Woman Gaga, Celine Dion, Gojira, and Extra Carry out at Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony: Watch

The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony came about right this moment (July 26), and it featured a efficiency from Woman Gaga, who sang “Mon truc en plumes.” See pictures of her efficiency on the Seine under, and discover footage on YouTube and X.

Later, Gojira turned the primary metallic band to play an Olympic opening ceremony. They have been joined by opera singer Marina Viotti to do “Ah! Ça Ira.”

And, triumphantly, Celine Dion was the final performer, marking her return to the stage for the primary time since her 2022 prognosis with Stiff Particular person Syndrome. Head to X for her efficiency of “Hymne à l’amour.” The Québécois singer had teased her comeback in April, telling Vogue France, “I’ve chosen to work with all my physique and soul, from head to toe, with a medical workforce. I need to be one of the best I will be. My objective is to see the Eiffel Tower once more!”

Earlier within the day, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams have been amongst these to hold the Olympic torch within the pre-ceremony build-up.

On social media, after her efficiency, Woman Gaga shared:

I really feel so utterly grateful to have been requested to open the Paris @Olympics 2024 this 12 months. I’m additionally humbled to be requested by the Olympics organizing committee to sing such a particular French tune—a tune to honor the French folks and their super historical past of artwork, music, and theatre. This tune was sung by Zizi Jeanmaire, born in Paris a French ballerina, she famously sang “Mon Truc en Plumes” in 1961. The title means “My Factor with Feathers.” And this isn’t the primary time we’ve crossed paths. Zizi starred in Cole Porter’s musical “Something Goes” which was my first jazz launch. Though I’m not a French artist, I’ve all the time felt a really particular reference to French folks and singing French music—I needed nothing greater than to create a efficiency that will heat the guts of France, have fun French artwork and music, and on such a momentous event remind everybody of some of the magical cities on earth—Paris. We rented pom poms from Le Lido archive—an actual French cabaret theater. We collaborated with Dior to create customized costumes, utilizing naturally molted feathers. I studied French choreography that put a contemporary twist on a French traditional. I rehearsed tirelessly to review a joyful French dance, brushing up on some outdated abilities—I wager you didn’t know I used to bounce at a 60’s French get together on the decrease east facet once I was first beginning out! I hope you like this efficiency as a lot as I do. And to everybody in France, thanks a lot for welcoming me to your nation to sing in honor of you—it’s a present I’ll always remember! Congratulations to all of the athletes who’re competing on this 12 months’s Olympic Video games! It’s my supreme honor to sing for you and cheer you on!! Watching the Olympic Video games all the time makes me cry! Your expertise is unimaginable. Let the video games start!