Lady Gaga delivers dazzling — but prerecorded — French performance at Olympics opening ceremony

PARIS — Lady Gaga delivers a dazzling performance as the first musical act during the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony — except it was all prerecorded.

The Grammy- and Oscar-winning performer kicks off her performance on steps along the Seine River, singing Zizi Jeanmaire’s “Mon Truc en Plumes.”

She is accompanied by a troupe of eight dancers carrying pink feather fans before she moves on to the piano.

The singer’s representatives do not immediately respond to a request for comment about why her performance was prerecorded.

An Associated Press reporter saw Gaga begin to warm up around three hours before the opening ceremony started, performing for about an hour before waving to fans as she walked off.

Gaga’s appearance comes as a surprise — she was not listed on a program provided to the media in advance — but was heavily rumored after the singer and actor was spotted in Paris.