"Hot on the heels of her extravagant performance at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on September 8. Wearing a black dress for this quieter performance, Gaga played piano with a guitar duo backing her for a sparse, ballad-style rendition of "Vanish Into You," a dance-pop anthem from . Watch it happen below."
"Lady Gaga was the most nominated artist at last night's VMAs, with 12 nods in total. She won Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration (for her Bruno Mars duet " Die With a Smile") and Best Direction and Best Art Direction for " Abracadabra," but ultimately lost in the Video of the Year category to Ariana Grande's " Brighter Days Ahead." She also performed "Abracadabra" and " The Dead Dance," her new single for Netflix's Wednesday, during the program."
Lady Gaga appeared as the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on September 8, performing a quiet, piano-led version of "Vanish Into You" with a guitar duo while wearing a black dress. She was the most nominated artist at the VMAs with 12 nods, winning Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration for her Bruno Mars duet "Die With a Smile," and awards for Direction and Art Direction for "Abracadabra," while losing Video of the Year to Ariana Grande's "Brighter Days Ahead." She performed "Abracadabra" and "The Dead Dance" during the program. Mayhem is Gaga's first album in five years, and she is touring North America in support of the LP before taking the show to Europe and Australia through the end of the year.
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