▁dist ract ing ... ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁exist ▁only ▁for ▁my ▁fans ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁stage . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to ▁exist ▁in ▁this ▁machine ▁or ▁this ▁circ us ▁that ▁is ▁the ▁industry . ▁I ▁wish ▁I ▁could ▁be ▁enc aps ulated ▁for ▁three ▁days ▁and ▁just ▁think ▁only ▁about ▁my ▁performance , ▁think ▁only ▁about ▁the ▁album , ▁think ▁only ▁about ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁my ▁fans . ▁So ▁that ' s ▁what ▁I ▁did ." ▁J oc ely n ▁V ena ▁from ▁MTV ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁performance ▁was ▁" sur pr ising ly " ▁sparse ▁compared ▁to ▁G aga ' s ▁previous ▁" over - the - top " ▁endeav ors . ▁Sor aya ▁Roberts ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁Daily ▁News ▁was ▁disappoint ed ▁with ▁the ▁" high ly ▁expected " ▁performance , ▁feeling ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁copied ▁Madonna ▁and ▁her ▁Bl ond ▁Amb ition ▁World ▁Tour ▁ch ore ography . ▁Jason ▁Li ps c ult z ▁from ▁Billboard ▁described ▁the ▁performance ▁as ▁" sp ir ited ", ▁and ▁felt ▁that ▁G aga ' s ▁appearance ▁inside ▁the ▁egg ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁memor able ▁moments ▁of ▁the ▁Gram my ▁Awards . ▁Jenn ifer ▁Arm strong ▁from ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁pra ised ▁the ▁performance ▁saying ▁that ▁although ▁there ▁were ▁definite ▁influ ences ▁of ▁Madonna ▁in ▁it , ▁the ▁performance ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁highlight s ▁of ▁the ▁show . ▁Matthew ▁Per pet ua ▁from ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁con cur red ▁that ▁" It ▁should ▁come ▁as ▁no ▁surprise ▁that ▁Lady ▁G