Lady Gaga fans go WILD as she invites Wednesday star Jenna Ortega on stage
Lady Gaga thrilled fans with a surprise mini-concert at a Netflix Tudum event - and the crowd excitement reached fever pitch when she brought out a special guest.
The performer, 39, lit up the Kia Forum in Los Angeles with a medley of hits in honor of the streamer's smash series Wednesday.
Emerging from a coffin labeled 'Here Lies The Mother Queen,' Gaga leaned into the spooky esthetic, surrounded by dancers channeling the Addams Family before welcoming the show's lead actress Jenna Ortega to the stage.
The performance was a clear nod to Gaga's newly confirmed cameo in Wednesday Season 2, which Netflix announced at the event.
She even busted out the viral dance from Season 1, originally performed by Ortega to The Cramps Goo Goo Muck - which famously went viral when it was mashed up with Gaga's own track Bloody Mary.
Closing the dramatic medley Gaga strutted back to the coffin, blowing a kiss as it sealed shut behind her.
After the performance, the singer hopped on Instagram to share a striking snap of her and Ortega standing side by side in a coffin, arms folded and totally in character.
She captioned it, '#DEAD @jennaortega love u lady.'
Wednesday follows Ortega as the psychic Addams Family daughter navigating life at Nevermore Academy.
Netflix officially confirmed Gaga's cameo in Season 2 during the Tudum event, posting: 'Welcome to Nevermore, Mother Monster.'
It added: 'Lady Gaga will guest star in Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 as Rosaline Rotwood - a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday.'
The streaming giant revealed the singer shot her role in a single day while filming on location in Ireland.
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In 2022, Ortega revealed that she was given two days to choreograph her own moves for the iconic dance scene in the Netflix show.
While visiting The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The actress said that two days before the scene was shot, the director Tim Burton had asked her to choreograph her own dance.
She admitted that while Burton had thought she had been working on something for a while, she actually 'had no plan'.
She told Jimmy that she 'didn't sleep for two days' and watched numerous videos to gather ideas, such as watching 'archival footage of Goth kids dancing in clubs in the '80s.'
Ortega also revealed she took inspiration from the original Wednesday Addams, Lisa Loring.
She said that Netflix had told her that the dance would go viral on TikTok but that she didn't believe it.
'And then they were right,' she humorously added.
The role of Wednesday Addams in the film adaptations was previously made iconic by Christina Ricci.
Netflix also dropped the first six minutes of the Season 2 premiere at the event.
Part 1 of the new season premieres August 6, with Part 2 dropping September 3.
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