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With the eligibility period for the 68th Grammy Awards closing at the end of August, Lady Gaga's "Harlequin" and "MAYHEM" output is all eligible for nomination. The "MAYHEM" era has already earned Gaga her 14th Grammy when her Bruno Mars collaboration "Die With a Smile" was awarded Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Here are Gaga's submissions for next year's ceremony, according to The Grammy Guru: "MAYHEM" Album of the Year Best Pop Vocal Album Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical "Abracadabra" Record of the Year Song of the Year Best Dance Pop Recording Best Music Video "Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)" Best Remixed Recording "Disease" Best Pop Solo Performance "Perfect Celebrity" Best Rock Performance Best Rock Song "Harlequin" Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical "That's Entertainment" Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals First-round voting takes place from October 3 to October 15, 2025. Nominations are typically revealed at the beginning of November.

While appearing on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Demi Lovato performed a mash-up of Lady Gaga's "Disease" and "Perfect Celebrity." "I fell in love with the album 'MAYHEM,' and Lady Gaga is so incredible on it that I wanted to do a cover of her here," Lovato said. "I had a lot of fun singing it." You can also listen to their performance here: Lovato has given Gaga her flowers numerous times this year, having told Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" that the MAYHEM Ball was one of the best concerts they have seen. Late last month, they told Z100 that they'd love to chat and collaborate with Gaga, and further gushed about the MAYHEM Ball.

Spotify interviewed Atticus for their series "Most Viral Fan." Atticus became famous years ago as "the kid in the orange jacket" who managed to get onstage with Lady Gaga during her tour and dance with her. The video of them dancing together has since gone viral around the world, becoming one of the most touching moments in pop music history. Watch his story below. Atticus learned the choreography to "Scheiße," which he later performed with Gaga on stage, "in my room, in my underwear, watching YouTube videos" he told Spotify. He had originally planned to avoid any spoilers before attending the Born This Way Ball, but he wanted to teach the steps to one of his dance classes. As the legend goes, he camped out for the show with friends and narrowly secured entry into the Monster Pit. It was there that he started doing the "Scheiße" choreography when he was spotted by Gaga. Atticus "pushed through that crowd like a battering ram to the front of the stage," after hearing Gaga call him up. "Blackout is not the right word because I was so conscious." "I don't feel like I had control over my body," he recounts, trusting his knowledge of the dance to carry him through the performance. The parts he wasn't sure of were the stage directions. Fortunately, the dancers graciously directed him on where to go. "The next thing I knew, we were stopped at the front, and the lights were on us." That's when a fan threw a bouquet of flowers onstage. Atticus dropped to his knee and held them out to Gaga, who gave him a kiss. After the song, "that's where the real magic happened." Atticus was pulled backstage and given the opportunity to hang out with Gaga's dancers (some of whom he's still in touch with today), and the superstar herself. "Oh my god, you are so fab," she told him, and signed his jacket. That jacket, ironically, was one Atticus stole from "a girl from high school." It's safe to say he's not giving it back or giving it away—turning down offers up to $20k. Even though Atticus has pursued his passion for photography over dance, he still cites the viral moment as a life-changing event. "She probably changed my life more than anything else ever has."

Producer Andrew Watt talked with PEOPLE about his experience in the studio with Lady Gaga during the recording of ‘MAYHEM’. Andrew served as co-executive producer of the album, alongside Gaga and her fiancé Michael Polansky. Highlights from the interview are below. On Gaga's decision to return to her dance-pop roots on MAYHEM: "She has done so many different types of music throughout her career. There's nothing she can't do. So when we went to make this album, I think we were touching on all of [the genres she’s covered]. As an artist, she's always learning, always evolving, always pushing herself. The work ethic is out of this world. And it just became apparent from the stuff that we started making that we were making a dance album. The music was calling us to that." On what it's like to work in the studio with Gaga: "She's there thinking about the entire world she's going to build when she does a song. There's layers to what she does. First, she has to figure out the notes and the lyrics and the vibe of what she's going to do and create that. That, for a lot of people, is where it ends. You write a song, you put your vocal on it. Boom, that's it. Not for Gaga. She then takes that song home, figures out which part of her is going to sing the narrative, how she has to sing it. Does she have to sing it harder? Does she have to sing it softer? How is she going to deliver the vocal? She learns every inflection of what she did and comes back [and] sings it for hours and hours until she finds the right character." On watching Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars work together in the studio: "Just sitting there and watching her and Bruno interact, it was like Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. Watching that interaction was so special. The competition between the two of them was so healthy and great. I will never forget them going back and forth while she was recording the vocal." On his favorite song from MAYHEM: "I really, really love that song “Perfect Celebrity.” I got to the studio five minutes before her. Whatever was in my head, I just started playing the synth, and the second it came out of the speakers, it was 10 seconds, 30 seconds of me playing before she had heard it, and already started writing. So it was one of those really fluid things. And the second she came up with that concept, I remember her saying, ‘Oh, this is the song that I always should have written.’ It felt instantly like a song that was already in her discography, even though it was a brand-new thing she was coming up with." Lady Gaga praised Andrew for being "a uniquely gifted" producer and musician: "Everything he does is rooted in a deep love for music and for the people who make it. You can feel how profoundly it’s shaped his life. He lives and breathes it in a way that’s rare even among artists. […] With Andrew, the process becomes limitless, his instinct, taste, and understanding of sonic history makes him one of the most dynamic collaborators in modern music." Read the full interview with PEOPLE here.

After wrapping up her two-night stint in Manchester for the MAYHEM Ball, Lady Gaga went over to Milan, Italy, on Oct. 9, to film scenes for "The Devil Wears Prada 2." Rumors about her appearance in the sequel to the 2006 movie swirled for weeks, but Variety confirmed her participation in the film today. According to the Vogue Italia, Gaga was spotted with platinum blonde hair and sunglasses leaving the Brera Academy, where one of the sequel's most elaborate scenes is being filmed. The article says she is expected to play herself and will likely appear as a super guest in the front row of a fashion show directed by Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep). "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is set to be released May 1, 2026.

Lady Gaga spoke with KCRW DJ Chris Douridas about the creation of MAYHEM and gave an exclusive performance of "Abracadabra" and "Vanish Into You" from Apogee Studios. Lady Gaga discussed her creative process for MAYHEM, her relationship with her fans, and her historic Copacabana concert during the interview. Listen to the full interview + performance here.

Lady Gaga revisited The Bitter End—the New York City bar where she performed before becoming famous—for an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on October 3. The interview touched on her earliest shows in New York City, her relationship with fiancé Michael Polansky, and her historic concert in Copacabana. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 On this stage of her career as a woman in music: “At this stage in my life I don’t feel like a product anymore. I feel like ‘MAYHEM’ was me circling back to all of the music that I fell in love with: My production style, my song-writing, my love of dark poetry. And celebrating that it’s mine and that I’m making it for me. I can feel empowered as a woman in music with a beautiful that has my back everyday. Being empowered as a woman in music is something that took me nearly 20 years for me to experience. I feel so grateful to still be here.”