24 April 2025

Another pop culture chess fail, this time by Lady Gaga

 (Original Source: Raync910's blog at https://www.chess.com/blog/raync910/lady-gaga-coachella-poker-face-chess-dance-battle)

What's wrong with this picture? From Lady Gaga's performance at the Coachella festival:


The first thing I noticed was that the bottom side's colors were reversed. Then I noticed the top side's were correct. Then I started counting squares...

That said, powerful use of the chess metaphor in dance and song.

(See also: Chess imagery in popular culture)

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