Lady Gaga Reinvents Herself, Yet Again, With ‘Mayhem Requiem’ Performance: Review - Variety
Variety Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu Plus Icon Click to Expand Search Input Variety Plus Icon Read Next: Hayley Williams Is the Fierce, Fun, Finely Tuned Rock Star We Need, as Her ‘Bachelorette Party’ Theater Tour Winds Down at the Wiltern: Concert Review Home Music Concert Reviews May 14, 2026 8:00pm PT Lady Gaga Reinvents Herself, Yet Again, With ‘Mayhem Requiem’ Performance: Review At the end of her “Mayhem Ball” tour, Lady Gaga performs “Bad Romance” as the opera house behind her ignites, the set piece roaring with flames. It’s a commentary, or at least it appeared to be, on the ephemeral nature of pop music: Gaga spends the entire performance celebrating the genre’s artifice by leaning into its flashy tropes, only to burn it all down.