Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Look Was an Epic Tribute to David Bowie, According to the Internet
She let her love of the late singer be known once again.
By Marissa G. Muller
HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 05: Musician Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)Larry Busacca
Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show was, thankfully, just as theatrical and fabulous as fans hoped it would be. Who else would be brave enough to literally fly into the stadium on wires? It wasn't just the pop artist's drama that made the show memorable, however—it was also her attire. Aside from undergoing both outfit and makeup changes during the 12-minute show, Gaga also sparked another talking point when the camera first panned in on her. Dressed in a sparkling silver custom Atelier Versace bodysuit, shoulder pads that evoked her early "Poker Face" era, and rhinestones around her eyes, Gaga summoned another icon: the late David Bowie.
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The resemblance between Lady Gaga's Super Bowl outfit and Bowie's Aladdin Sane period is hard to deny, as Twitter quickly picked up. "Lady Gaga's out there lookin like David Bowie," wrote one observant Twitter user, which she posted along with a side-by-side comparison of the two artists.
https://twitter.com/baddie1x/status/828420142778380289
At this point, Gaga's admiration for Bowie is well-documented. Last year, she honored the complex artist at the Grammys, right after his tragic and untimely death. Gaga was much more blatant about her love for him during the performance, wearing his signature colorful lighting bolt makeup as well as his iconic red mullet hairstyle in the pre-recorded opener. She's also talked about how much Bowie's Aladdin Sane persona left an impact on her.
"The moment that I saw the Aladdin Sane cover for the first time, I was 19 years old, and it just changed my perspective on everything, forever," she told NPR last year. "It was an image that changed my life... My friends and I in New York, we've lived a lifestyle of total immersion in music, fashion, art and technology since we were kids — and this is because of him. I just would never be here, or have the philosophy that I have, if I didn't have someone to look up to that you know blew my mind so intensely."
So we can all thank David Bowie for (among many, many other things) making Lady Gaga—and her spectacular, inclusive Super Bowl performance—possible.
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