Lady Gaga fans were not impressed with her performance at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday as she suffered sound problems during her performance of Mon Truc en Plumes.
The 38-year-old Bad Romance star dazzled in a black leotard and white feathers as she graced the international stage.
But despite looking incredible for an international performance, viewers couldn’t help but criticise the American star’s performance.
Fans, who flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, said her piece “must have been the worst of her life” and claimed she sang in “French adjacent” while criticising the audio of the stream.
One wrote: “Great performance by Lady Gaga. Shame the French forgot to do a sound check beforehand.”
Lady Gaga fans were not impressed with her performance at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, as they claimed she sang in “French adjacent”
The 38-year-old Bad Romance star dazzled in a black leotard and white feathers as she graced the international stage with her performance of Mon Truc in Plumes.
‘Lady Gaga performed on a stage by the river, not in front of a large audience, but in a stadium. The sound is horrible, it gets lost in the large open space instead of reverberating in the stadium.’
‘A very famous French artist… uh… #LadyGaga. With a… Uh… I don’t know how that performance was, but it must have been the worst of her life. #OlympicGames #Paris2024’
“Lady Gaga isn’t even French, fuck. It’s like Bad Bunny singing while the Olympics are taking place in Colombia”
‘Britain’s opening ceremony in 2012 was much praised, but I liked what they did with the closing ceremony: the UK has so many influential pop stars that they just line them up. France has to use Lady Gaga to pretend they can speak French.’
‘Well, is Lady Gaga singing in French or French-adjacent?’
Lady Gaga opened the party by performing in front of 320,000 excited spectators gathered on the banks of the River Seine.
The choreographed show began at 6.30pm UK time, with the American superstar wowing the crowd by performing a stunning Folie Bergiere style move.
Her spectacular display began with a golden staircase with a series of dancers dressed in feathers and holding pompoms that hid the face of the protagonist.
But despite looking incredible for an international performance, viewers couldn’t help but criticise the American star’s performance.
Fans flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, saying her piece “must have been the worst of her life” and criticising her for singing in French.
Lady Gaga opened the party by performing in front of 320,000 excited spectators gathered on the banks of the River Seine.
After teasing her presence by doing a daring dance with only her endless legs visible, the feathers cleared to show that the blonde beauty had arrived.
The Grammy winner went on to sing Mon Truc en Plume (My Thing with Feathers) in French in a minute-long routine.
At one point he showed off his endless skills while playing the piano in honor of the host country of this year’s Games.
The star opted for a classic Parisian cabaret-style performance, exaggerating her moves at every opportunity and singing entirely in French amid a plume of pink feathers.
The opening ceremony began with a short film starring French football legend Zinedine Zidan, who carried the Olympic torch before passing it on to local children who appeared in real life on the banks of the river.
Crowds were seen pouring out of the windows of houses along the Seine this afternoon as athletes began to disembark in a huge flotilla of 85 boats carrying 6,800 athletes from the bridge.
Those watching from the banks of the famous river – as well as from their armchairs around the world – were treated to a quintessentially Parisian representation of the cancan dance, with pink-clad dancers lighting up the grey sky.
As the dance medley continues down below on the riverbanks, the Olympic torch is carried over the city’s impressive rooftops by a free-running athlete.
Meanwhile, more than 600,000 people are attending the opening ceremony at the stadium, including a host of famous faces such as pop star Arianna Grande, tennis champion Serena Williams and Hollywood royalty Stephen Spielberg.
Olympic organisers are hoping the rest of tonight’s ceremony will go off without a hitch after a “massive arson attack” earlier today caused chaos on France’s rail network, leaving spectators and athletes stranded.
The choreographed parade began at 6.30pm UK time, with the American superstar wowing crowds as she performed a stunning Folie Bergiere style act.
She sang entirely in French amidst a plume of pink feathers.
Lady Gaga is seen surrounded by pink heart-shaped feathers
The singer looked sensational as she graced the stage in sheer tights and stiletto heels.
The star channeled old Hollywood glamour as she was lifted into the air and blew a kiss to the cameras.
Her spectacular display began with a golden staircase with a series of dancers dressed in feathers and holding pompoms that hid the headliner’s face.
After teasing her presence by doing a daring dance with only her endless legs visible, the feathers cleared to show that the blonde beauty had arrived.
The Grammy winner went on to sing Mon Truc en Plume (My Thing with Feathers) in French in a one-minute routine.
At one point, he showed off his endless skill while playing the piano in honor of the host country of this year’s Games.
The star opted for a vintage Parisian cabaret-style performance, exaggerating her moves at every opportunity and singing entirely in French amid a column of pink feathers.
Its elaborate stage painted in shades of yellow was built directly over the dark, murky water of the River Seine.
“Coordinated acts of malice” on high-speed cross-Channel rail lines have left sports fans facing travel chaos, with endless queues forming at St Pancras today as Eurostar trains were delayed or cancelled.
Eurostar has asked customers to cancel their journeys today if they can, advice echoed by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who was seen sitting in a prime seat at the stadium after travelling to France by plane instead of his planned route from St Pancras.
In a blow to Olympic organisers, Eurostar delays will extend into Monday, with one in four trains cancelled today and over the weekend, and flooding expected to inundate the city tonight.
But French officials hope all will be forgotten when Lady Gaga takes the stage again to perform with Celine Dion during the four-hour ceremony that will be watched by more than a billion people.
Lady Gaga is expected to perform with Celine Dion, who she previously said was one of the few women who supported her.