“I can't believe I'm here!
launches Jérémy, 30, from the Oise.
By force, we wondered if this concert was going to take place…” On Sunday, they were 76,000, like him, rushing to the Stade de France to discover Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball”.
A tour of twenty dates initially scheduled for the summer of 2020 and postponed twice due to the health situation.
But this time it was the right one.
After a date in Düsseldorf in Germany and another in Stockholm in Sweden, the 36-year-old star was there, in Paris.
All in front of a white-hot audience, after several hours or even days of waiting under a beating sun.
And around 9:15 p.m., the electro music that surrounded the stadium cuts out.
Planted in a kind of cocoon, in the middle of a false rough stone decor, Lady Gaga finally lands in front of her “little monsters”, as she calls them, in French in the text.
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Eight years since she had set foot on a French stage, after the cancellation of the two Accor Arenas of her "Joanne World Tour" in 2018 due to pain related to fibromyalgia.
So for his return, the artist connects the tubes.
Right from the start, “Bad Romance”, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” follow one another.
Then a first costume change.
And make way for titles from "Chromatica", an album released in May 2020 and which met with less success in the world than its predecessors.
Regardless, the fans know the lyrics like the back of their hand and in the stands, the majority remain standing, dancing.
"It's crazy, she sings without playback, she dances perfectly and she takes everyone with her," applauds Agathe, our neighbor, in her twenties.
“I love you Paris, I adore you”
And when night falls and the temperatures go down, that of the stadium reaches its climax on "Free Woman".
Dressed in gold, the American singer splits the crowd to reach a central stage.
A space on which she first resumes "Born This Way", a true hymn to tolerance.
Then, on the piano, connects several titles.
And if she has already proven that she was a show girl, it is necessary to wait for this moment for Lady Gaga to demonstrate that she has not yet given everything.
“Shallow”, a hit from the soundtrack of “A Star is Born”, capsizes the enclosure.
Same thing for “Always Remember Us this Way”, accompanied by an all-too-rare word from the artist in the introduction.
“After this pandemic that we have gone through, and that we continue to live through, we are here tonight.
Let's look at us!
she launched under the ovations of the Stade de France.
I want to remember this moment forever.
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– Stade de France (@StadeFrance) July 24, 2022
Fans will remember the electric ending.
A sequence of “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me”, his duet with Ariana Grande, finished igniting the public.
Until literally setting the stage on fire for an all-voice encore on "Hold My Hand", the artist's latest track and soundtrack to "Top Gun: Maverick".
An intense goodbye… before a final return to the stage.
Because while the light is on again and the Stade de France begins to empty, Gaga returns, hand in the air, to greet her “little monsters”.
“I love you Paris, I adore you”, she proclaimed during the show.
The converse is also true.
On the forecourt, the fans - for some dressed like the singer - are convinced.
"I was a little scared at first, but it was an exceptional concert", applauds Bastien.
“She could have spoken a little more to the public, believes Raphaël, another fan.
But she perfectly knew how to balance between her big hits and lesser-known titles.
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Still, this Sunday, despite a scene that was a bit small and more suitable for an Accor Arena than a Stade de France and a first part without much communication with the public, Lady Gaga proved that she could do everything.
And that at 36, the pop star still had some underfoot.