SINGAPORE: By all accounts, everyone had an amazing time at Lady Gaga’s concert at Singapore’s National Stadium on Sunday night (May 18), which marked the pop superstar’s first return to the Little Red Dot in 13 years.
While clips of Singaporeans singing along rapturously to “Die With a Smile” or dancing like there’s no tomorrow have been all over social media, one of the highlights of the evening was toward the end when Lady Gaga unfurled the flag of Singapore from a balcony onstage, which brought on much cheers and applause from the audience.
“Singapore… Singapore, I love you so much,” the singer said after the flag was revealed, placing her hand over her heart. “The last time we were here was for the Born This Way ball… I remember how special that was; I love it here so much. You are so very special to me.”
“My little monsters in Singapore, thank you for coming to our show,” she added, forming a heart with her hands as the cheers grew louder.
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When a local Reddit user shared a photo of Lady Gaga with the Singapore flag, they captioned it with “Just Lady Gaga hanging the Singapore flag from the balcony like it’s National Day.”
This prompted other users on the platform to have some fun.
“Wow, thought she was reciting the pledge too,” one quipped.
Some agreed, especially since the performer was captured hand on heart.
Others quickly joined in, with one writing, “All that’s needed to be authentic is for that block to be in the design of an HDB and have the bamboo laundry poles hanging out. Bonus points if Uwu bird sound is integrated into the background.”
Another joined in: “You still need the ah peks smoking downstairs and the YPs speeding past in their manyao PMDs, and the inconsiderate neighbours dirtying your laundry from upstairs.”
When one asked others to imagine if Lady Gaga would sing “Home,” the quintessential National Day song, a commenter wrote, “Bruno Mars’ band played Home for intermission during their concert last year. Which is funny cause it seems like the most well-known ‘Singaporean song’ is an NDP song.”
Nevertheless, the post author had a wonderful time at the concert. They wrote, “Her live vocals are 100%. After dancing her heart out, she can still belt out the high notes like nothing. Mostly sang Mayhem hits, but I quite like the new songs too.”
The pop star is becoming known for bringing the flag of the country where she performs front and center, having already done this in Mexico and Brazil. In her recent concert in Brazil, she even wore a dress inspired by that nation’s flag. /TISG