Lady Gaga, JLo get loud for Biden
Lady Gaga launched new US President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony by belting out a classic rendition of the national anthem, wearing a billowing ball gown and enormous dove brooch.
The long-sleeved gown, reportedly a Schiaparelli, featured a fitted navy drop-waist bodice with a demure mock neck collar and a voluminous scarlet skirt that ensured she kept a Covid-friendly distance.
“My intention is to acknowledge our past, be healing for our present, and passionate for a future where we work together lovingly,” Gaga tweeted ahead of her performance. “I will sing to the hearts of all people who live on this land.”
Following Lady Gaga’s performance of The Star-Spangled Banner, Jennifer Lopez took to the stage, performing Woody Guthrie’s classic This Land is Your Land, a tune with socialist leanings the folk legend is said to have written in response to the more nationalistic God Bless America.
Bronx-raised with Puerto Rican roots, Lopez finished with America the Beautiful, adding in a line of Spanish: “Siempre con libertad y justicia para todos [Liberty and justice for all, always].” –