Lady Gaga won over the audience at the 2023 Oscars with a stripped down version of her Academy Award-nominated song “Hold My Hand.”
The Film Academy originally said Gaga would not perform at the 2023 Oscars, but she showed up Sunday in fine form, sitting down and holding her microphone closely as she sang the song. Top Gun: Maverick.
The end of the performance featured a photo of the late director Tony Scott standing next to Tom Cruise, with the words: “In memory of Tony Scott.”
Gaga, wearing no makeup and a black T-shirt and ripped jeans, called “Hold My Hand” a “deeply personal” song. She co-wrote with long-time collaborator BloodPop.
“We need a lot of love to walk through this life,” he said on stage before the performance. “You may find that you can be your own hero, even if you feel broken inside.”
Gaga won best original song for “Shallow” by A star has been born at the 2019 Oscars. She was also nominated for Best Actress that year. She also earned a Best Original Song nomination at the 2016 Oscars for “Til It Happens to You,” which she wrote with Diane Warren. The song is from the documentary. the hunting ground.
This year, Gaga is nominated for best original song along with “Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which he co-wrote with Tems, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson; “Applause” by Diane Warren of say it like a woman; and “This Is a Life” by David Byrne from Everything everywhere at once.
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