Grammy Awards 2026: Lady Gaga Serves Mayhem To The Red Carpet

Lady Gaga was the living embodiment of her hit album Mayhem as she hit the Grammys red carpet on Sunday night.

Ahead of this year’s ceremony, Gaga was one of the leading nominees with seven nods in total, almost all of which were for her 2025 release.

While promoting the Mayhem album, the Bad Romance singer spoke candidly about how the music and its accompanying visuals were inspired by themes of duality and a battle between the darkness and light within herself.

She went on to explore these ideas even more deeply on her accompanying Mayhem tour, and while walking the red carpet ahead of Sunday night’s ceremony, she was definitely channelling her “Mistress Of Mayhem” character as she struck a variety of theatrical poses in a dramatic black dress with black feather detail and long, slicked-back blonde hair.

Later in the night, she delivered one of the night’s stand-out performances with a slick and show-stopping rendition of Abracadabra.

The performance once again referenced her “Mistress Of Mayhem” creation, first introduced to the world in her Abracadabra music video, which famously premiered in an ad break of last year’s Grammys broadcast.

Mayhem is Gaga’s sixth full-length studio album, topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic upon its release last year.

It was preceded by the hit singles Disease and Abracadabra, the music video for the latter of which premiered during last year’s Grammys.

Heading into this year’s ceremony, Gaga’s nominations included Album Of The Year for Mayhem and both Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for Abracadabra.

She also picked up Best Dance Pop Recording for Abracadabra and Best Pop Vocal Album for Mayhem, as well as scoring an additional nomination for the Joker companion album Harlequin in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.

Check out all the must-see pictures from this year’s Grammys red carpet here.