Looking for a good interpretation of Coachella/MAYHEM Ball Tour

[rinasawachanta 2,937]

I'm looking for a good analysis of the story behind the amazing show Gaga put on. What each act symbolizes, etc. Anyone read one out there? It's to share with my mother who was fascinated and wants to know more! ❤️

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in progress... i'm ready to unpack soon monsters let's go! I know we have been seeing the connections between past eras and influences so that is a perfect start like mcqueen which is so beautiful...

haus mayhem 

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I know the show overall matches Mayhem's theme of "inner chaos" and feeling like she's being pulled apart within herself, by versions herself. 

But an act by act breakdown would be interesting to read

[jillianwoj 156]

By no means do I find the following article to be a comprehensive, fully-realized analysis and breakdown akin to the masterful commentary I know many scholarly members here on GGD are capable of crafting, but I did come across this earlier today and found it to be a fun short read to get your feet wet with:

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a64378932/lady-gaga-coachella-performance-2025/

[jillianwoj 156]

And this video isn't a direct response to your posted request, but I did find this thematic and scenic breakdown of Abracadabra very beautifully presented back soon after the video premiered at the Grammys.  The guy has a very peaceful aura and I suggest keeping your eyes peeled in case they eventually upload an equally impressive Gagachella breakdown:

 

Edited Monday at 09:45 PM by jillianwoj

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25 minutes ago, jillianwoj said:

By no means do I find the following article to be a comprehensive, fully-realized analysis and breakdown akin to the masterful commentary I know many scholarly members here on GGD are capable of crafting, but I did come across this earlier today and found it to be a fun short read to get your feet wet with:

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a64378932/lady-gaga-coachella-performance-2025/

This was such an interesting reading, thank you for sharing it! Not on topic but this caught my attention: Gaga never lost her groove, though she almost quit making music altogether amid ongoing depressive episodes. I think a lot of fans don’t realize how lucky we are to still have her! 

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To me, the show is about duality, about accepting that light and darkness always go hand in hand and can't exist without each other - a  theme that Gaga has explored before, but never as explicitly as in this show.

[jillianwoj 156]

19 hours ago, Nessun Dorma said:

This was such an interesting reading, thank you for sharing it! Not on topic but this caught my attention: Gaga never lost her groove, though she almost quit making music altogether amid ongoing depressive episodes. I think a lot of fans don’t realize how lucky we are to still have her! 

I'm glad you enjoyed the article and agree with you wholeheartedly! Not to mention she even said during one of the Mayhem promo interviews that she was certain she would join the likes of the 28 Club.  If you're unfamiliar, it's the approximate age that a lot of celebrities and rock legends tend to lose their battles with addiction... Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, the list goes on and on.  As the audience, we obviously only get to see what she dares reveal to us (though we can often read between the lines if paying attention closely enough), so only she really knows how true that kind of statement is.  I personally have a more metaphysical perspective on why this is so common, but don't want to impress my spiritual beliefs onto anyone that didn't ask, but would be happy to share if anyone is interested.

In retrospect, I think it chills her and scares her to the core to reflect upon and probably has a lot to do with how happy and buoyant she feels now.  Like with literally being "high" on adrenaline at Gagachella and hopping into the fans, joyously scream-singing Vanish Into You in their faces... she likely consciously or subconsciously is saying YOLO! THANK GOD I'M STILL HERE! I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED EVER AGAIN!!! 🩷  

I love her so much, it's not even okay I will probably never get the chance to tell her, lol.

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2 hours ago, jillianwoj said:

I'm glad you enjoyed the article and agree with you wholeheartedly! Not to mention she even said during one of the Mayhem promo interviews that she was certain she would join the likes of the 28 Club.  If you're unfamiliar, it's the approximate age that a lot of celebrities and rock legends tend to lose their battles with addiction... Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, the list goes on and on.  As the audience, we obviously only get to see what she dares reveal to us (though we can often read between the lines if paying attention closely enough), so only she really knows how true that kind of statement is.  I personally have a more metaphysical perspective on why this is so common, but don't want to impress my spiritual beliefs onto anyone that didn't ask, but would be happy to share if anyone is interested.

Yes, I believe creative people often experience emotions more intensely than others. I notice this in my own life experiences. And the sensitivity that allows artists to create art can also make them more vulnerable to emotional distress. Mental health illnesses combined with long-term substance abuse and pressures of fame, especially public scrutiny and loss of privacy, can lead to tragical deaths like Amy’s. 

That’s why I believe Tony saved Gaga from a tragic fate. This friendship was sent from heaven. 

I don’t mind you sharing your spiritual beliefs if you want to! I’d love to read about it! 

2 hours ago, jillianwoj said:

I love her so much, it's not even okay I will probably never get the chance to tell her, lol.

I feel you sis 

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12 hours ago, Nessun Dorma said:

Yes, I believe creative people often experience emotions more intensely than others. I notice this in my own life experiences. And the sensitivity that allows artists to create art can also make them more vulnerable to emotional distress. Mental health illnesses combined with long-term substance abuse and pressures of fame, especially public scrutiny and loss of privacy, can lead to tragical deaths like Amy’s. 

That’s why I believe Tony saved Gaga from a tragic fate. This friendship was sent from heaven. 

I don’t mind you sharing your spiritual beliefs if you want to! I’d love to read about it! 

I feel you sis 

You gave me goosies! Completely agree with your POV and have said it as well at times in my life when explaining the intensity of emotions to robotic, logical types. I feel like so much of your posts are things I could have written myself. As a traditionally unemployeed (I make palltry income selling clothes on Poshmark & eBay) fellow (to Gaga) fibromyalgia/rare health problems sufferer shut-in, I really wish we had a chance to meet IRL; I feel like we would have a lot in common!

As far as the spiritual beliefs, at the risk of inspiring eye rolls and sounding like a predatory hippie guru, I am extremely into astrology.  The time it takes for Saturn to do a full revolution around the sun and be back in the same place it was when you were born (which is in your birth chart therefore has significant relevance to your personality and life) is 28-30 years.  Astrologically this is referred to as your Return of Saturn and is significant because it usually denotes a change of forced growth, impactful life changes, and often times, hardships that are rewarding once survived.  In hindsight, many look back at this age if they're past it and correlate it to maybe a big career change, breakup or divorce, struggle with an eating disorder or substance abuse, or some other personal war of sorts.  In my case, it was a time when I really struggled with mental health as a consequence of coming to terms with nonfatal chronic illness.  I call it terminal because it ruined life as I knew it, but so far, won't actually kill me; sometimes feels I'm serving a life sentence without the compassionate mercy of getting to leave my body on a predictably early timeline.  I know how morbid and potentially suicidal this sounds, but I assure you the irony is I am mentally extremely lighthearted, well-adjusted, and joyful; if I could hop into a healthy body, my life would be everything I ever set out and dreamed for it to be!  Sorry for tangent... anyways...

My point is 28-30 is when adults tend to have their real "quarter life crisis" and depending on what's going on in their lives, they can sink or swim.  I hope this made sense!   If you ever want to talk astrology, or learn more about it, I would absolutely love to as I adore the topic and am SO PROUD to be the same sign as the woman who brought us all here! 🩷

[jillianwoj 156]

On 4/13/2025 at 9:03 PM, rinasawachanta said:

I'm looking for a good analysis of the story behind the amazing show Gaga put on. What each act symbolizes, etc. Anyone read one out there? It's to share with my mother who was fascinated and wants to know more! ❤️

and i think i finally have a relevant link for you! i just came across this analysis on reddit and immediately thought of you to come link it for you! didn't even read all of it myself yet but so far it's really good!

https://www.reddit.com/r/LadyGaga/s/VzSfcTeVEK

[rinasawachanta 2,937]

36 minutes ago, jillianwoj said:

and i think i finally have a relevant link for you! i just came across this analysis on reddit and immediately thought of you to come link it for you! didn't even read all of it myself yet but so far it's really good!

https://www.reddit.com/r/LadyGaga/s/VzSfcTeVEK

Thank you so much for thinking of me! But the link redirects me to the main page of Gaga's thread, not to a specific subthread... Is it ok?

[jillianwoj 156]

13 minutes ago, rinasawachanta said:

Thank you so much for thinking of me! But the link redirects me to the main page of Gaga's thread, not to a specific subthread... Is it ok?

ew, sorry!  is this better?!:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LadyGaga/s/Y9yYFpJx6Z

[rinasawachanta 2,937]

4 minutes ago, jillianwoj said:

ew, sorry!  is this better?!:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LadyGaga/s/Y9yYFpJx6Z

Yes! Thank u so much!  I'll read it

[Nessun Dorma 3,387]

11 hours ago, jillianwoj said:

You gave me goosies! Completely agree with your POV and have said it as well at times in my life when explaining the intensity of emotions to robotic, logical types. I feel like so much of your posts are things I could have written myself. As a traditionally unemployeed (I make palltry income selling clothes on Poshmark & eBay) fellow (to Gaga) fibromyalgia/rare health problems sufferer shut-in, I really wish we had a chance to meet IRL; I feel like we would have a lot in common!

As far as the spiritual beliefs, at the risk of inspiring eye rolls and sounding like a predatory hippie guru, I am extremely into astrology.  The time it takes for Saturn to do a full revolution around the sun and be back in the same place it was when you were born (which is in your birth chart therefore has significant relevance to your personality and life) is 28-30 years.  Astrologically this is referred to as your Return of Saturn and is significant because it usually denotes a change of forced growth, impactful life changes, and often times, hardships that are rewarding once survived.  In hindsight, many look back at this age if they're past it and correlate it to maybe a big career change, breakup or divorce, struggle with an eating disorder or substance abuse, or some other personal war of sorts.  In my case, it was a time when I really struggled with mental health as a consequence of coming to terms with nonfatal chronic illness.  I call it terminal because it ruined life as I knew it, but so far, won't actually kill me; sometimes feels I'm serving a life sentence without the compassionate mercy of getting to leave my body on a predictably early timeline.  I know how morbid and potentially suicidal this sounds, but I assure you the irony is I am mentally extremely lighthearted, well-adjusted, and joyful; if I could hop into a healthy body, my life would be everything I ever set out and dreamed for it to be!  Sorry for tangent... anyways...

My point is 28-30 is when adults tend to have their real "quarter life crisis" and depending on what's going on in their lives, they can sink or swim.  I hope this made sense!   If you ever want to talk astrology, or learn more about it, I would absolutely love to as I adore the topic and am SO PROUD to be the same sign as the woman who brought us all here! 🩷

Jill, I can’t even imagine how life must have been difficult for you dealing with a chronic illness that causes so much pain. I hope you can feel my love and admiration from where you are. Is your fibromyalgia under control now? 

And wow thank you so much for taking your time to explain all this to me! I had already heard about “Saturn Return”, but I had no idea what it meant. It’s a very interesting POV. I must admit I am a skeptical person when it comes to astrology, although I try to be as open-minded as possible when it comes to other people’s spiritual beliefs. Ultimately, I will always respect and defend your right to believe what you want to believe. I think spirituality is one of the things that makes life bearable!

Now that I know a bit more about your life story, I can only reinforce my wishes from yesterday! May life be kind to your dreams and may your choices continue to favor the best version of yourself! May you always be surrounded by good people and may your days be filled with peace and joy!