Gaga at the 2009 VMAs

[JaysAMess 27,838]

It's been 12 years and I'm STILL not over this iconic performance. Her vocals, the outfit, the stage design.. THE GASP of horror/shock from the audience when the blood begins to drip to her stomach still gives me chills. A legendary performance.

[Ororo Munroe 59,532]

3 minutes ago, JaysAMess said:

THE GASP of horror/shock from the audience when the blood begins to drip to her stomach still gives me chills.

this moment still kills me after all these years. idk a performance that would excite me as much as this thing. 

[oslo 195]

This is the performance that made me go from a simple Gaga aficionado to complete die hard fan. Every time i watch it, i am still as fascinated as the very first time. I almost fell from my chair that day, i was so shocked by how genius this performance was.

You can hear the audience go "ooohhh " when the blood starts dripping from her chest. This was pure performance art.

[G U C C I 5,147]

This just won't be topped. It wasn't just shocking but a complete art piece that was such a deviation from performances before it and honestly all the performances since. Gaga was really in her bag with her performances all the way through ARTPOP. I would love to see her wow us like this again and I firmly believe that she could with a future album. 

[Bat 6,161]

this performance is one of my favorites from her, she was so into making every performance a cultural moment, besides that her voice and piano playing is soooo good there 

[MaMaMarryTheNight 3,741]

[gagawaffles 165]

It’s so simple yet so dramatic and effective! I was shook. I remember thinking — is that real? Obviously it was a performance but I was still in shock