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EMPIRE Magazine has unveiled the cover of their upcoming issue, featuring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix as Harley Quinn and the Joker. Lady Gaga gave her first interview about her role in "Joker: Folie à Deux," discussing how she adjusted her singing voice to sound more authentic for her character "Lee." "People know me by my stage name, Lady Gaga, right? That’s me as that performer, but that is not what this movie is; I’m playing a character. So I worked a lot on the way that I sang to come from Lee, and to not come from me as a performer. [...] How do you take music and have it just be an extension of the dialogue, as opposed to breaking into song for no conceivable reason? It was unlike anything I’ve ever done before. [...] For me, there’s plenty of bum notes, actually, from Lee, I’m a trained singer, right? So even my breathing was different when I sang as Lee. 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." In another part of the interview, Lady Gaga shared that while she drew some inspiration from the Harley Quinn of the comic books, she ultimately created her own version of the character, influenced by followers of Charles Manson. You can read the full interview here. The new issue of EMPIRE Magazine will be available on newsstands on Thursday, August 1. “Joker: Folie à Deux” will hit theaters around the globe this October.

RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha Velour interviewed Lady Gaga about her concert special GAGA Chromatica Ball ahead of its premiere in May. You can watch the interview below. "Chromatica, for me, is an ending and a beginning at the same time," Gaga said. While Gaga recalled the songwriting process for Chromatica as being both thoughtful and filled with anxiety, she called the tour a "total liberation." "It was like every faculty that I have when it comes to being an imaginative person just came back full throttle," Gaga said. Gaga said her performances and music are inspired by her fans, and the Chromatica Ball film is no different. "The way that this film was put together was designed to show the fans everything," Gaga said. "The fashion, the art direction, the films that were shown, the beautiful hair and makeup, was all a part of what Chromatica was all about." When asked if the Chromatica Ball tour allowed her to examine new parts of herself, Gaga said her biggest challenge when it comes to reinvention is to slow down. "Sometimes I want to transform so much that I am just, like, a loose cannon," Gaga said. "All the fans know exactly what I'm talking about." Despite this, the tour helped her understand that she's always an artist, even when she's in between projects. "I get to be an artist every day, and whatever my reinvention is, is a part of that," Gaga said. To close the interview, Gaga teased a little bit of what to expect from her new music. "I have just been in the studio all the time, and I'm making a lot of music," Gaga said. "It's just this incredibly vast experience that I just feel so lucky that I get to have. I'm excited for Monsters to hear where I am now and be connecting on that level again." GAGA Chromatica Ball is available to stream on Max and Warner Pass.

Lady Gaga has teased her return to music with a mysterious snippet at the end of her concert special "GAGA Chromatica Ball Tour". At the end of the concert, a flashy message says "LG7 GAGA RETURNS," accompanied by what seems like a snippet of a new song with the lyrics: "Dancing In The Shadow Of The Night".

Lady Gaga's concert special "GAGA Chromatica Ball" is now available to watch on MAX. Two days ago, Lady Gaga held a private screening of the concert in Los Angeles. Many fans, as well as members of the press, attended the event, describing the movie as "a glorious, breathless, intoxicating watch." The concert movie was edited and directed by Lady Gaga herself and was recorded back in 2022 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. It is now available to stream on MAX and Warner Pass. Updates about its release in Italy, the UK, India, and Japan will arrive soon.