Lady Gaga just performed at the Olympics opening ceremony

Pink feathers, a mid-song outfit change, and Gaga en Français.
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Chase DiBenedetto
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Lady Gaga and dancers stand on golden steps that read "Enchanté".
Lady Gaga stirs Olympic viewers with classic opening ceremony performance. Credit: Kevin C. Cox / Staff / Getty Images Sports via Getty

The 2024 Paris Olympics is off to a pink-hued start. La vie en rose!

Starting off the opening ceremony festivities in the Parisian sunlight was American superstar Lady Gaga, belting out her rendition of "Mon Truc En Plumes" originally performed by French dancer and actress Zizi Jeanmaire.

As the parade of athletes traveled down nearly 4 miles of river, fans, dancers, and celebrities lined the banks, Gaga and a flurry of dancers holding hot pink feathered fans danced down a set of golden steps that read, "Enchanté!"

After the reveal of a grand piano — just like her "Jazz and Piano" days — tinkling away next to the waterfront, the singer took a moment behind her dancers to add a fan of white feathers to her back. Grand outfit changes are her thing, of course.

Gaga is also rumored to return to the banks of the Seine later on in the ceremony, reportedly to duet with famed singer Celine Dion in a headline-making comeback performance for the French Canadian icon.

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Chase DiBenedetto
Social Good Reporter

Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also captures how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she's very funny.

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