It’s the first time back for Gaga at the VMAs since her unforgettable performance of Applause in 2013 when she stripped down to a clamshell bikini.
The artist, who dropped her latest album Chromatica on 29 May, leads the VMA nominations with nine music awards – seven of them are for the second release of the album, Rain On Me featuring Ariana Grande, including Video of the Year and Song of the Year. “I’ve been at home dreaming of #Chromatica, and it’s finally time to take off for the first live performance,” she wrote on Twitter, along with a captivating short video showing herself wearing a giant extraterrestrial mask matched with a bathrobe and slides while sipping a drink.