--- description: Lady Gaga's dramatic performance of her epic 'A Star is Born' song, "Shallow," gave us the Grammys' most dramatic meme. title: Lady Gaga's Epic Grammys Freeze Frame Is a Hilarious Meme image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb318feb69cddd50/698944f022fb85d7b6e27c2d/lady-gaga-grammys-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lady Gaga's Extreme Freeze Frame Is the 2019 Grammys' Most Dramatic Meme  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2019 2:25 PM CUT  Lester Cohen—Getty Images for The Recording A  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2019 2:25 PM CUT [Lady Gaga](http://time.com/5491968/lady-gaga-best-red-carpet-fashion/ "undefined") brought all the drama when she performed her Oscar-nominated [_A Star Is Born_ song, “Shallow”](http://time.com/5498917/a-star-is-born-music/ "undefined") at the [2019 Grammy Awards](http://time.com/5525810/grammys-2019-beyonce-taylor-swift-absent/ "undefined"). Dressed in a dazzling bodysuit and equally bedazzled platform boots, the singer gave an epic, high-energy glam rock performance that was less like her _A_ _Star Is Born’s_ character Ally Maine and more in-line with her current, very stylized and very sparkly [Vegas residency, Enigma](http://time.com/5514182/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-a-star-is-born/ "undefined"). Her Grammys performance was so memorable, in fact, that in [a night full of show-stopping moments](http://time.com/5526160/grammys-2019-best-worst-moments/ "undefined"), it still somehow created the night’s most viral — and thus, meme-able — instance: a freeze frame of Gaga looking straight into the camera, while rocking out. As might be expected, it took the Internet no time in making Gaga one of the most popular and hilarious memes of the night — and if there’s anything we’ve learned from Gaga during her _A Star Is Born_ press tour is that she can provide plenty of meme fodder. See the best memes of Lady Gaga’s epic Grammys moment below. > [](https://twitter.com/thegoodcarmah/status/1094800032350588928) > [](https://twitter.com/AkafiAli/status/1094799672311455744) > [](https://twitter.com/AndyKenareki/status/1094798624670666752) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeJBruno/status/1094800182112280578) > [](https://twitter.com/aquacheeseplz/status/1094802743687028736) Lady Gaga's 'Shallow' Performance Gave Grammys' Best Meme ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5526725/lady-gaga-grammys-meme-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5526725/lady-gaga-grammys-meme-2019/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga's Extreme Freeze Frame Is the 2019 Grammys' Most Dramatic Meme","datePublished":"2019-02-11T14:25:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:25.548Z","description":"A meme is born","url":"https://time.com/5526725/lady-gaga-grammys-meme-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb318feb69cddd50/698944f022fb85d7b6e27c2d/lady-gaga-grammys-meme.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/bltdb318feb69cddd50/698944f022fb85d7b6e27c2d/lady-gaga-grammys-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"61st Annual GRAMMY Awards - Inside","caption":"61st Annual GRAMMY Awards - Inside","creditText":"Lester Cohen—Getty Images for The Recording A","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/5526725/lady-gaga-grammys-meme-2019/","name":"Lady Gaga's Extreme Freeze Frame Is the 2019 Grammys' Most Dramatic Meme"}}]}] ```