Lady Gaga unveiled a Music video filmed at the Louvre on Wednesday. It was posted on the museum and the artist’s Twitter, Instagram and TikTok accounts.
In this original video creation, we see the American, wearing a short red bob wig, black tights and sneakers, wandering through the rooms of the largest museum in the world while performing a song composed for the occasion.
The artist, who had already left his mark on Paris with his performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games (JO) this summer, and who is releasing a new album entitled “Harlequin” on Friday, travels at night from a terrace to end up facing the Mona Lisa.
The protected work
After looking intently at the Mona Lisa, she draws a smile with lipstick on a pane of glass that appears to be the one in the painting, but is “a special device ensuring the integrity of the work.” The star then turns around, facing the camera, revealing a black-rimmed eye with a tear running through it.
This clip celebrates both the launch of the Louvre season with an exhibition devoted to the “figures of the madman” (from October 16 to February 3, 2025), including that of the Joker, which abound in the painting of the 13th centurye in the 16th centurye century, and the release of the film Joker: Madness for Twoin which Lady Gaga plays (in French theaters from October 2).
A “tribute”
Asked about this gesture, which evokes acts of vandalism that have occurred in recent months on paintings, including the Mona Lisa, in several establishments, the museum emphasizes that this scene is “purely fictional”, conceived as “a tribute” to the character of the Joker and to Leonardo da Vinci. “The Louvre has partnered with Warner Bros Pictures, which is producing the video, in collaboration with the star,” the museum said.
The Louvre is not new to music stars. In July, the museum already created a buzz by broadcasting images of a private visit by Céline Dion, before her participation in the opening of the Olympic Games.
A few years ago, in 2016, Will.i.am was the first to animate his paintings using special effects for a title called Mona Lisa smile.
In 2018, the couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z filmed a video clip there for their title Apeshit,, including in particular The Raft of the Medusawhich intended to defend the equality of cultures and the place of blacks in the history of art.
