Ahead of the VMAs, MTV finally uploads Lady Gaga's iconic 2009 performance

[theleveebroke]

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An early career-establishing moment for Lady Gaga-her astonishing performance at the 2009 VMAs-has finally been acknowledged and uploaded by parent company MTV on YouTube. Fans have previously had to rely on bootleg recordings to share their infatuation

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[hyperpop]

About damn time! That gasp from the audience is always so chilling I love it

[chapter013]

her playing into it and looking down too, so perfect

[likeiused2]

this was the last time the whole show was ~a moment~

I was at the beach for a family reunion, my niece was in the womb, and we had a baby shower for my sis and watched this with the cousins. my grandmother was still alive. it was a moment I will never forget, and a mostly wonderful trip that would never be repeated.

the night/early morning after my niece was born, I watched her during the nightshift so her folks could sleep, and we were both up at 4 a.m. to watch the premiere of the music video for telephone. I called her baby gaga.

she's cool af jsyk <3 but holy wow @ how time flies the older you get!

[loveumbrella]

FINALLY.

This performance is truly my roman empire, and I'm glad I dont have to look for the potato versions of it anymore.

[theleveebroke]

Agreed, and it's uncensored!!

[swizzelstick]

That whole VMA show was great. It's so annoying how videos/performances like this just disappear. Even now they upload it, it's still in potato definition

[theleveebroke]

I agree & I would fully buy a blu-ray of the 2009 show. But if there's one saving grace to be had, they finally gave us the full uncensored ("that shiiit on the radioooo") version.

[5368f65]

That's how it was recorded. I mean they could blow it up using machine-generated imagery like others do.

[queencersi]

I remember that this was the first time I ever saw Lady Gaga!

And I still can't believe that they put Katy Perry and Taylor Swift performances in the same nomination category as this performance. Smh.