Lady Gaga Shines at 2025 VMAs with Showstopping Performances

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, held on September 7th, 2025, were a night to remember, with Lady Gaga delivering a series of showstopping performances that left the audience in awe.

Gaga, who led the nominees with 12 nods, did not physically attend the ceremony at New York's UBS Arena. However, she still managed to captivate the crowd with a pre-recorded performance from her Mayhem Ball tour. Appearing on stage in a massive red dress, Gaga launched into a killer rendition of her hit "Abracadabra," writhing atop a cage of dancers.

But the real highlight came when Gaga slipped down to the stage, underwent a costume change, and delivered the first televised performance of her latest song, "The Dead Dance." Dressed as her haunted doll persona from the song's Tim Burton-directed music video, Gaga broke out of the cage alongside her backup crew, performing the jerking choreography from the video.

Gaga's electrifying performances were not the only notable moment of the night. The ceremony also saw the passing of a music icon, as Mark Volman, the co-founder of the pop-rock group The Turtles, died at the age of 78. Volman's contributions to the industry will be long remembered by fans and fellow artists alike.