1. The lights dim. A piano plays. A glittering figure appears on the horizon. It's beginning.
2. Only Lady Gaga can make "This Land is Your Land" a bop.
3. I feel like I forgot how freakin beautiful her voice is and I'm mad at myself for it.
4. She is a stunning metallic alien from a planet of talented, artistic geniuses that has graced us with her presence on this simple Earth.
5. Props to the lighting people for making me believe in the American dream again.
6. "One nation, under God, with liberty and justice FOR ALL." (@donaldtrump)
7. LEAP MY TALENTED GAZELLE YOU WORK THOSE SUSPENSION CABLES.
8. Her riffs put me on the edge of glory like how can her voice even do that??
9. STRIKE A POSE.
10. Much like the best Glee episode ever, this Lady Gaga medley is going to become a cultural icon.
11. SHE'S FLYING AND I'M SHOOK/SHOKING/SHAKED/SHAKEN???
12. The laws of gravity and physics just don't apply to her TBH.
13. She's giving us 80's Video Game meets The Lizze McGuire Movie meets Americana REALNESS.
14. And the Tony for best choreography goes to....
15. Singing an LGBTQ+ anthem at the Brolympics? SHE DID THAT.
16. THAT MUSICAL TRANSITION WAS FLAWLESS.
17. I strive to reach the level of success where leather-clad men have to carry me down the runway.
18. This hairography snatched me oh my god she is working every angle, every beat, every step like a goddess.
19. I would crawl for Gaga and I'm not ashamed.
20. If Liberace had a baby with the drag queen Vivacious, this is what their child would dress like.
21. OKAY COLOR GUARD I SEE YOU WERKIN' IT BACK THERE.
22. Just Dance is an upbeat, era-defining jam about the therapeutic powers of good choreography and I'm loving it.
21. The blackout guitar solo/dance break/color guard moment was overwhelming in the best way possible.
22. Here comes the ballad, y'all.
23. JOANNE COME THRUUUUU!!!
24. Friendly reminder that she's one of the greatest performers in music history IMO.
25. She just thanked her parents I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING.
27. Lady Gaga is a literal light in the darkness that's too good for this world.
28. I would sell my right leg to be that dancer that Gaga hugged.
29. She just belted after an intense dance break and I have all the respect in the world for her.
30. I see white suits aka IT'S BAD ROMANCE TIME!!!
31. This quick change just murdered me, resurrected me, and murdered me again.
32. I HAVE A SUDDEN PASSION FOR FOOTBALL.
33. This is pure 2009 Gaga goodness and I'm living for it.
33. Lady Gaga's style evolution makes Madonna look like a sad, sad clown baby if we're being honest.
34. This red, white, and blue mood lighting is the best thing to happen to America since Hamilton.
35. WALK WALK FASHION BABY WORK IT MOVE THAT B*TCH CRAZY.
36. She's ascending into the heavens to take her seat on the throne where she can look down upon the world and cure all pain/sadness/war/hunger.
37. There are literal flames behind her and she's still the most fire thing onstage.
38. Never again will we witness such a powerful, unified squad carrying their queen towards her dreams.
39. MIC DROP.
40. And just like that, she leaps into the darkness and disappears. Iconic.
#foreveralittlemonster