Update: On Monday, July 22, paparazzi reportedly captured Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky, her longtime boyfriend, returning to their hotel in Paris, which only intensified the previously circulating rumors that she will perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics. As of this writing, there still has not been any official confirmation.
Original Article: Nobody does spectacle quite like Lady Gaga. The iconic triple threat confirmed her seventh studio album is en route by flashing the message “LG7 GAGA RETURNS” just before the screen went black to end her Gaga Chromatica Ball concert film.
What better stage to announce a release date or reveal the album’s cover art than the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Is Lady Gaga Performing At The 2024 Paris Olympics?
It isn’t a firm yes, but it also isn’t a firm no!
On Thursday, July 11, rumors began swirling online that Lady Gaga will perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony on August 11. People are citing the French outlet Purepeople, which claims Gaga is “expected to sing” at the closing ceremony.
As of this writing, no substantial reports have been published to support this claim, but people have noticed that Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2024 Summer Games, recently followed Gaga on Instagram.
Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the Olympics, followed Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti on Instagram 👀 pic.twitter.com/oAte0yKiER
— Saeta (@malonsillo) July 11, 2024
https://twitter.com/gaga_latest/status/1811449383394709930
🚨| According to @purepeople Lady Gaga could be performing at Paris Olympics closing ceremony on August 11, 2024 pic.twitter.com/tFrtP3aoMr
— L (fan account) (@live4ga) July 11, 2024
Gaga reportedly nearly made a surprise cameo at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were actually held in 2021, but it was sadly left as a hypothetical.
Tangentially related: The Sun reported in late June that Céline Dion had “received a formal offer from organizers of the Paris Olympics to perform” during the opening ceremony, and Hoda Kotb added fuel to the possibility.
