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Lady Gaga invited Ariana Grande back into the world of Chromaticafor a medley of songs from her latest album at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.
Gaga’s performance begins in a bedroom where a vintage VMA preview plays on an old-school TV. She bursts out of bed, showing off a bright green two piece as “Chromatica II” starts playing. As she makes her way down a stripper pole and struts through naked mannequins, she joins her dancers for the song “911.” She then transitions into “Rain on Me” after her first quick-change of the performance, later joined by Grande. Both sported masks while belting the single, Grande even adding a whistle note towards the end.
During Gaga’s second quick change, Grande departs the stage. Gaga then struts to a pink piano shaped like a cranium for a stripped-down version of “Stupid Love.” The dancers re-joined Gaga on stage for an amped-up, live band take of the album’s lead single.
Gaga and Grande lead the nominations at the VMAs this year with nine nominations each, including Video of the Year and Song of the Year for “Rain on Me.” Lady Gaga was also nominated for Artist of the Year — alongside Justin Bieber, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, Post Malone and the Weeknd — and for Best Quarantine Performance for her rendition of “Smile” on One World: Together at Home. Grande is nominated twice in Best Collaboration, for “Rain on Me” and for her Justin Bieber duet “Stuck With U,” which is also nominated for Best Music Video from Home.
Earlier this month, Lady Gaga launchedGaga Radio, streaming on Apple Music every Friday. Her first guest on the show was Chromatica producer BloodPop.
