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Lady Gaga To Appear In 'Wednesday' Season 2

Lady Gaga has joined the cast for season 2 of Netflix's ‘Wednesday,’ according to EW. Although details of her role are still unknown, she is currently filming in Europe for the show. 
At the 2023 Golden Globes, 'Wednesday' star Jenna Ortega expressed interest in Gaga joining the cast. "I'm sure Netflix would love that," she said in an interview with Variety.
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Billboard Names Lady Gaga as the 5th Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century

As part of Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century series, the music publication declared Lady Gaga is the fifth best pop star of the past 25 years. 
In the article, writer Jason Lipshutz deemed Gaga a "game-changing phenomenon" who's "spent her career holding up fragile ideas of modern pop stardom and vigorously shaking them like a snow globe."
Click here to read Billboard's career-spanning article on Gaga, and click here to listen to its podcast further breaking down her career thus far. 

To date, Gaga has 18 songs that cracked the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with five of those songs reaching No. 1: "Just Dance," "Poker Face," "Born This Way," Shallow" and "Rain on Me."
Four of her songs made the chart's top three: "Bad Romance" and currently "Die With a Smile" peaking at No. 2, and "Telephone" and "The Edge of Glory" at No. 3. 
"LoveGame," "Alejandro," "Applause," "Million Reasons" and "Stupid Love" peaked in the top five. 

Six of her albums hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200: "Born This Way," "ARTPOP," "Cheek to Cheek," "Joanne," "A Star is Born" and "Chromatica." She is the fastest female artist to have six chart-topping albums, with nine years and two months between the peaks of "Born This Way" and "Chromatica."
"The Fame" and "The Fame Monster" peaked in the Hot 200's top five, at No. 2 and No. 5, respectively.
All of her studio albums hit No. 1 on their respective Billboard genre charts, the Top Dance/Electronic Albums and Top Jazz Albums charts. 
In 2023, "The Fame" made history when it spent its 500th week on the Dance/Electronic Album chart. The album continues its hold as the longest-running No. 1 album on the chart.

In her 16-year career, Gaga has taken home 10 Billboard Music Awards, 18 MTV Music Video Awards and 13 Grammys, as well as an Academy Award for "Shallow." 
In 2009, Billboard named Gaga the Greatest Pop Star of the year, and in 2015, the publication deemed her Woman of the Year. 

 
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Lady Gaga Scores 2 GRAMMY Nominations

Lady Gaga received two nominations at the 2025 Grammy Awards for her Bruno Mars duet "Die With A Smile".
"Die With A Smile" is nominated in two categories: Song of the Year and Best Pop/Duo Group Performance. Gaga has now received 38 nominations total and 13 GRAMMY wins.
 
 
Gaga was already nominated for three of the Big Four awards from the General Field (AOTY, ROTY, SOTY), even though she never won any of them, but Gaga has the most wins for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance having won twice for "Shallow" with Bradley Cooper and "Rain on Me" with Ariana Grande.
The 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on February 2, 2025.
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Lady Gaga Performs at Rally for VP Kamala Harris

Lady Gaga performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee and current-Vice President Kamala Harris, a day ahead of the U.S. presidential election. 
She performed two songs: "God Bless America," and her own, "The Edge of Glory."
Watch "God Bless America" below:
And "The Edge of Glory":
After "God Bless America," she expressed her support for Harris in a speech before introducing Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff:
"For more than half of this country's life, women didn't have a voice. Yet, we raised children, we held our families together, we supported men as they made the decisions. But tomorrow, women will be a part of making this decision. Today, I am holding in my heart all the tough, tenacious women who made me who I am. I cast my vote for someone who will be President for all, for all Americans."
The Nov. 4 rally is Harris' last one before Election Day, on Nov. 5, 2024. Gaga joined other public figures, such has Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and Jazmine Sullivan on the steps of the Art Museum of Philadelphia to rally support. 
Gaga endorsed Harris and her running mate Tim Walz earlier this week, saying, "It's time to get ready to vote," in a video posted to Instagram: 
Gaga supported current-President Joe Biden since his run for office. She spoke at a Biden-Harris rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the night before the 2020 election, and she performed the national anthem at Biden's inauguration.
In 2023, Biden appointed Gaga as the co-chair of the Committee on the Arts the Humanities, a board that advises the White House on matters of cultural policy. 
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Lady Gaga To Rally For Kamala Harris On Election Eve

Lady Gaga is set to headline and perform at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on November 4, one day before the United States presidential election. Other prominent figures attending the rally in Philadelphia include Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, and Jazmine Sullivan.
Gaga endorsed the Harris-Walz campaign via Instagram on November 3.
"It's time to get ready to vote. I'll see you guys in Pennsylvania," Gaga says in the video. Gaga appeared at the final rally for the Biden-Harris campaign in Philadelphia in 2020, and later sang the national anthem at the inauguration in January 2021.
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Lady Gaga Releases 'Die With a Smile' Live in Las Vegas

Alongside the music video for "Disease," Lady Gaga released a live taping of her duet with Bruno Mars, "Die With a Smile." 
The duo performed the hit song together at one of Mars' concerts on the Las Vegas strip in August. 
Click here to watch the performance. 

"Die With a Smile" is currently in a tight race for the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, currently staying at the No. 4 spot after peaking at No. 3 on its chart debut. It previously peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, but now rests at No. 2 following the release of Mars' collaboration with Jennie. 
Click here to purchase the "Die With a Smile" 7" vinyl. The CD single can be purchased here (both physical releases are U.S. only). 
The live performance from Las Vegas is available to purchase on iTunes here. The song’s instrumental can also be purchased here.
 
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Lady Gaga Reveals 'Disease' Music Video

Three days after the release of "Disease," Lady Gaga dropped the music video for the "LG7 " era lead single tonight, October 29. The horror-themed music video arrives just in time for Halloween.
Click here to watch the music video. 

The video's choreography was directed by the Emmy Award-winning Parris Goebel, known for her work with Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Justin Bieber. 
Less than an hour before the video's premiere, Gaga posted a message to her Instagram story: 
"Disease is about facing that fear, facing myself and my inner darkness, and realizing that sometimes I can't win or escape the parts of myself that scare me. That I can try and run from them but they are still part of me and I can run and run but eventually I'll meet that part of myself again, even if only for a moment.
Gaga announced the music video earlier in the day, alongside news that a live performance of her Bruno Mars' duet "Die With a Smile" in Las Vegas would premiere at the same time. 
Prior to the "Disease" single release, Gaga posted a 10-second teaser from the music video on social media, featuring a clip of her with dark hair and a white dress running from someone driving a car. 
Earlier this week, Gaga teased there's "a LOT more to come" in an Instagram post. The music video also seemingly teases new music from LG7.
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'Joker: Folie Ă  Deux' Now Available for Purchase on Digital

'Joker: Folie Ă  Deux' starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is now available to purchase on digital platforms.
'Joker: Folie Ă  Deux' opened in theaters October 4 and has since grossed $201 million at the worldwide box office. Phoenix reprises his role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, while Gaga plays Lee Quinzel, also known as Harley Quinn.
The film is now available to purchase on digital platforms such as Apple TV and Prime Video for $24.99.
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Lady Gaga Releases New Single: "Disease"

The 'LG7 ' era has officially begun: "Disease," the lead single from Lady Gaga's seventh studio album, is out now. 
Click here to listen to the song. 
"Disease" was written by Gaga, Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Gaga's fiancÊ Michael Polansky, with production by Gaga, Watt and Cirkut. 
The song's lyric video is now out on YouTube. Watch the video below: 

As soon as the song dropped, Gaga changed her profile photo on her social media profiles to a dark, close-up shot of her face, with only her eyes illuminated.
Additionally, new promotional images were released with the song. 
In the four years since her sixth studio album "Chromatica," Gaga has kept busy: She starred as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel in "Joker: Folie à Deux," completed several successful legs of her "Jazz & Piano" residency in Las Vegas, expanded her Haus Labs enterprise, toured "Chromatica,"  released the "GAGA Chromatica Ball" concert special on Max, topped charts with her Bruno Mars duet "Die With a Smile" and dropped three full-length projects — the "Dawn of Chromatica" remix album, "Love For Sale" with Tony Bennett and the "Joker" companion piece, "Harlequin."
Fans have eagerly awaited news about 'LG7 ' for years, but the anticipation peaked when Gaga made a cryptic post on social media, showing her itinerary for the 81st Venice International Film Festival in early September. 
Among promotional events for "Joker: Folie à Deux," the bottom of the itinerary revealed the 'LG7'' lead single would come in October, though the official date was marked by "XX." 
Through a series of cryptic teases on Spotify and the website gagadisease.com, fans found out last week that the 'LG7 ' era would commence with the release of "Disease" on October 25.  
Now, after four long years, fans can look forward to a full-length album of original material in February 2025, per an article with Vogue. 
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Lady Gaga Submissions For 'Joker Folie À Deux'

Warner Bros.' revealed that at the upcoming awards season, Lady Gaga will be submitted for the Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 'Joker Folie À Deux'.

Gaga is also a part of the Best Ensemble Cast submission, along with the Joker 2 cast, including Joaquin Phoenix, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener and Zazie Beetz. 
Lady Gaga's original song for the movie soundtrack 'Folie À Deux', which can also be found on her Harlequin companion album, will be submitted for Best Original Song.
Warner also revealed that the Joker sequel will have screenings at the Tribeca Film festival, as well as the upcoming Producers and Directors Guild of America awards.
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Lady Gaga to Release New Single 'Disease' on Oct. 25

Lady Gaga has just announced her comeback single, "Disease," which will be released this Friday, October 25. 
The new single can be pre-saved on Apple Music and Spotify here.

The original single's announcement was found after solving a riddle:
Fans noticed that Lady Gaga published a new Spotify playlist titled ".com," featuring eleven songs from her discography.The first letter of each song spells "gagadisease." 
If you visit website gagadisease.com, it will display new lyric from the new single: "I could play the doctor." 
From there, searching "icouldplaythedoctor.com" reveals another lyric: "I can cure your disease." 
In continuing the same pattern, nine lines from the single are revealed, until you reach the final announcement:
"I could play the doctor
I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner
I could make you believe
Lay you down like 123
Eyes roll back in ecstasy 
I can smell your sickness
I can cure ya
Cure your disease"

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Lady Gaga Teases Her Return With Cryptic Message on Her Streaming Profiles

Not even one month after the release of "Harlequin," the promo for Lady Gaga's seventh studio album has already started.
On streaming platforms, seven of Gaga's song titles were reformatted, seemingly overnight. Now, the seven deep cuts are stylized in all caps, with the exception of their first letter.  
Little Monsters caught that the lowercase letters spell out the word "disease." 
As of now, an official pre-save link for the release has not been posted by Gaga or her team. 
Fans have eagerly awaited news about 'LG7' for years, but the anticipation peaked when Gaga made a cryptic post on social media, showing her itinerary for the 81st Venice International Film Festival in early September. 
Among promotional events for "Joker: Folie à Deux," the bottom of the itinerary revealed the 'LG7'' lead single is coming in October, though the official date was marked by "XX." 
The teasing didn't stop there. Prior to the announcement of "Harlequin," Gaga made a series of Instagram posts teasing the "Joker: Folie Ă  Deux" companion album's announcement in late September.
While each post would later be revealed to connect to "Harlequin," one in particular clarified that the roll-out was not for 'LG7, ' as the photo read: "STILL NOT OCTOBER." 
With only one Friday left in October, the start of the 'LG7' era seems more imminent than ever. Stay with Lady Gaga Now for updates.
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'Die With A Smile' Nominated For An MTV EMA

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars received a nomination for Best Collaboration for their latest standalone single "Die With A Smile" at the 2024 MTV EMAs.
"Die With A Smile" has been the longest running #1 song on the Spotify Global Charts with over 10 million streams daily, for over 30 days. It is still charting in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, and it earned over 100 million streams globally in each of the last five weeks, the most for any song this year.
This is Gaga's 40th MTV EMA nomination, and she previously won 12 EMAs. The 2024 MTV EMAs will be held on 10 November in Manchester, UK.
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Lady Gaga's Harlequin Debuts On Billboard Charts

Lady Gaga's 'Harlequin' debuts at #20 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 12), giving Gaga the the top debut of the week. The album opened with 25,000 units in its first week in the United States, making it this week's #1 jazz album. Likewise, the album earned the biggest streaming debut ever on Spotify for a jazz project.
On Billboard's top-selling vinyl albums chart, the album debuts at #3. Similarly, the album debuts at #3 on Billboard's top-selling album sales chart, which ranks albums based on pure sales (no streaming). Physical sales accounted for about 16,000 of the total, according to HitsDailyDouble.
'Harlequin' will be available in retail stores starting on October 11. Available to purchase from Lady Gaga's store here.
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All Of Lady Gaga's 'Joker' Interviews

Lady Gaga's press tour for 'Joker Folie À Deux' and its companion album 'Harlequin' is underway. We compiled a list of all of Gaga's interviews discussing the projects.
 
'Joker' Featurettes
"The Music Within" (posted 9/3)
"What The World Needs Now" (posted 9/9)
"My Name Is Lee" (posted 9/13)

 
Venice Film Festival Interviews
Full 'Joker Folie Á Deux' Venice press conference (9/4)

Canal+ (Venice red carpet; 9/4)
Full Venice Film Festival red carpet + interview with Rai (9/4)

 
Italian Press Interviews
Radio Italia (posted 9/5)
AP (posted 9/7)
Konbini (posted 9/7)
Cadena SER (posted 9/30)
 
Los Angeles Press Interviews (listed in order of date originally posted or aired)
Jake's Takes (posted 9/22)
BlavityTV (posted 9/22)
Paul McGuire Grimes (posted 9/22)
Kevin McCarthy TV (posted 9/22)
Critics' Choice (posted 9/23)
ExtraTV (posted 9/23)
Access Hollywood (posted 9/23)
Entertainment Tonight (posted 9/23)
TMS (posted 9/23)
TMZ (clip 1; posted 9/23)
Buzzfeed Canada (clip; posted 9/24)
Despierta AmĂŠrica (clip; posted 9/24)
WGN Entertainment (posted 9/24)
E! News (posted 9/24)
Fandango (posted 9/25)
Rotten Tomatoes (posted 9/25)
Radioacktiva Colombia (posted 9/26)
TheMovieReport (posted 9/26)
Refinery29 (clip; posted 9/26)
IMDb (posted 9/27)
Good Morning America (clip aired 9/27; extended footage aired 9/30 on Nightline)

Smallzy (video clip; aired 9/28)
Fuera de Foco (posted 9/28)
En Casa Con Telemundo (posted 9/28)
The Project (posted 9/30)
TFC News (posted 9/30)
ABC10 (posted 9/30)
Sunrise Australia (aired 9/30)
TODAY Australia (aired 9/30)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (aired 10/1)

MTV (clip 2; posted 10/2)
TN Show Argentina (posted 10/3)
TVI Portugal (posted 10/3)
Etalk (posted 10/4)
 
London Premiere Interviews
Vogue (after London red carpet; 9/25)

Attitude (London red carpet; 9/25)
Sky News (London red carpet; 9/25)
The Sun (London red carpet; 9/25)
 
London Press Interviews
The Zane Lowe Show (aired 9/26)

The Graham Norton Show (clip; aired 9/27)
BFMTV (aired 9/27)
TF1+ France (posted 9/30)
Hits Radio UK (posted 10/1)
Instagram (posted 10/1)
naEKRANIE.pl (posted 10/1)
Capital FM (posted 10/2)
Good Morning Britain (aired 10/3)

BBC Radio 2 (clip; posted 10/3)
NRJ (audio clip; posted 10/5)
Coming soon: RTÉ 2FM
Coming soon: Dzień Dobry TVN
 
Los Angeles Premiere Interviews
Access Hollywood (LA red carpet; 9/30)

AP (LA red carpet; 9/30)
Extra TV (LA red carpet; 9/30)
Entertainment Tonight (LA red carpet; 9/30)
The Hollywood Reporter (LA red carpet; 9/30)
Variety (clip from LA red carpet; 9/30)
Out Magazine (clip from LA red carpet; 9/30)
 
'Joker: Folie Á Deux' is in theaters October 4. Buy tickets here. 'Harlequin,' the companion album, is available here now.
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'Joker: Folie Ă  Deux' And Its Soundtrack Are Out Now

More than two years after its official announcement, “Joker: Folie à Deux” is finally out in theaters worldwide. 

The musical sequel to Todd Phillips’ Academy Award-winning “Joker” stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/The Joker, and Lady Gaga as his love interest, Harleen “Lee” Quinzel. 
The film’s soundtrack, featuring new renditions of classic songs like Judy Garland’s “Good Morning” and Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life,” is also available internationally. 

The film saw its official premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in September 2024, followed by premieres in London and Los Angeles.

In an interview with Variety, Gaga described Phillips’ “big swing” with the film’s concept and script.
“There’s music, there’s dance, it’s a drama,” Gaga said. “It’s also a courtroom drama, it’s a comedy, it’s happy, it’s sad. It’s a testament to [Todd] as a director, that he would rather be creative than just tell a traditional story of love.”
Gaga and Phoenix performed the musical numbers live on set, accompanied by an off-camera pianist to keep their tempo. 

In an interview with Variety, Gaga spoke about how she altered her natural singing voice to fit Lee’s experience, as a character who would not be a professionally trained singer. 
“I’m a trained singer, right? So even my breathing was different when I sang as Lee,” Gaga said. “When I breathe to sing on stage, I have this very controlled way to make sure that I’m on pitch and it’s sustained at the right rhythm and amount of time, but Lee would never know how to do any of that. So, it’s like removing the technicality of the whole thing, removing my perceived art-form from it all and completely being inside of who she is.”
Due to Gaga’s “really, really personal” experience with Lee, she still felt inspired by the character after filming wrapped, leading her to record and release “Harlequin,” a companion album to the film. 

“When we were done with the movie, I just wasn’t done with her,” Gaga told press at the London premiere. “So, because I’m not done with her, I made ‘Harlequin.’ ”
“Harlequin” includes reimagined numbers featured in the film, as well as two original songs, “Folie à Deux” and “Happy Mistake.” 
Gaga performed the latter on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Los Angeles earlier this week. 


To order the film soundtrack on vinyl, click here. 
To read Lady Gaga Now’s review (spoiler alert!), click here.
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Target Releases Harlequin Exclusive Vinyl

A new Target exclusive vinyl edition of Lady Gaga's latest album, Harlequin, featuring unique cover art, is now available for $34.99.
Order it HERE.

Harlequin is Lady Gaga's latest project, serving as a companion album to Joker: Folie Ă  Deux, the highly anticipated sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix, reprising his role as the Joker, and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. The movie is set for worldwide release on October 4th.
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Lady Gaga Appears On Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Lady Gaga appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 1 to promote 'Joker: Folie À Deux' and its companion album 'Harlequin.' She discussed details about her engagement to Michael Polansky, acting alongside Joaquin Phoenix, and her secret taping of the 'Harlequin' album.

During the interview, Gaga revealed her fiancÊe Michael Polansky proposed to her during a rock climbing trip in April. Gaga also revealed the two conceived the 'Harlequin' concept album together.

Gaga performed her original song "Happy Mistake" following her interview with Kimmel.


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Lady Gaga Holds Secret 'Harlequin' Taping In Los Angeles

Lady Gaga held a secret taping of her new album 'Harlequin' for fans in Los Angeles on October 1 following the U.S. premiere of 'Joker: Folie À Deux.' Gaga performed the full album for lucky fans at The Belasco, as well as a piano version of her Bruno Mars duet "Die With A Smile". The entire performance filmed between midnight and 2am, although it is unclear when the footage will be released. More spoilers below.
Spoilers:
Gaga started the night off by performing "Good Morning" twice wearing a maroon leather corseted dress, with an introduction from an acapella quartet.  Following "Get Happy" and "Oh, When The Saints," Gaga changed outfits during a "Cramps" band interlude. During the interlude, she joked that "I hope you guys have a horrible time because everyone hates jazz." She wore a dress with a black hat and star belt for the second act and performed "That's Entertainment" several times to get the right cut. Following the second band interlude, Gaga changed into a pink dress with a tutu. During the third act, Gaga played the guitar alongside her band for the song "The Joker." Following her original song "Folie å Deux" from 'Joker,' Gaga changed into her final outfit of the night: a red sweater, which she removed to reveal a floral collar dress underneath. After the final song "That's Life," Gaga tore up a pillow and threw feathers to fans in the audience. Fans were able to buy exclusive 'Harlequin' t-shirts, as well as take photos in a themed photo booth. 
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Vogue Interviews Lady Gaga In London For 'Joker'

Lady Gaga was interviewed by Vogue following the London premiere of 'Joker: Folie À Deux' on September 25, 2024. In the eight-minute interview, Gaga discusses her new project 'Harlequin,' a companion album to 'Joker,' as well as her character Lee in the new movie.

While still wearing the custom Celine by Hedi Slimane outfit from the red carpet, Gaga discussed the London listening party of 'Harlequin' she threw for fans. "I have such amazing fans," Gaga says in the interview. "Seeing them out in London tonight was so, so fun. It's hard to describe almost two decades-long of a relationship with this community."
Lady Gaga's October Vogue cover is on newsstands now, available to read here.
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Lady Gaga Attends 'Joker' Premiere in Los Angeles

After last week's extensive press tour to promote "Joker: Folie à Deux" and its companion album "Harlequin," Lady Gaga walked the black carpet at the film's Los Angeles premiere, hosted at the city's TCL Chinese Theatre. 
 

 
Gaga stunned on the carpet with bleached brows and a muted red lip. She wore a black, floor-length dress with an accentuated, puffy shoulder sleeve and a crimson red wig. She adorned the outfit with a red-and-green jeweled necklace, black earrings and, of course, her engagement ring. 
 

 
As she was fielding interview questions on the carpet, Variety asked Gaga when she'll do a "full-on superhero movie," leading her to react with a coy shrug. 
 
 
Gaga plays Harleen "Lee" Quinzel opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the sequel to 2019's "Joker," which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The two stars shared a hug on the black carpet ahead of the premiere. 
 

 
The official Los Angeles premiere comes after a series of screenings in Venice, London and a press screening in Los Angeles last week. 
Following the premiere, Gaga hosted a live taping of "Harlequin" with fans. 
While in Los Angeles, Gaga will film a performance for Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Oct. 1. 
"Joker: Folie à Deux" hits theaters internationally on Oct. 4, 2024. 
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Lady Gaga Guests at Graham Norton Show

Lady Gaga appeared on the Graham Norton Show on tonight (Friday, Sept. 27) to promote her new film "Joker: Folie à Deux" and its companion album, "Harlequin." 

Gaga sat on Norton's infamous red sofa beside Demi Moore, Colin Farrell and Richard Ayoade, dressed in her best Harley Quinn-inspired outfit with cropped, shoulder-length red hair. 
On the show, Gaga spoke about her engagement to her longtime partner Michael Polansky. Gaga confessed how Michael proposed on April 1, 2024 – also known as April Fool's Day. Naturally, the first thing she did was laugh, thinking it was a joke. 
It was no joke, and while she said yes, she explained how she wanted to keep the whole thing a secret – until she was caught, on video, introducing Michael as her fiancé to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. 
Gaga first spoke publicly about her engagement to Vogue US, where she revealed her mother was the matchmaker who set them up. Gaga recalled how her mother told her, "I think I just met your husband."
Since the engagement, Gaga and Michael released their first artistic collaboration together, "Harlequin."
In a now-cut segment, Gaga revealed that she's "99% free" of pain from her fibromyalgia. 
Gaga first spoke about her experience with the chronic illness in Netflix's "Gaga: Five Foot Two" documentary. Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread, chronic pain, and is also associated with sleep, memory and mood problems. 
The disorder caused Gaga to cancel multiple shows due to severe muscle spasms and tightness. 
Of course, Gaga had fun with the other guests sharing the red sofa with her. She was introduced to Demi Moore's dog, Pilaf, and the two seemed to hit it off quite nicely.

Gaga will next appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Oct. 1, 2024. 
"Harlequin" is out everywhere, and physical copies can be purchased here. 
"Joker: Folie à Deux" hits theaters internationally on Oct. 4, 2024. 
 
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Lady Gaga Releases New Album, 'Harlequin'

Just three days after its official announcement, Lady Gaga has released her new album, “Harlequin.” 
The project serves as a companion piece to the film “Joker: Folie à Deux,” in which Gaga stars as Harleen “Lee” Quinzel opposite Joaquin Phoenix. 
While “Harlequin” includes 11 covers featured in the film and its soundtrack, Gaga re-recorded the songs with new and reimagined production, plus two original songs, “Folie à Deux” and “Happy Mistake.” 
In an interview with press at the London premiere of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Gaga spoke to the inspiration behind creating the album, citing her “really, really personal” experience with her character, Lee.
“When we were done with the movie, I just wasn’t done with her,” Gaga said. “So, because I’m not done with her, I made ‘Harlequin.’ ”
 
 
The idea of duality between Gaga and Lee manifests in "Happy Mistake," one of the album's original compositions. 
“I wrote ‘Happy Mistake’ as a reflection on and a celebration of all the darkness that has healed me before, and all the dual identities I’ve carried,” Gaga told fans at an exclusive listening party in London ahead of the album’s release. 
At the listening party, Gaga played the album twice through as she danced with fans just hours after “Joker: Folie à Deux" premiered. 
 
 
In an interview with Zane Lowe, Gaga described the album as “vintage pop,” though the album contains influences of jazz, gospel, showtunes, soul and pop standards. 
Gaga is expected to release a music video for "The Joker," originally performed by Shirley Bassey, as she posted a clip of herself dancing to the track at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Earlier this month, she was photographed at the museum as a film crew set up outside. 
 
 
Gaga first teased "Harlequin" with a series of cryptic Instagram posts, each with a phrase against a plain background: "I'm ready for my interview," "Don't tell me what to wear," "No duct tape no mission," "Moondust gets everywhere" and "Still not October," the latter being a reference to a post she made at the 81st Venice International Film Festival that revealed the lead single of LG7 is coming in October. 
On Monday, Sept. 23, mysterious billboards alluding to "LG6.5" appeared in New York City and Los Angeles. The next day, Gaga formally announced the album.
 

 
“Harlequin” marks Gaga’s first artistic collaboration with her fiancé Michael Polansky, who is credited as a writer on four songs. 
Each song is produced by Lady Gaga and her frequent collaborator Benjamin Rice, with the exception of "Happy Mistake," produced by Rice, Lady Gaga and BloodPop, and "That's Life," produced by Lady Gaga, David Campbell and Jason Ruder. 
Check out the album's writing credits below: 
 
“Good Morning”
Written by Arthur Freed, Lady Gaga, Michael Polanksy and Nacio Brown.
 
“Get Happy (2024)”
Written by Harold Allen, Lady Gaga, Michael Polansky and Ted Koehler.
 
“Oh, When the Saints”
Traditional.
 
“World on a String”
Written by Harold Allen and Ted Koehler. 
 
“If My Friends Could See Me Now”
Written by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky. 
 
“That’s Entertainment”
Written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz.
 
“Smile” 
Written by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. 
 
“The Joker”
Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
 
“Folie à Deux”
Written by Lady Gaga.
 
“Gonna Build a Mountain”
Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.
 
“Close to You”
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
 
“Happy Mistake”
Written by Michael Tucker (BloodPop) and Lady Gaga. 
 
“That’s Life”
Written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon.
 
Vinyl and CD copies of "Harlequin" can be purchased here. 
“Joker: Folie à Deux" will be in theaters internationally on Oct. 4, 2024. Its soundtrack can be preordered on vinyl here. 
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Lady Gaga Promotes 'Harlequin' On The Zane Lowe Show

Lady Gaga discussed her new album 'Harlequin' with Zane Lowe on his Apple Music radio show on September 26th. Gaga played two new songs from the album: "World on a String" and the original song "Happy Mistake." Gaga described the upcoming companion album to 'Joker Folie À Deux' as "vintage pop" and explores different genres like funk, jazz, and soul.

Before signing off, Gaga teased she would be back on the show soon to promote her upcoming 7th studio album: "I've been in the studio a lot so I'll see you soon."
'Harlequin' is out September 27th. Available to order here.
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