A Star Is Born had its official premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, which stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga as “seasoned” musician Jackson Maine and the struggling artist Ally, respectively. Jackson “discovers” Ally (and the two fall in love) just as she’s about to give up her dreams of becoming a singer, until he thrusts her into the spotlight and she becomes an immediate hit, her fame eclipsing his own.
Although Gaga previously appeared in the fifth installment of American Horror Story: Hotel (as well as brief cameos in the following season, Roanoke), this marks her first big screen acting debut. So naturally, the over-the-top singer and songwriter had to make a grand entrance to the festival. And grand it was.
Being that she was in Venice after all, Gaga arrived by boat, with her legs casually draped over the side and looking ever the picture of old Hollywood glam to greet her fans.
Cancel all other Venice entrances, @ladygaga has arrived pic.twitter.com/U9xndZfI7O
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) August 30, 2018
And I guess you could say people kind of lost their minds, as one is wont to do when it comes to Lady Gaga.
https://twitter.com/tommydorfman/status/1035324681576886272
https://twitter.com/maureenholloway/status/1035285898030510080
Torn between seeing the new Coen brothers film and A Star is Born this morning. Then this photo of @ladygaga arriving at #Venezia75 made up my mind. #VeniceFilmFestival pic.twitter.com/GRCLqMsAcS
— Rebecca Laurence (@rebeccalaurence) August 31, 2018
And then came the inevitable memes:
https://twitter.com/ira/status/1035275539936735232
https://twitter.com/RealToddHaynes/status/1035218784674504704
Lady Gaga arriving at the Venice Film Festival ahead of A Star Is Born pic.twitter.com/B6HDMmGao1
— adam (@adamjmoussa) August 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/elia_savvas/status/1035470698054082560
same energy pic.twitter.com/yFBSRAyPMt
— Matt Erspamer (@erspamer_matt) August 30, 2018
This has been your friendly reminder that this is Gaga’s world, and we’re all just lucky enough to share it with her.