--- title: Lady Gaga Michael Jackson Jacket at Clinton Rally PHOTO description: Lady Gaga donned one of Michael Jackson's jackets (that the King of Pop once wore to the White House) for Hillary Clinton's final rally. canonical: https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-08T18:59:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:57:02.971Z og:title: Lady Gaga Wears Michael Jackson's Jacket to Hillary's Rally og:description: Gaga's tribute to the King of Pop og:url: https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cfa632fe859583/6988ad94ab6d773e656abe05/lady-gaga-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Campaigns Across US One Day Ahead Of Presidential Election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Wears Michael Jackson's Jacket to Hillary's Rally twitter:description: Gaga's tribute to the King of Pop twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cfa632fe859583/6988ad94ab6d773e656abe05/lady-gaga-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lady Gaga Wore a Very Michael Jackson Jacket to Hillary Clinton's Last Rally > Sponsored content. 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Gaga's tribute to the King of Pop_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 8, 2016 6:59 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 8, 2016 6:59 PM UTC While appearing at the [final rally](http://time.com/4561914/watch-live-hillary-clinton-philadelphia-bruce-springsteen-bon-jovi/) to support [Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4560963/global-vote-hillary-clinton-president-good-country/) before the presidential election, [Lady Gaga](http://time.com/4550981/lady-gaga-fourth-no-1-album-joanne/) paid tribute to another cultural icon — [Michael Jackson](http://time.com/3924736/michael-jackson-alix-dejean-nathan-bajar-photos/). The [_Joanne_ singer](http://time.com/4548848/lady-gagas-dive-bar-tour-trayvon-martin-joanne/) wore a black jacket with a red arm band and silver medallion that appeared to at least reference the same one King of Pop wore to the White House in 1990 to meet then-president George H.W. Bush. Gaga, [who’s talked about her affinity for MJ memorabilia in the past](http://time.com/4545657/lady-gaga-james-corden-carpool-karaoke/), was on deck to give a speech toasting Clinton before joining Jon Bon Jovi to sing a rendition of his hit, “Living On a Prayer.” See how Gaga’s looks compare to Jackson and see her sing with Bon Jovi below. > [](https://twitter.com/imaustinbye/status/795859534938050560) Watch them sing below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga Wore a Very Michael Jackson Jacket to Hillary Clinton's Last Rally","datePublished":"2016-11-08T18:59:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:02.971Z","description":"Gaga's tribute to the King of Pop","url":"https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","Entertainment","Music","Election","michael jackson","celebrity","Election 2016","Lady Gaga","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cfa632fe859583/6988ad94ab6d773e656abe05/lady-gaga-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98cfa632fe859583/6988ad94ab6d773e656abe05/lady-gaga-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns Across US One Day Ahead Of Presidential Election","caption":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns Across US One Day Ahead Of Presidential Election","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/","name":"Lady Gaga Wore a Very Michael Jackson Jacket to Hillary Clinton's Last Rally"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Gaga's tribute to the King of Pop","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4562397/lady-gaga-michael-jackson-jacket/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```