Lady Gaga lead 2025 MTV Video Music Awards The nominee, while she had to leave early to attend her concert, she was still treated with an unforgettable performance during the show.
Sunday, September 7th, a week before VMA, MTV confirmed that Gaga will perform at this year’s show, her first debut at the ceremony in five years. Audiences were recorded at a concert on Saturday, September 6, including “Abracadabra” and their first-ever live performance. Wednesday.
For those who haven’t been there Chaotic ball Or see Gaga’s Coachella setting “Abracadabra” open the show, Gaga lifted up above the stage in a huge red dress that houses several dancers.
For “Dead Dance”, Gaga quickly switched to a red and white gown with a black neck bow (and a new, curly wig).
Meanwhile, VMA was held at UBS Arena in New York on Sunday, with the 39-year-old singer Performance in Madison Square Garden In New York City as part of her Chaotic ball travel. This is the last of six concerts Gaga has held at the venue, preceded by August 23, August 23, August 26, August 27 and Saturday.
Before the performance, Gaga made a quick appearance to receive the Artist of the Year Award. “Thanks to your little monster, my fans, for being supportive and always supporting me and my partner in everything, Michael,” she said. “Creating with you this year is a beautiful, beautiful dream and you have always been my partner. I give it to you, my love.”

Lady Gaga accepted the Artist of the Year VMA on Sunday, September 7.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images of MTVAdd to Received 12 VMA nominations This year, there are more nods than any other artist. In addition to Artist of the Year, she has also participated in Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Video of Best Pop and Best Pop. Bruno Mars “With a Smile”, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Photography, Best Editing, Best Orchestration and Best Visual Effects for “abracadabra” and Best Album confusion.
Before Sunday’s ceremony, Gaga was already an 18-time VMA champion, with Artist of the Year trophy, Video of the Year, Song of the Year and more from the past few years.
Add to Kicked her Chaotic ball travel July 16 in Las Vegas, and has since stopped in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City and Miami. She will hold three concerts in Toronto later this week, before having a date in Chicago on September 18. She will then travel to Europe, Australia and Asia, with the tour ending in Tokyo in January 2026.
At a concert at Madison Square Garden on August 22, Gaga shared Rehearsal pep Talk She received from her loved ones, including her fiancé Michael Polanski.
“What I thought of was walking on concrete, walking around the city – I remember fighting really hard, fighting for my dreams and my beliefs and myself,” she recalled the crowd. “I was with my friend China before the show…I said to her, ‘I think I might just be fighting the whole show because when I was in New York, I was going to fight. I had to make money, I had to work hard.'”
Gaga then repeated the “real special” advice her friend China gave her before the show.
“Sometimes you don’t have to fight, you just have to show up,” she said.
Polansky offers a similar sentiment, Gaga narrates: “Just before I get on stage, my fiancé Michael says: “When you go out, let them fill you up.” ””
Elsewhere in the speech, Gaga pointed out the impact her hometown had on her career.
“I’m sure that without New York, all my albums wouldn’t be made, but I’m sure that without New York, this album wouldn’t be made,” she said. “It’s for you all and all your dreams, because sometimes it’s not even fighting anymore, it’s just showing up.”

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