British Lady Who Became a Meme for Singing Lady Gaga Now Has a Music Video Covering Lady Gaga

In the short window of normalcy before the covid-19 lockdown, a British woman named Charlotte Awbery became an internet celebrity when a video of her singing Lady Gaga’s “Shallow” went viral overnight.

In February, Instagram comedian Kevin Freshwater challenged Awbery and several other London Underground riders to a “Finish the Lyrics” competition, using the Oscar-winning song from A Star Is Born as a jumping-off point. While the others failed to dazzle, Awbery belted “Shallow” with such ease that the impromptu performance almost seemed staged.

The videos received millions of views, and Awbery soon made the rounds in the British talk show circuit and garnered hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers before landing where all viral stars go to die: Ellen.

But Awbery ain’t dead yet. On Thursday, she released a music video for—of course—that cover of “Shallow.”

In the video, Awbery plays a worn-down stage performer and… that’s about it. There is a ballerina too, which is, uh, nice I suppose. It ends with her walking through a London underground tunnel similar to the one she was discovered in months prior. Touching!

I’ll admit: I never saw A Star Is Born. All I know is that Bradley Cooper plays a grizzled old rocker, Lady Gaga plays a promising new upstart, and they have a messy romance. Oh, and Bradley Cooper’s character pees in public some point? That’s pretty much the extent to my knowledge about that film. What I’m even less aware of is what exactly this song “Shallow” is about. I’ve admittedly never actually bothered to pay attention to anything beyond Gaga’s iconic wail, and I’m apparently not alone.

In the Jezebel Slack channel, my colleague Emily Alford said, “I don’t understand, are the shallows supposed to be a good or bad thing?” She added, “I was assuming the shallow end of the ocean/pool.”