While it’s exciting to hear that Lady Gaga will be appearing on American Idol next week, it’s a shame that it won’t be live!

Entertainment Weekly reports that Gaga taped her performance yesterday. This write-up has lots of details concerning the taping (don’t ready unless you want to be spoiled):

The number started with Gaga sitting at the piano, singing a slow tempo version of “Bad Romance,” the dancers rising and spinning from a bank of dry-ice fog rolling across the stage floor. Then she segued into a full-bodied version of her newest single, the latin-flavored dance track “Alejandro.” There wasn’t much of a story to the number, really — just a lot of synchronized dancing and pyrotechnics, with that silver angel shooting flames from its back every time the Gaga sang “Alejandro” in the song’s chorus. (And, oh yeah, turns out that the angel was also a working water fountain. I mean, obviously.) Gaga started out the song covered in a billowing lace cape and veil, which she stripped off halfway through to reveal a full-body lace peekaboo onesie overtop a black thong and bra. Like I geeked out about earlier, Gaga tangoed with SYTYCD alum Mark while the rest of the male dancers tangoed with each other, before ending up perched underneath the silver angel fountain, her dancers pawing at her body in a sweaty final tableau. Fun for the whole family.

Read much more over on Entertainment Weekly!