The Born This Way Ball

Anyone who knows me knows I adore Lady Gaga. From her crazy fashion to her controversial songs, I love her whole over-the-top brand. I was fortunate enough to score tickets to her Born This Way Ball this past month before she had her little accident. I was nervous about her show because I had high expectations for it, and usually when I have high expectations for a show I am severely let down. Take the recent remake of Les Miserables, for example. I was so excited about it, and yet, I so disliked it. The acting was good and all, I just think the story was a little to much for me. Needless to say, I had my reservations about the Born This Way Ball. While her opening acts (Lady Starlight and Madeon) were really awful, in my opinion,  the rest of the show was mesmerizing. The concert was set in a castle where Lady G was trying to get in to. She was portraying Mother Monster from a different universe and set off the alarms to the castle while trying to break in to tell Earth that it is okay to be different. Gaga performed her classics: Bad Romance, Just Dance, Poker Face, LoveGame, Telephone, Judas, You and I, and, of course, Born This Way. Actually, she performed Born This Way twice. The first time was the way we all know it. The second time was a shortened, ballad version. My favorite performances of the night were Judas and Just Dance. She had just been captured by guards when she began talking about someone who had betrayed her. Everyone in the audience held their breath, waiting for her to introduce what we knew was coming. All of a sudden Gaga screams: "JUDAS!!!!". The crowd goes wild. The whole number was then about her getting out of this dungeon in the castle, which she succedeed at. Then, for Just Dance, the set was lit pink. Gaga became nostalgic, reminiscing about the first time she heard her first song on the radio just five years ago. The whole performance was a lot of fun. I already had this suspicion about Mother Monster before the show, but this concert just confirmed how amazing she is as a live performer. You could tell she genuinely was having the time of her life and that she was so humble and thankful for everything. She is also so much prettier in person. That's is something I would have never thought. No one ever says: "That Gaga, she was much prettier in person." Maybe its the rebellious nature of her songs and outfits or the fact that I really do think she is one of the most talented performers in the world, but I love her. Judge me.

Castle set used for the whole show.