Notorious wallflower Lady Gaga gave a typically understated performance at the SXSW festival in Austin on Thursday night, which saw her being covered in fake vomit.
The singer was appearing on the Doritos #BoldStage while performing the track 'Swine' from her most recent album 'ARTPOP', when a backing dancer stuck her fingers down her throat and ended up covering Gaga in fluorescent green fake vomit while she banged a drum kit.
Lady Gaga covered in fake vomit
They then repeated the bizarre stunt later in the song, this time while Gaga writhed on a mechanical bull - an apparent nod to the festival's Texas location - decked out so it resembled a pig.
'Swine' is one of the most experimental songs on Gaga's latest album, featuring lyrics such as "you're just a pig inside a human body" and "squealer, squealer, squeal out you're so disgusting", so the vomit-based performance does make sense, even if it did make us feel a bit queasy.
Gaga later in her set, still covered in the fake vomit
The singer also performed her 2013 single 'Applause', as well as a country-infused rendition of her hit 'Bad Romance'.
Thankfully for those songs her dancers all managed to hold down their dinners...
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga presents Volantis at a Press Conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga unveils a statue by Jeff Koons as she presents 'artRave' at a press conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs at artRave on November 10, 2013 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Benjamin Rollins Caldwell) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Jeff Koons, his wife wife Justine Shankbone and Lady Gaga attend the event to present Gaga's 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga performs in concert to present 'artRave' at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga attends artRave on November 10, 2013 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Benjamin Rollins Caldwell) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: DJ White Shadow(L) and Lady Gaga attends the ArtRAVE: Lady Gaga's 'Artpop' Official Album Release Party at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in Brooklyn, New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Musician Lady Gaga attends the ArtRAVE: Lady Gaga's 'Artpop' Official Album Release Party at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in Brooklyn, New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga unveils a statue by Jeff Koons as she presents artRave' at a Press Conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga unveils a statue by Jeff Koons as she presents artRave' at a Press Conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga unveils a statue by Jeff Koons as she presents artRave' at a Press Conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Jeff Koons, Lady Gaga and Marina Abramovic attend the 'Lady Gaga Presents 'artRave' event at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga presents Volantis at a Press Conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga and artist Benjamin Rollins Caldwell pose in Benjamin Rollins Caldwell's Binary Room at Lady Gaga's artRave on November 10, 2013 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Benjamin Rollins Caldwell) (credit:Getty Images)
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BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Lady Gaga unveils a statue by Jeff Koons as she presents 'artRave' at a press conference at Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for 42 West) (credit:Getty Images)