Lady Gaga’s appearance in Fortnite Festival Season 2: Unlock Your Talent is so popular that some of the world’s biggest musicians can’t help but check it out for themselves.
Lady Gaga took the stage in Fortnite as part of a recent update that is running until April 22, bringing fans new cosmetics as well as an opportunity to play songs like Applause, Born This Way, and Poker Face in Epic Games' Guitar Hero-like game mode. It’s a Gaga takeover that is attracting her fans – and big-name talent like Kesha and Doja Cat.
“Never played a video game before in my life but readyyyyy,” Kesha said, posting an image of her newly purchased Lady Gaga skin on X/Twitter.
This is the kind of thing that can send online fans into a meltdown, and Kesha followers did not disappoint. It wasn’t too long before the Cannibal singer's mentions on X/Twitter were flooded with memes and requests for her to start a Twitch channel.
we sat for gaga pic.twitter.com/SbHWzr1ZNq
— pop culture (@gagasyuyi) February 23, 2024
MOTHERS SUPPORTING MOTHERS
— Tony (@bloodylikeabody) February 23, 2024
The amount of friend requests you’ve gonna get now bless your notifications ?
— ✨Chris✨ (@chris2007_x) February 23, 2024
Doja Cat, meanwhile, has a well-documented history on her Twitch account, dojacattington. She, too, was quick to hop into Festival Season 2 to see how the Lady Gaga content was shaping up. Sadly, she did not have enough V-Bucks to purchase the Chromatica Armor skin and Rain Check emote right away.
doja cat checking out lady gaga on fortnite and wanting to buy the bundle but doesnt have enough v-bucks??pic.twitter.com/meMYQYLKnd
— pop culture gal (@allurequinn) February 23, 2024
And, if her Instagram is any indication, Gaga herself even seems to be playing Fortnite now, coming a long way from her infamous "what's fortnight" tweet.
"Music. Fashion. Technology. Digital rain for my skin to dance in," she wrote. "Best day ever. We loved combining these worlds so we could experience music on a whole other level. Feels like this was meant to be. Immersive experiences with art I think really leave an imprint on the soul and it changes the texture of how we experience pop culture. I love Fortnite*. Monsters enjoy!"
Fortnite made a name for itself with in-game musical tie-ins throughout the last decade. Musical giants, such as Travis Scott, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Eminem, and Marshmello, have all chipped in to offer players exclusive concerts and goodies. There have also been all-encompassing events that forever alter the course of the experience. Other highlights include the Devourer of Worlds event, which saw players fighting against Marvel’s planet eater, Galactus, and The End, which brought Fortnite Chapter 1 to a close with a bang.
Lady Gaga is only the latest star to make an appearance in Fortnite, and she probably won’t be the last. In other Epic news, Disney announced earlier this month that it had acquired a $1.5 billion stake in the game maker, helping secure its future and create an even bigger universe to play in.
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