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Lady Gaga received the Innovator Award, which is presented to artists for their contributions to popular culture, at the iHeart Radio Music Awards on March 17, 2025. Gaga also won the award for Best Collaboration for her Billboard Hot 100-topping, Grammy-winning duet with Bruno Mars, "Die With a Smile." Watch her acceptance speech below: Gaga started her speech by praising Doechii, who presented her the award. She promised fans that while some people think being 38 is too old to be a pop star, she's just warming up. "I don't know totally how to think about this, because winning an award honoring my entire career at 38 years old is a hard thing to get my head around. On the one hand, I feel like I've been doing this forever, and on the other hand, I know I'm just getting started," Gaga said. She declared that innovation isn't about breaking rules, it's about writing your own and convincing the world they were there all along. "If I've learned anything in three decades I've been at this, it's that the most powerful innovation is your authenticity," Gaga said. She shouted out her inspirations: David Bowie, Grace Jones, Carole King, Elton John, Lady Starlight, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Cher and Tony Bennett, some of which influenced her seventh studio album, "MAYHEM." Gaga rounded out her speech by thanking her Little Monsters. "Thank you for always seeing me so clearly, from 'The Fame' to 'MAYHEM.' Because you saw me, I learned to see myself. And to the LGBTQ+ community, you taught me bravery before the world was ready to listen. You have changed the world for the better and your courage fuels mine every single day," she said. Her final words were, "The world doesn't need another copy. It desperately needs your original."

DETAILS Lady Gaga returns to Singapore for four concerts, her only shows in support of “MAYHEM” in Asia. Gaga will perform May 18-19, May 21 and May 24. TICKETS The Mastercard presale will run from 10 a.m. on March 18 through 9:59 a.m. on March 20. The Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer presale begins at noon March 20 and ends at noon on March 21. The LiveNation presale runs from noon to midnight on March 20. The general sale opens at 2 p.m. on March 21.

Lady Gaga will return to Singapore this May to perform a series of concerts in promotion of "MAYHEM." Gaga is set to take the stage at the Singapore National Stadium on May 18-19, May 21 and May 24. According to its press release, these will be the only stop in Asia for Lady Gaga’s upcoming tour. The Mastercard presale begins Tuesday, March 18, followed by the Klook presale on March 19, and KrisFlyer and LiveNation presales on March 20. The general onsale is Friday, March 21. Visit here for more information. Earlier this month, Gaga announced her return to Mexico City, performing at Estadio GNP Seguros on April 26. Gaga was previously announced as a headliner for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, taking the stage on Friday, April 11 and 18. Last month, Gaga was announced as the headliner for "Todo Mundo No Rio," the free concert taking place on May 3 in Copacabana.

Lady Gaga dazzled in her second double-duty performance on the March 8 episode "Saturday Night Live," where she debuted live performances of two songs from her recently released album, "MAYHEM." Watch the performances of "Abracadabra" and "Killah" below: Gaga's opening monologue poked fun at her 2013 'SNL' performance of "Do What U Want" with R. Kelly, as well as her Razzie Awards win for Worst On Screen Combo in "Joker: Folie a Deux." Many of Gaga's sketches featured musical elements. She and Bowen Yang played a couple who burst into song on their first date in "Wonderful Tonight," and they reunited at the end of the episode to put an end to modern lingo in "No More Slay." Her other live sketches include: "Funeral Home": Gaga and Heidi Gardner act as funeral home owners with a vision for their clients. "A Long Goodbye": Gaga's ex pursues her on a piece of motorized luggage. "LIttle Red Glasses": Gaga plays an older woman showing off her glasses. "Birthday at Friendly's": Mayhem erupts at a dinner when the restaurant staff learn a guest lied about her birthday. Gaga also appeared in pre-filmed sketches, including a commercial for extra runny mascara and a short film about a tiny mouse.

Nothing was off the table in Lady Gaga's interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, where she talked about what "MAYHEM" means to her and described some of her soon-to-be-released new songs. Watch the video interview below, and read some of the highlights beneath: On "MAYHEM": Gaga described "MAYHEM" as her favorite record in a long time. "I feel like it has some teeth," she said. She talked about how she was able to be a student on music with "MAYHEM," which allowed her to figure out her own personal mayhem. The album was inspired out of loving music and sounds that she studied for at least a decade, allowing her to embrace the mayhem of being a nonlinear, cross-genre artist who combines a lot of things at once. "'ARTPOP' was a vibe. 'Joanne' was a sound, 'Chromatica' had a sound, all different. 'The Fame Monster' was more chaotic, 'The Fame' was theatrical pop, 'Born This Way' to me had more of a metal-electro-New York vibe to it, so I actually made the effort making 'MAYHEM' to not do that and not try to give my music an outfit, but instead to allow myself to be influenced by everything," she explained. "It's completely me, and it's my gift to my fans," she said. Touching on the success of "Abracadabra," Gaga said she thinks the song is very much her sound, something that she honed in after many years. She said part of what made its music video so special was the community it fostered: "I spent real time learning that choreography, working with Parris [Goebel] and working with those dancers, and I got to. be in their community while we made it, and I felt like I belonged. That feeling made me so happy." She went into detail on some of the new songs on the album, as well. She revealed that "Perfect Celebrity" was the working title of the album before it was "MAYHEM." "Perfect Celebrity," the song, is a 90s-inspired "electro-grunge" track about how she dealt with the anger she felt toward herself as it relates to the desire for fame. While the song is "super angry," she also described it as humorous, specifically the lyrics: "I've become a notorious being . Find my clone, she's asleep on the ceiling." "It's almost comical, this idea that any time I'm in the room wit anyone, there's me, Stefani, and Lady Gaga asleep on the ceiling, and I have to figure out which body to be in," she said. "Shadow of a Man," the song teased at the end of "GAGA Chromatica Ball," is a defiant, fun and powerful song about being a woman in music. "That song is so much ha response to my career and what it always felt like to be the only girl in the room a lot of the time, and to always be standing in the shadow of a man, because there were so many around me that I learned how to dance in that shadow," she described. "The Beast," the 12th track on the album, takes the perspective of someone singing to their werewolf lover, but Gaga said it can be applied to her relationship with her fiancé Michael, as well as her relationship to who she is on stage. "It's somebody that is saying to the beast, 'I know you're a monster but I can handle you, and I love you,'" she said. "Blade of Grass" calls back to her relationship with Michael. She described how she told him she'd marry him if he proposed with a blade of grass, and she detailed how they built a friendship over how to share one another's mayhem. "My home used to only be the stage. It was so lonely, and also, it is so much more fun to take somebody out there with you, someone that loves you, that knows what you're capable of in all the various aspects of life," she said. In terms of other songs, Gaga revealed "Garden of Eden" is a 2000s throwback and webstore-exclusive track "Can't Stop The High" is "a pure electro-grunge record that goes even harder than 'Perfect Celebrity' does." Lowe said "Zombieboy" is "crazy fun." At the end of the interview, Gaga said she feels like she's firing on all cylinders, and she revealed she has a desire to tour "MAYHEM" after her performance at Coachella next month.

Lady Gaga will return to Mexico City next month to give one of the first concert performances of the "MAYHEM" era. Gaga will perform on April 26, 2025 at Estadio GNP Seguros, a stadium in Mexico City. Pre-sale for tickets will begin this Thursday, with the general sale on March 7. Click here to access the Ticketmaster listing. Gaga was previously announced as a headliner for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, taking the stage on Friday, April 11 and 18. Last month, Gaga was announced as the headliner for "Todo Mundo No Rio," the free concert taking place on May 3 in Copacabana.

To celebrate the release of "Mayhem," Lady Gaga will appear on "Good Morning America" next Friday, March 7. Gaga is slated to discuss her long-awaited seventh studio album, which will be released the same day as her "Good Morning America" appearance. The episode will air live on ABC from 7-9 a.m. EST on March 7, though the exact time of Gaga's interview is unknown. Her "GMA" appearance is just one of many "Mayhem"-related events over its release weekend. On Thursday, March 6, Spotify's Little Monster Press Conference will air on Spotify's Instagram, TikTok and YouTube channels. Then, on Saturday, March 8, Gaga is pulling double duty on "Saturday Night Live," where she will host and perform. To check out Lady Gaga Now's comprehensive list of all the physical variants of "Mayhem," click here.

Just one day after releasing her seventh studio album "MAYHEM," Lady Gaga is doing double duty on the March 8 episode of "Saturday Night Live," marking her second time hosting and fifth time performing on the regular show. To celebrate, take a look back at each of Gaga's “SNL" appearances, from her first 30 Rock performance in 2009 to her recent outing at the show's 50th anniversary concert special. October 3, 2009: Season 35, Episode 2Gaga first appeared on "SNL" a month before the release of "The Fame Monster," when she was the musical guest on an episode hosted by Ryan Reynolds. She performed four songs: "Paparazzi," "LoveGame," an acoustic rendition of "Bad Romance" and a version of "Poker Face" with updated, New York-inspired lyrics. However, Gaga arguably stole the show when she appeared in a sketch with Madonna. The two fought, throwing insults at one another on a mock talk show. One of Madonna's lines, "I have hundreds of hits, you only have two" surely didn't age well. She appeared in one more sketch, centering around "SNL" cast member Andy Samberg realizing they're wearing the same outfit. May 21, 2011: Season 36, Episode 22Gaga's next performance on the show was to promote "Born This Way," and she appeared in a couple sketches, as well. First, she appeared in the "Liquorville" sketch, where she and host Justin Timberlake co-opted Kristin Wiig's attempt to get customers into her store. She appeared in another sketch with Timberlake, where they had to guess a series of mystery images. For performances, Gaga did a medley of "The Edge of Glory" and "Judas" for her first song, and "Born This Way" as her second. In addition to the live taping, Gaga appeared in a digital sketch with Samberg and Timberlake to debut their now-classic collaboration, "3-Way (The Golden Rule)." The song was later released on an album by The Lonely Island, Samberg's comedy band. "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" scored a nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics at the 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, but ultimately lost to TImberlake's musical monologue from the same episode. November 16, 2013: Season 39, Episode 6Gaga's first double-duty appearance premiered less than a week after the release of "ARTPOP." She performed three of the album's tracks: a jazzy rendition of "Applause" during her opening monologue, and "Do What U Want" with guest R. Kelly and "Gypsy" for her official performances. One of Gaga's many skits of the episode was "Waking Up with Kimye," where she played a nerdy Apple Store employee being interviewed by Kim Kardashian (Nasim Pedrad) and Kanye West (Jay Pharaoh) on their mock talk show. The sketch features Gaga's iconic line, "People who try too hard with their outfits are maybe hiding something." Other skits include "4th Grade Talent Show," where Gaga inadvertently performed a striptease in front of an unsuspecting audience, and "Spotlightz Acting Camp for Serious Kids," where she and the cast parodied scenes from acclaimed film and television shows like "Forrest Gump" and "Breaking Bad." Gaga's other sketches this episode include: "Worst Cover Songs of All Time": Gaga is supposed to sing of Madonna's "Express Yourself," but sings "Born This Way" instead. "Co-op Board": Gaga is a tenant who questions prospective new tenants who wish to move into her building. "Blockbusters": Gaga appears to Blockbuster employees in their dreams. "Old Lady Gaga": Playing herself as a 77 year old, Gaga tries to woo the maintenance man who has never heard of her. "Female Sea Captains" (cut for time): Gaga and an array of "SNL" women set off on a journey of mermen and sea shanties. October 22, 2016: Season 42, Episode 4Gaga was absent in sketches during her fourth appearance on the show, but she performed "A-YO" and a beautiful rendition of "Million Reasons" in her signature "Joanne"-era pink cowgirl hat. October 21, 2023: Season 49, Episode 2Gaga made a special appearance to introduce Bad Bunny's first performance on his 2023 double-duty episode. Bad Bunny has discussed his love for Gaga before, so her introduction came as a pleasant surprise to him. February 14, 2025: "SNL50: The Homecoming Concert""SNL" hosted a concert to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and Gaga was one of the featured performers. She reunited with Andy Samberg to give a hilarious performance: After Samberg botched Bradley Cooper's part of "Shallow," he and Gaga paid tribute to The Lonely Island to perform new versions of their "SNL" tracks "Dick in a Box" and "Motherlover." The two were joined by stars like Chris Parnell, T-Pain and Bad Bunny. Later, Gaga performed a solo version of "Shallow," for real this time. Be sure to watch Lady Gaga on "Saturday Night Live" at 11:30 p.m. EST this Saturday, March 8, on NBC.

Lady Gaga and Spotify's Head of Global Editorial Sulinna Ong sat down for InStyle to talk about the upcoming Little Monster Press Conference, a fan-only event where Little Monsters can ask her anything. Gaga also dished on the creative process behind "Mayhem" and teased lyrics to two new songs. To read the interview in its entirety, click here. You can find highlights below. Gaga said that since the beginning of her career, community has been most important to her. The reason she wanted to do the press conference with Spotify was give her fan community a special opportunity to ask anything they may have wondered in the past two decades. "Feel free to ask me whatever you want!," she said. "We've been in this public conversation for a long time and I'm just so excited to talk to you." She went on to explain how she thinks some fans have missed her style of a "dark pop album," and she looks forward to putting "Mayhem" out because releasing an album allows an artist to reconnect with fans: "I made this for them." Calling the album a "return to an earlier process," Gaga revealed that "Mayhem" mixes live instrumentation and programming, which allowed her and her team of collaborators – Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Gesaffelstein – to create unique, never-before-heard sounds. Genre did not play as significant a role in the writing and recording process for "Mayhem" as it did in her other musical projects the past decade. "I would get seduced by making the album kind of homogenous, or on-theme. ... On 'Mayhem,' it was the opposite. I instead decided to allow myself the freedom to be chaotic with the genres and be chaotic with the choices as a way of celebrating the type of musician that I am." Gaga said "Mayhem" is a bunch of twisted, gothic dreams: "Some are true and some are not true, but they're somehow related to life." She cited "The Beast," the album's 12th song, as an example. The song, which she described as "me singing to a werewolf," features the lyrics: "You can't hide who you are, 11:59, your heart's racin', you're growling, and we both know why." She explained, "Somehow that gothic dream is not just about me in a relationship wit this person that's about to turn, but what if I was to just sing it to myself and the beast is Gaga?" The concept of duality is explored through the "Mayhem" era, from the multiple Gagas in the music videos for "Disease" and "Abracadabra" to the album track "Perfect Celebrity." Gaga expanded this duality by sharing a lyric from the upcoming song: "I've become a notorious being, find my clone, she's asleep on the ceiling." "It's the idea that we all, in a way, have our real selves and then our clone version that we project to the world," she explained. "So there's a lot in 'Mayhem' about multiple yous or multiple mes and what it's like to have those things be at odds with each other all the time." To check out Lady Gaga Now's comprehensive list of all the physical variants of "Mayhem," click here.

With two weeks until the release of "Mayhem," Lady Gaga announced she will hold a first-of-a-kind press conference in conjunction with Spotify on March 6. The catch? Journalists aren't invited – the press conference will be exclusively for and with fans. Spotify Presents: Little Monster Press Conference will invite Gaga's top Spotify listeners in New York City to ask her about any and everything before dancing the night away to "Mayhem" in full. "I want you to ask me every burning desire of a question that you have," Gaga said in a video posted to Spotify's social media. "I can''t wait to celebrate 'Mayhem' with you, to talk about music, to talk about life. Whatever you want... (kind of)." The press conference will be simulcast on Spotify's Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts at 6 p.m. EST on March 6 for those not based in New York. To submit a question for Gaga, click here.

With only three weeks until the release of "Mayhem," Lady Gaga's website was updated to seemingly tease new lyrics from her forthcoming seventh studio album. Upon visiting the site, a flurry of letters move around the orange-red background. After pressing and "drawing" on the screen, some letters assemble and spell out a new phrase each time. The new lyrics include: "AND YOUR HEART BEATS FAST CUZ YOU'RE IN THE ZONE" "I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYIN' FROM HERE" "CHOKE ON THE FAME AND HOPE IT GETS YOU HIGH" "AND YOU CAN'T HEAR HER WITH THE MUSIC ON" "TAP ON MY VEIN SUCK ON MY DIAMOND BLOOD" "I'LL BURN A HOLE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR EYES" "STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF ANOTHER MAN" "LOOKIN' AT YOU LIKE A ZOMBIE KILLAH" "HAVE BEEN SO WORRIED THAT I'M LOST" "(YEAH YOUR GIRLFRIEND ISN'T HERE)" "GOODBYE I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS" "AH AH AH AH AH AH AHAHA AH AAAA" "BUT HER FRIEND IS WAY MORE FUN" "A LEGEND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD" "SING FOR ME A SINFUL MELODY" "YOU CAN'T HIDE WHO YOU ARE" "TOMORROW YOU'LL DESERT ME" "IN THE BACK OF THIS PARTY" "I'M THE PERFECT CELEBRITY" "IF I'M GONNA GET YOU HOME" "AND YOUR CLOSING IN ON ME" "LIKE THE WORDS OF A SONG" "DRUG TO LAST A LIFETIME" "YEAH YOU WANNA BE COOL" "I CAN GET YOU MO-O-ORE" "BUT THE FEELINGS RIGHT" "I TRY SO HARD TO SING" "BRING ME YOUR DESIRE" "YOU'RE OUT OF BREATH" "AND WE BOTH KNOW WHY" "(DJ HIT THE LIGHTS)" To check out Lady Gaga Now's comprehensive list of all the physical variants of "Mayhem," click here.

Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Lady Gaga stopped in New Orleans, Louisiana, to film a tribute segment that premiered before the biggest game in American football. Gaga, accompanied by a full backing band, sang "Hold My Hand" on New Orleans' iconic Bourbon Street alongside a variety of football legends, including Michael Strahan, Tom Brady and Terry Bradshaw. The segment acknowledges numerous tragic events that happened in the United States this year, including the New Orleans terror attack, Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina and the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. Gaga previously paid tribute to the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires at the FireAid Benefit Concert, where she closed the show with performances of "Shallow," "Always Remember Us This Way" and a specially written song, "All I Need is Time." Additionally, Gaga joined forces with "Die With a Smile" collaborator Bruno Mars to perform a rendition of The Mamas & The Papas' "California Dreamin' " at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Gaga will release her seventh studio album, "Mayhem," in less than a month. To see Lady Gaga Now's complete compilation of the album's physical variants, click here.

Nearly a week after announcing her seventh studio album, "Mayhem," Lady Gaga revealed the album's third single, "Abracadabra," and its self-directed music video during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Click here to listen to the song, and watch the new video below: The song and video, presented by Mastercard, debuted during a commercial break from the Grammys. Gaga was nominated for two awards this year: Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, both for "Die With a Smile" with Bruno Mars. During the ceremony, Gaga and Mars took the stage to perform a cover of Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" in tribute to the city of Los Angeles following devastation from the California wildfires. To check out Lady Gaga Now's comprehensive guide to the physical variants of "Mayhem" available to pre-order, click here.

Lady Gaga had a big night at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards — in addition to her two nominations and a sneak peek of the music video for "Abracadabra," the upcoming third single from "Mayhem," she performed a tribute to Los Angeles with Bruno Mars. Gaga and Mars took to the stage to perform a cover of "California Dreamin' " by The Mamas & The Papas to honor those impacted by the devastating California wildfires. Earlier this week, Gaga closed the FireAid Benefit Concert, a fundraising event for Los Angeles, with the performance of three songs: "Shallow," "Always Remember Us This Way" and a song she wrote for the concert, "All I Need is Time." Gaga was nominated in two categories this year: Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, both for her Billboard Hot 100-topping collaboration with Mars, "Die With a Smile." Gaga's last Grammy win and performance were in 2022, when "Love For Sale" won for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. At the same ceremony, she performed a tribute to her collaborator Tony Bennett.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars will a special “tribute to Los Angeles” at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025. Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga’s song is nominated in two categories: Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The duo have performed "Die With a Smile" at a series of Mars' concerts in Las Vegas shortly after its release. A live-recorded version of the song was released to streaming services in October 2024, alongside the music video for "Disease." The last time Gaga performed at the Grammys was in 2022, when she performed "Love For Sale" and "Do I Love You" in tribute to Tony Bennett. Gaga and Bennett were awarded Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Love For Sale," which is Gaga's last win to date. By the end of the night, she might leave with a total of 15 awards, which would rank her as the sixth-most Grammy-awarded female artist, tied with CeCe Winans. The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS and Paramount+ at 8 p.m. EST on Feb. 2.