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Lady Gaga has responded to a fan’s meme about several albums being left off her recent Coachella 2025 headlining set – see what she had to say below.
Last weekend (April 11), Lady Gaga headlined the first night of Coachella 2025, performing a career-spanning set that included hits like ‘Judas’, ‘Poker Face’, ‘Abracadabra’, ‘Paparazzi’, ‘Alejandro’, ‘Die With A Smile’, ‘Born This Way’ and more.
However, several of her albums such as 2013’s ‘Artpop’, 2016’s ‘Joanne’, 2020’s ‘Chromatica’ and 2024’s ‘Harlequin’ were notably missing from the setlist, prompting a fan to create a new meme.
At one point during Gaga’s performance, she is seen lying aside several skeletons. A fan turned that moment into a meme on TikTok, uploading an image of Gaga laying with the skeletons, branding each of them as the forgotten records left off Coachella’s setlist.
The fan wrote in their caption: “Well Gaga doesn’t remember ‘Artpop’ and I don’t think she’ll remember ‘Harlequin’”. In response, Gaga commented on the post: “‘Harlequin’ is one of my proudest pieces of production.” See the post and Gaga’s response here.
‘Harlequin’ was released in late September last year as an accompaniment to Joker: Folie à Deux, which she co-starred in alongside Joaquin Phoenix. In March, she followed up with her latest album, ‘Mayhem’.
In a four-star review of ‘Mayhem’, NME wrote: “There’s a nonchalant confidence in the way Gaga sticks to her maximalist vision without pandering to contemporary pop trends. Most ‘Mayhem’ tracks run close to or over four minutes, making them mini-epics in the TikTok era.
“Ultimately, ‘Mayhem’ feels like a great Gaga album because it’s just so much fun. At times, it’s a bit like reconnecting with an old friend who makes sense even when they seem to be chatting nonsense. Seventeen years after she broke through with ‘Just Dance’, Lady Gaga remains pop’s foremost agent of impeccably crafted chaos.”
Following Gaga’s second Coachella 2025 headlining set this weekend (April 18), she will stage her first Singapore live dates in 13 years, her landmark free gig to over a million fans at Copacabana Beach in Rio, as well as treks across North America, Europe and the UK, followed by her first Australian tour since 2014 in December.
In other news, the record has landed at Number Four in the top 10 best-selling vinyl albums of 2025 so far.
Perry Farrell has released another public apology following an on-stage confrontation involving his bandmate Dave Navarro.
The Jane's Addiction frontman was involved in a physical altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro last year during a live performance, an incident that prompted the band to cancel their reunion tour and eventually led to their split.
“I'd like to address what happened on stage last year,” Perry, 66, said in a statement shared across both his personal Instagram account and Jane's Addiction’s official page. “I've reflected on it and know I didn't handle myself the way I should have. I apologize to our patrons and my bandmates for losing my temper and for disrupting the show.”
He went on to admit that he did not meet fan expectations and described himself as deeply remorseful toward everyone impacted by the incident.
“Jane's Addiction has been at the center of my life for decades. The band, the songs, the patrons, and the impact that we've had on music and culture mean more to me than any words I could ever possibly write down,” he shared.
“My aim has always been to give our audience the best possible show, something real, honest and positive. In Boston, we fell short of that, and I'm truly sorry to everyone who was impacted.”
Jane's Addiction also issued its own statement regarding the altercation, which ultimately led to the group’s remaining members filing a lawsuit against Perry alleging assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract.
“Today we are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane's Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together,” the band wrote, signaling that the group would not move forward with Perry. “We now look forward to the future as we embark on our separate musical and creative endeavors.”
