Because no VMAs ceremony would be complete without a little Mayhem , Lady Gaga sprinkled some of her musical magic on Sunday’s 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, performing two of her latest hits.

The first song, of course, was her smash hit “Abracadabra,” which she followed with “The Dead Dance,” a song she released in conjunction with the second season of Netflix’s Wednesday . The dual performance was recorded during a Madison Square Garden stop on her current tour.

Watch footage of Gaga’s VMAs performance below, which we’ll replace with an official video if/when it becomes available:

Lady Gaga performs Abracadabra at tonight’s MTV #vmas pic.twitter.com/Jc3b13nxJ8 — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 8, 2025

Lady Gaga performs ‘The Dead Dance’ for the first time at the

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