--- title: The Bad Lip Reading of Shallow Is Off the Deep End description: The Oscar-winning song from 'A Star Is Born' gets the bad lip reading treatment in a YouTube parody, and it involves memorable new lyrics. canonical: https://time.com/5556009/bad-lip-reading-shallow/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-21T15:27:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:10.011Z og:title: The 'Shallow' Bad Lip Reading Is Off the Deep End og:description: The Oscar-winning song from 'A Star Is Born' gets the wacky lyrics treatment og:url: https://time.com/5556009/bad-lip-reading-shallow/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 'Shallow' Bad Lip Reading Is Off the Deep End twitter:description: The Oscar-winning song from 'A Star Is Born' gets the wacky lyrics treatment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Bad Lip Reading of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Singing 'Shallow' Goes Off the Deep End > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=f9289d44-c9c9-4de1-86d9-58bfe897fa91&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: A Star Is Born - Official Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): A Star Is Born - Official Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jzOgX9MY.m3u8) (2:24)  _Published 2018-08-31. A Star Is Born - Official Trailer_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 21, 2019 3:27 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 21, 2019 3:27 PM UTC You know the song: [“Shallow”](http://time.com/5536542/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-2019-oscars/) from _A Star Is Born_ [was a hit](http://time.com/5498917/a-star-is-born-music/) ever since audiences heard its opening chords in the movie’s viral trailer, before it went on to become a [chart topper](http://time.com/5408812/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-63/item/shallow-lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper/) and ultimately win the Oscar for Best Original Song. Now, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance of “Shallow” at the [91st Annual Academy Awards](http://time.com/5541023/lady-gaga-breaks-her-silence/) in February is getting a new treatment: the [bad lip reading](http://time.com/5288685/bad-lip-reading-royal-wedding/) take. No more “I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in.” Instead, buckle in for an eyebrow-raising smorgasborg of updated lyrical content — that, impressively, still tracks with the way that Gaga and Cooper sang the tune live. “Somewhere there may be a colony where spiders are friends,” goes the first verse. “I wanna see their world, ’cause it’s cool when the arachnids are friends.” Sure, Cooper. But of course things really heat up at the emotional chorus. “Wonderin’ how long ’til we fall from the choco-cloud, into the chocolate lagoon, into the chocolate la-la-la lagoon, we all fall from the choco-cloud.” Not quite “far from the shallow now,” but yes, it still works — and will have you imagining a very different plot line for _A Star Is Born_, perhaps one that exists more in the world of [Willy Wonka](http://time.com/4473177/gene-wilder-death-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-charlie-mourns/) and his famous chocolate factory. Meanwhile “Shallow” — the original recording — is still sitting pretty at [number nine](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100) on the _Billboard_ Hot 100 chart. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] You know man, in the old days I always knew you were goinna do something, that you'd be all right. This is the first time I've worried about you. [ MUSIC ] Can I ask you a personal question? Okay. [ MUSIC ] Do you write songs or anything? I don't sing my own songs. Why? I just don't feel comfortable. Why wouldn't you feel comfortable? Almost every single person has told me they like the way I sounded, but that they didn't like the way I look. I think you're beautiful. [ MUSIC ] Hey. What? I just want to take another look at you. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] her'es what we're gonna do, we're gonna sing that song that I love. No I can't do that. You're coming, here you go. Jack it's not funny, Jack. Look at me, you got moves trust me, do what you gotta do. 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