphony festival; she antecedently filled successful arsenic a last-minute replacement for Beyoncé successful 2017 erstwhile nan “Cowboy Carter” vocalist dropped retired aft revealing she was pregnant pinch twins.

Due to her constricted timeframe to propulsion nan capacity together, Gaga wasn’t capable to afloat recognize a analyzable segment for nan shape set-up aliases wardrobe — she was fixed conscionable 2 weeks notice.

“I person agelong dreamed of throwing a monolithic nighttime of chaos successful nan desert,” Gaga wrote connected Instagram when she was announced arsenic a 2025 headliner.

“I’ve had a imagination I’ve ne'er been capable to afloat recognize astatine Coachella for reasons beyond our power but I wanted to travel done for euphony fans,” she added. “I have been wanting to spell backmost and to do it right, and I am.”