--- description: She kicked off the 2015 European Games. title: Watch Lady Gaga Perform a Powerful Cover of 'Imagine' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Lady Gaga Perform a Powerful Cover of 'Imagine' ## Video: Lady Gaga Talks About Marijuana Addiction [Watch (HLS stream): Lady Gaga Talks About Marijuana Addiction](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Kr2kUW0y.m3u8) (0:37)  _Published 2013-11-12. Pop star Lady Gaga admitted she once smoked as many as 15-20 marijuana cigarettes a day._ by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 10:45 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 10:45 PM CUT Lady Gaga helped get the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, off to a great start by performing a gorgeous, operatic rendition of Jon Lennon’s 1971 song “Imagine.” The _ARTPOP_ singer managed to bring the massive crowd to a calm hush from her perch behind a flower-adorned piano. She starts off staying true to the original, singing soft and low, before moving into a powerful, bellowing climax. “What an honor to have a few moments with the world watching,” Gaga [tweeted](https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/609402371576303617 "undefined"). “Could you imagine. What would you say?” _Read next:_ [_Of Course Lady Gaga Met Prince Harry in a See-Through Gown_](http://time.com/3914399/lady-gaga-prince-harry/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3925252/lady-gaga-jon-lennon-imagine-european-games/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3925252/lady-gaga-jon-lennon-imagine-european-games/"},"headline":"Watch Lady Gaga Perform a Powerful Cover of 'Imagine'","datePublished":"2015-06-17T22:45:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:14.239Z","description":"She kicked off the 2015 European Games","url":"https://time.com/3925252/lady-gaga-jon-lennon-imagine-european-games/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3925252/lady-gaga-jon-lennon-imagine-european-games/","name":"Watch Lady Gaga Perform a Powerful Cover of 'Imagine'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Lady Gaga Talks About Marijuana Addiction","description":"Pop star Lady Gaga admitted she once smoked as many as 15-20 marijuana cigarettes a day.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Kr2kUW0y/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-11-12T15:04:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Kr2kUW0y.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3925252/lady-gaga-jon-lennon-imagine-european-games/","duration":"PT37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3925252/lady-gaga-jon-lennon-imagine-european-games/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```