--- title: This Lady Gaga Red Carpet Reaction the Most Relatable Meme description: Lady Gaga's hilarious reaction on the red carpet at the 2019 Golden Globes is 2019's most relatable meme so far. canonical: https://time.com/5499629/lady-gaga-red-carpet-meme/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-10T21:39:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:54.702Z og:title: This Lady Gaga Reaction Is the Year's Most Relatable Meme So Far og:description: It's really hilarious og:url: https://time.com/5499629/lady-gaga-red-carpet-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62dccbf8813da080/698942bd656a3f108dbd6600/lady-gaga-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Lady Gaga Reaction Is the Year's Most Relatable Meme So Far twitter:description: It's really hilarious twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62dccbf8813da080/698942bd656a3f108dbd6600/lady-gaga-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lady Gaga's Red Carpet Reaction Is 2019's Most Relatable Meme So Far > Sponsored content. 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Steve Granitz—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 10, 2019 9:39 PM UTC There can be [100 people in a room, but all you need is one](http://time.com/5495110/lady-gaga-sandra-oh-100-people-golden-globes/) to ensure that you’ll be a meme in 2019 — at least, that’s the situation that Lady Gaga found herself in after footage surfaced of her on the [2019 Golden Globes](http://time.com/5494459/golden-globes-winners-2019/) red carpet. In the clip, the [_A Star is Born_](http://time.com/5407925/bradley-cooper-lady-gaga/) lead reacts with sincere surprise when _Entertainment Tonight_ asked if her magnificent custom Valentino couture gown was [inspired by Judy Garland’s dress](http://time.com/5495077/lady-gaga-golden-globes-a-star-is-born/) for the 1954 version of _A Star is Born,_ something that captured the hearts of the Internet and quickly became viral days after it actually happened. > [](https://twitter.com/juanruizj/status/1082064491666378753) The Internet found that Gaga’s surprised and vocal reaction to the question was the perfect way to express their own feelings about being confronted about something on-the-spot. In short, Gaga’s red carpet moment may be the most relatable meme of 2019 so far. One Twitter user found it to be especially relevant to their late-night texting habits. > [](https://twitter.com/HausOfLucas/status/1082788875972608001) While another found it to be fitting to their texting habits in general. > [](https://twitter.com/mitchellmoffit/status/1083172343625728001) Some found it to be relatable to the relationships in their lives. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fokmarta/status/1083080463844024321) One thing’s for certain, however; there’s always an occasion to use this meme. > [](https://twitter.com/burningviolence/status/1083164761422995456) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5499629/lady-gaga-red-carpet-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5499629/lady-gaga-red-carpet-meme/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga's Red Carpet Reaction Is 2019's Most Relatable Meme So Far","datePublished":"2019-01-10T21:39:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:54.702Z","description":"Lady Gaga's hilarious reaction on the red carpet at the 2019 Golden Globes is 2019's most relatable meme so far.","url":"https://time.com/5499629/lady-gaga-red-carpet-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62dccbf8813da080/698942bd656a3f108dbd6600/lady-gaga-golden-globes.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/blt62dccbf8813da080/698942bd656a3f108dbd6600/lady-gaga-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"76th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","caption":"76th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Steve Granitz—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/5499629/lady-gaga-red-carpet-meme/","name":"Lady Gaga's Red Carpet Reaction Is 2019's Most Relatable Meme So Far"}}]}] ```