Madonna jibes Gaga with 'Born This Way' cover
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Footage of Madonna covering Lady Gaga's track 'Born This Way' has emerged online.
The video, which shows Madonna slip the Born This Way chorus into Express Youself, was shot over the weekend in Israel as Madonna prepares to kick off her 'MDNA' world tour on Thursday.
She then finishes the song by incorporating her track She's Not Me into the medley.
NME reported that Madonna has previously spoken out about the similarities between Express Yourself and Lady Gaga's Born This Way by describing the latter as "reductive".
Speaking on the US television programme 20/20, the singer confirmed she had noted the similarities between her 1989 track and Gaga's 2011 single and said she found it "amusing".
Referencing Gaga, she said: "She's a very talented artist. I certainly think she references me a lot in her work. And sometimes I think it's amusing and flattering and well done. [Her songs seem to be a] statement about taking something that was in the zeitgeist, you know, 20 years ago and turning it inside out and reinterpreting it."
When asked about the similarities between the two tracks, meanwhile, she said: “When I heard [ Born This Way] on the radio… I said, 'That sounds very familiar'… It felt reductive.
Previously, when NME had asked Gaga about the two tracks, she had replied: "I will look you in your eyes and tell you that I am not dumb enough or moronic enough to think that you are dumb enough or moronic enough not to see that I would have stolen a melody... If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only similarities are the chord progression."
Watch the video from The Hollywood Gossip here:
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