World Courant
Though Girl Gaga kicked off Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics in dazzling trend, her efficiency was really pre-recorded.
The Grammy Award winner powered by means of technical difficulties and inclement climate because it rained alongside the Seine River throughout her rendition of ‘Mon Truc en Plumes’ in tribute to French star Zizi Jeanmaire, however the set reportedly came about hours earlier than it aired.
In response to the Related Press, Gaga was noticed warming up onstage about three hours earlier than the ceremony began after which performing for about an hour. She waved to followers as she exited the stage.
Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremony choreographer Maud le Pladec informed Selection that Gaga’s shock efficiency was the one one which “for security causes, we needed to pre-record late within the afternoon, as soon as we knew for certain that it was going to rain – we had minute-by-minute updates, we had by no means watched the climate forecast so carefully in our lives.
“We assessed that it was going to be too harmful for performers, even with just a few drops of rain. (Gaga) needed to do it completely so we most popular to pre-record it slightly than cancel it.”
Girl Gaga rehearsing alongside the Seine forward of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris, France. (John Walton/PA Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
Pladec added, “The soil would have been slippery. She was carrying heels, very close to the water, there have been stairs… We needed to be extraordinarily cautious.”
Gaga reportedly watched the efficiency onscreen from her dressing room earlier than returning to her lodge and sharing a heartfelt assertion in regards to the expertise. “I really feel so utterly grateful to have been requested to open the Paris @Olympics 2024 this 12 months. I’m additionally humbled to be requested by the Olympics organizing committee to sing such a particular French tune—a tune to honor the French folks and their great historical past of artwork, music, and theater,” she wrote partially on X.
“Though I’m not a French artist, I’ve at all times felt a really particular reference to French folks and singing French music—I needed nothing greater than to create a efficiency that will heat the center of France, have fun French artwork and music, and on such a momentous event reminds everybody of one of the magical cities on earth—Paris,” added Gaga.
