14 DAY TRIAL // At this year’s Brit Awards, Lady Gaga went home as a winner, taking home awards in three out of four international categories. Still, the night was a very sad one for the hitmaker, as she made it a point to perform in honor of the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen – a gig she envisioned as a representation of the future, as she put it (story via here).
Dressed in a lace unitard that was missing a leg and had flowers placed in strategic places to cover Gaga’s modesty (designed by none other than McQueen himself), Gaga sang “Telephone” and “Dance in the Dark.” The performance was initially supposed to be uptempo and fun, reports in the media say, but she changed her mind at the last minute, upon hearing of the designer’s sudden demise.
“I wanted to do a very, very forward performance, something that I felt was a true representation of the future. I re-inspired my song ‘Telephone’ into an acoustic, sort of jazz version, and then I went into a song called ‘Dance in the Dark,’ and I used a brand-new instrument that the Haus of Gaga has built named Emma,” Gaga reportedly said of the stripped down, very slow paced performance.
We were also telling you yesterday that, while the performance was obviously sad, it still managed to be the highlight of the evening, breathing life into what was otherwise a rather lackluster awards ceremony, as the British media described it. Gaga started off slow, with a piano version of “Telephone” and then got up to play the instrument Emma, shaped like a guitar and whose function seems to be that of playing effects, for “Dance in the Dark.” A huge statue of herself was the only other prop on stage.
“The movements of Cheryl Cole’s lips didn’t appear to quite match the singing coming out of the speakers – in fairness, she’s had a rough week – but, just as in 1977, when a reformed Simon And Garfunkel apparently stole the show, the most exciting things on offer were from America: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys duetted on New York State Of Mind and Lady Gaga, apparently wearing part of the set, spoke about Alexander McQueen then performed not one of her hits but a grinding bit of electro-pop no one recognized. While she was onstage, the Brits were momentarily as edgy and exciting as they like to think they are,” the Guardian wrote in a review of Gaga’s performance, as we also informed you.