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Lady Gaga has been confirmed as the next artist to perform on Copacabana Beach in 2025. During a press conference for the 2025 Events Agenda, the organizers of events in the Latin American city confirmed the highly anticipated return of Lady Gaga to Rio de Janeiro in May 2025. She will hold a free concert on Copacabana Beach, just as Madonna did last year. This marks the return of the star since her last visit in 2012 and is expected to be one of the biggest events in history. Stay tuned for the official event date!

Lady Gaga recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times about her incredible year, touching on the massive success of her chart-topping single, "Die With A Smile", and the buzz surrounding her latest project, Harlequin. She also shared her excitement about headlining Coachella and teased her highly anticipated upcoming album. Here’s a sneak peek from the interview. Lady Gaga, who’s 38 and engaged to tech entrepreneur Michael Polansky, spoke about the song — as well as the upcoming album that her fans refer to as LG7 and her booking as a headliner at next year’s Coachella festival — between video shoots this week at a Santa Monica recording studio. She was wearing an elaborate white gown with a long train and pointy shoulders, and her braided blond hair was tucked beneath a headband for a vaguely “Midsommar”-ish look. My understanding is that “Die With a Smile” grew out of a late-night phone call from Bruno. We had been talking about working together, and we were trying to figure out what we were gonna do. He called me and he said, “I have this idea.” I really wanted to hear what he was doing, so I went over there really late and he played me the start of this idea. He had a couple different ideas, but I said, “This one is a love song — I think people would love to hear us do a love song.” Is the song connected to whatever’s happening on LG7? Absolutely. “Die With a Smile” is on my record — it’s a huge part of my album. It was like this missing piece. The record is full of my love of music — so many different genres, so many different styles, so many different dreams. It leaps around genre in a way that’s almost corrupt. And it ends with love. That’s the answer to all the chaos in my life is that I find peace with love. Every song that I wrote, I just kept getting kind of swept away in these different dreams I was having about the past — almost like a recollection of all these bad decisions that I made in my life. But it ends in this very happy place. You’ve returned to ballads regularly throughout your career. I’m thinking of one record I didn’t put on my [upcoming] album that’s actually… I might put it out so I don’t want to share the name. You almost got me [laughs]. It’s actually very fragile and not big — one of the first times I’ve ever done that. But I like big ballads. You can sing along about love in a big way. I love emotional, dramatic music, whether it’s James Taylor and Carole King or it’s David Lee Roth. You’re headlining Coachella in April, which will be your second time there after performing in 2017. When the announcement came out, you said, “I’ve had a vision I’ve never been able to fully realize at Coachella” and that you’ve “been wanting to go back and to do it right.” Can you elaborate? Well, for reasons totally outside of my control, there was a cancellation — Beyoncé pulled out in 2017 because she was pregnant, and you stepped in. I really wanted to be there for music fans, and at the time there was all this excitement to be able to film bits of “A Star Is Born” at Coachella. But I only had two weeks [to prepare for the show]. And so to design a stage, to have it made, all of those things — I didn’t have the time to totally do what I really wanted to do. I love music. I love performing. I love music fans. And I was so excited to film pieces of our movie there. So I did it, and I loved it. But you know when you have a vision in your mind of how you want to do something? It’s time to make it happen. There’s something slightly manic to my ears about “Harlequin.” “Manic” is the right word. There’s surf-punk influence on the album. There’s doom-jazz influence on the album. There’s New Orleans influence on the album. It was through the lens of a woman that wants to be whoever she wants whenever she feels like it — a woman that will light the stage on fire if she feels like it. In a way, it was kind of defiant: When I’ve sung jazz for most of my career, I think that some people really loved it and other people never understood why I deviated to other genres. The beauty of why I make records is I love learning about music. I loved working with Tony. I loved making “Harlequin.” I loved collaborating with all the DJs and Gesaffelstein on my new album. I loved learning about industrial music and about all the different crevices of electronic music, and then I loved working with Bruno. One of the things I’ve probably been judged for in my career was not sticking to one thing. But not sticking to one thing is my life force. Read the full interview on LA TIMES website.

Lady Gaga stars in the first-ever "A Carpool Karaoke Christmas," now streaming on Apple TV and Apple Music. Click here to watch the special on Apple TV, and click here to watch on Apple Music. Zane Lowe hosts the holiday special, which features Gaga, Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa singing some of their iconic songs in classic carpool karaoke fashion around the world. In the trailer, Gaga is seen singing excerpts of her 2008 holiday single "Christmas Tree," as well as "Disease" and "Shallow." Earlier, Gaga surprise released a cover of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" to streaming services.

Lady Gaga surprise dropped a cover of the holiday classic "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" today, Dec. 16, 2024. Click here to stream the song on Spotify, and click here to stream on Apple Music. The single release comes alongside Gaga's starring appearance in "A Carpool Karaoke Christmas," which features Gaga, Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa. Click here to watch the special on Apple TV, and click here to watch on Apple Music. This is Gaga's fourth official holiday release to be released on streaming services, following "Christmas Tree" with Space Cowboy in 2008, "A Very Gaga Holiday" in 2011 and "Winter Wonderland" with Tony Bennett in 2014. She also starred in the ABC special "Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular" in 2013.

Even though she released no new dance music during the tracking period, Lady Gaga still has a heavy presence on Billboard's Year-End Dance/Electronic charts, as well as a Top 10 appearance on one of the year-end Jazz charts. Gaga landed at No. 3 on 2024's Top Dance/Electronic Artists chart, trailing behind Charli xcx and Dua Lipa, who both released albums earlier this year. Despite celebrating its 16th birthday this year, "The Fame" ended 2024 at No. 2 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, with Charli xcx's "Brat" taking the top position. The 13-year-old "Born This Way" checked in at No. 8 on the chart. Gaga topped the Dance/Electronic Albums Artists chart at No. 1. According to Billboard, this chart's ranking is based on an artist's chart performance on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Top Dance/Electronic Albums and touring revenue. On the Dance/Electronic Streaming Songs chart, Gaga came in at No. 3, behind Dua Lipa and Charli xcx. Three Gaga songs landed in the Top 50 of the Dance/Electronic Streaming Songs chart – "Poker Face" (No. 12), "Bad Romance" (No. 24) and "Just Dance" (No. 29). Following the release of "Joker: Folie à Deux" companion album "Harlequin," Gaga ended the year at No. 10 on the Traditional Jazz Albums Artists chart. "Harlequin" placed at No. 17 on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart. "Die With A Smile," despite spending weeks in the Top 3 of Billboard's Hot 100 during the year, appears at only No. 62 on the year-end chart. This may be attributed to the tracking period for the year-end charts running from Oct. 28, 2023 through Oct. 19, 2024. Still, it ended the year at No. 25 on the Adult Contemporary Songs chart. Last month, Billboard declared Gaga the fifth best pop star of the 21st century. Click here to read their article reliving Gaga's career highlights.

Lady Gaga appears in IMPACT x Nightline's new Elton John documentary special "Elton John: Still Standing," now streaming exclusively on Hulu. Across several segments, Gaga speaks about her personal relationship with Elton and the influence he's had on her career. "Elton's talent is really unparalleled," Gaga says in the opening. "There will never be another." Gaga discusses her performance of "Speechless" and "Your Song" with Elton at the 2010 GRAMMYs, saying the latter is her favorite Elton song of all time. "That moment, playing with him meant so much to me." She goes on to say that the performance marked the moment she knew the two would become friends. Gaga, one of Elton's closest friends and Godmother to his children, also speaks about her relationship with his family. "I try to be there in moments throughout their lives to let them know they always have me. They, too, call me 'Gaga-mother,' and it's very, very cute—with the accents, especially," she says. Gaga further says Elton's inspired her as a singer and a songwriter, as well as "generations and generations of artists to make music." She says his guidance in the music industry made it feel like someone was looking out for her. "He always wanted me to be okay, and I think that's really rare in a business where very often you're just encouraged to succeed and outdo yourself. Elton wanted me to be happy." The special, hosted by Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and featuring appearances from other artists including Brandi Carlile and Charlie Puth, is now available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

Lady Gaga was spotted on a coffee run with her fiancé Michael Polansky in Malibu on December 11, 2024. See the full gallery of photos here. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Gaga revealed that Michael gifted her a home studio as a Valentine's Day gift. The full interview, which delves into the making of Gaga's new single "Disease," can be watched below.

To celebrate the first anniversary of Fortnite Festival, a new Lady Gaga platinum bundle will be available in the game tonight. As part of the Christmas festivities, four iconic festival performers, including Lady Gaga, will make a comeback with fresh Platinum Icon bundles. These bundles feature music-reactive elements and new Jam Tracks, including Gaga's latest single: "Disease". Lady Gaga, who headlined the Fortnite Festival and brought the battle to Chromatica during Season 2, will see her new Platinum bundle include: Platinum Gaga Outfit – The dazzling platinum defender of the Kindness Punks. Platinum Chromatica Keytar – A sleek, platinum-plated dance powerhouse.

Lady Gaga sat down for a 20-minute interview with Rolling Stone, where she discussed the creative process behind her latest single, "Disease," from her highly anticipated studio album. You can watch the full interview below: In the interview, Lady Gaga entagles the many layers of her latest single "Disease", guiding us in each step of the production of the song with Cirkut and Andrew Watt. Lady Gaga's untitled seveth studio album will be released on February 2025. In the meantime you can stream Lady Gaga's new single "Disease" here.

Hot Topic has launched a new hoodie inspired by Lady Gaga's Born This Way album. The hoodie, available exclusively in black, is priced at $64.90. You can purchase it here. Additionally, three other Lady Gaga-inspired designs are available as well, check them out on Hot Topic's website. The Black Friday deals end tonight, so make sure to grab your merch before the sale is over.

In an interview with Billboard, "Disease" co-producer Henry Walter aka Cirkut detailed the writing process for the song, as well as his experience working with the "legendary" Lady Gaga. Read some quotes from the interview below. Meeting Gaga: Cirkut was introduced to Gaga through "Die With a Smile" co-writer and co-producer Andrew Watt, who recommended they collaborate on the project. "So, I met Gaga for the first time in the studio, and it was amazing. I was really excited to work with her, we were off to the races as soon as we met." After being a fan for years, Cirkut said he was drawn to working with Gaga because, "She is just a legendary artist." "Selfishly, I did want to see what I could accomplish with her. Just the thought of wondering what a Gaga record would sound like if I produced it was really exciting from the get-go." Early stages of "Disease": Gaga was "instrumental" in early discussions about where they wanted to go with the sound. Cirkut said, "We all wanted to make something that still felt like it was decidedly Gaga, but always asking the question of, 'What does that sound like today?' " These ideas resulted in the "very aggressive" lead single from Gaga's upcoming seventh studio album, melding heavy guitars with a heavy synth-dance sound. " 'Disease' [is] a daring record to me. It’s very aggressive. I wouldn’t say it’s a safe, 'nice' song to ease you into things. ... It’s a very in-your-face kind of record," he said. "I wanted to make sure that we brought the essence of Gaga into this song and all of the things that are so great about her — the drama, the theatrics, that in-your-face sound — but still putting a fresh spin on it." In the studio: Cirkut described the "synergy" between him and Gaga when recording the song: "In the beginning, it is kind of a trial run [with a new collaborator]. It felt a little bit like she was feeling me out, trying to figure out where I was coming from when it came to production. But then there was kind of a breakthrough moment — I had been working through something over my headphones, and when I played it out loud, she was just like, 'Oh my God, Cirkut, that’s crazy.' And as soon as that happened it was like, 'Great, I got through to her.' " Cirkut teased the possibility that there's more to come of their collaboration: "['Disease'] was just one song in a collection that we worked on together, but fairly early in the process, we all loved it and knew that it would be some kind of cornerstone of this body of work." Why Gaga stands out among her contemporaries: Cirkut said Gaga's passion and interest in the sonics of her music separates her from the pack. "She would say, 'Maybe try a different drum here,' or she would hop on the synths and start playing things. She’s a musician and a visionary, and she knew all about the attack, decay, sustain and release settings on a synth. She is all about the details, which definitely sets her apart from a lot of artists." "Also, the passion that she puts into her work is amazing. She really lives and breathes and eats and sweats and bleeds this music." You can read the full interview here.

Lady Gaga discussed details about her new single "Disease" and her upcoming 7th studio album in a new interview with Vogue. In the interview, Gaga talks about the new guitar version of LG7 lead single "Disease": "After I spent some time on the production for The Antidote Live—which was built around me at the piano—I started thinking about how I may go even deeper," she says. "I wondered if we took some of the electric guitar energy that’s on the pop version and stripped it back—would I find another level to the song? And I did." Gaga also revealed new details about LG7, which is due out in February 2025: "The album is chaotic from a genre perspective. […] In that way, this album is a celebration of a lot of the music that made me who I am, because when I returned to a darker pop style of pop, all my early experiences with music came out. [...] The album is not extremely serious in that its very fun and meant to be enjoyed at a party, in a club, or at home having personal fun time to be free of your worries at home or walking through life." Read the full Vogue interview here.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars's standalone single, “Die With A Smile,” has set a new Spotify record as the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams. This powerful collaboration between two of the biggest names in pop music has captivated audiences worldwide, reaching the billion-stream milestone in an astounding 96 days. This milestone marks Lady Gaga’s 7th and Bruno Mars’s 16th song to achieve over a billion streams on the platform, a testament to their enduring popularity and influence. Lady Gaga's songs with over 1 Billion streams on Spotify: Shallow (2.58B) Poker Face (1.44B) Always Remember Us This Way (1.40B) Bad Romance (1.35B) Just Dance (1.18B) Rain On Me (1.10B) Die With A Smile (1B) This single marks the first time Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars have worked together, combining Gaga's powerhouse vocals and Mars’s signature blend of soul and pop. The artists expressed that the song’s message of finding strength and joy, even in difficult times, felt meaningful to them, and that message resonated deeply with fans. Gaga and Mars’s collaboration combines their distinctive styles to create an unforgettable, heartfelt, and timeless track. "Die With A Smile" has not only shattered streaming records but has also garnered two nominations at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for "Song of the Year" and "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance." The track was a commercial powerhouse, reaching number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, while topping the charts in over 18 countries. It reigned atop the Billboard Global 200 for several consecutive weeks, becoming the longest-running song of 2024 on the chart. The song also achieved Platinum certification in multiple countries. Its music video has captivated audiences, amassing over 300 million views on YouTube and showcasing the song’s profound emotional impact and stunning visuals. The success of “Die With A Smile” marks a high point in both Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars's careers, as they continue to break boundaries and inspire audiences. With the 2025 Grammys approaching, fans are eager to see how the song will fare, as it has already solidified its place as one of the most successful pop collaborations of all time. Stream here