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Lady Gaga's new concert special 'LADY GAGA IN HARLEQUIN LIVE: ONE NIGHT ONLY' is now premiering exclusively on YouTube. Fans on Lady Gaga's email list were able to stream the special an hour early on Christmas Eve: "This holiday season I wanted to share something with you from my heart to thank you for supporting me this year and being a part of our wonderful community." The film held its world premiere at the GRAMMY Museum on December 18.

Lady Gaga attended a special screening and held a discussion for her new film 'LADY GAGA IN HARLEQUIN LIVE – ONE NIGHT ONLY' at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles on December 18. The screening marks the world premiere of the long-awaited 'Harlequin' secret recording, which filmed last year at The Belasco. The album is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 2026 GRAMMY Awards. During a question-and-answer segment, Lady Gaga revealed that she set up recording studios in hotel rooms while on tour this year. Although no official release date was confirmed, the film was teased as a "Christmas gift" for fans. Stay tuned for a very Harlequin holiday.

Lady Gaga took to Instagram to tease that the long-awaited secret live recording of her 'Harlequin' album will be coming soon. The special concert took place at the Belasco Theater in October 2024, following the Los Angeles premiere of 'Joker: Folie à Deux'. Described as a "companion album" to the movie, the album received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 2026 GRAMMYs. Read more of our spoiler synopsis here.

Lady Gaga reigned over Billboard's 2025 year-end dance charts, placing as the No. 1 Top Dance/Electronic Artist for a sixth year, and claiming the No. 1 song on the Top Dance/Pop Songs chart with "Abracadabra". Gaga also earned her first year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single with "Die With A Smile". See her other placements below: Billboard Hot 100 #1. Die With A Smile #56. Abracadabra Billboard 200 #30. MAYHEM #91. The Fame Top Dance/Electronic Artists #1. Lady Gaga Top Dance/Pop Songs #1. Abracadabra Top Dance/Electronic Albums #2. MAYHEM #3. The Fame #7. Born This Way Billboard Global 200 #2. Die With A Smile #33. Abracadabra #119. Poker Face Billboard Global 200 (Excl. U.S.) #2. Die With A Smile #30. Abracadabra #98. Poker Face Billboard Global 200 Artists #8. Lady Gaga Billboard Global 200 Artists (Excl. U.S.) #5. Lady Gaga To read more about Gaga's year-end placements, visit Billboard.

Lady Gaga will appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 1 to take the "Colbert Questionert". The segment will air on CBS at 11:35PM ET. Lady Gaga last appeared on the show earlier this fall to perform an acoustic version of "Vanish Into You" and discuss her latest album, MAYHEM.

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.

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.”

Lady Gaga performed an acoustic version of "Vanish Into You" from her album MAYHEM on Monday, September 8 on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. This marks the first televised performance of the fan-favorite song from MAYHEM. Lady Gaga performed the night prior at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she delivered the live debut of her new single "The Dead Dance".

Lady Gaga took the stage on Saturday night to pre-record two songs for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards on September 7. The segment was filmed prior to Gaga's sold-out MAYHEM Ball show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. More spoilers below. The performance began with an altered rendition of "Abracadabra" from Gaga’s MAYHEM Ball show, with new cracked doll makeup and a different wig. The show continued with the live debut of Gaga’s new song for Wednesday season 2: "The Dead Dance". The VMAs will take place this Sunday, September 7 at 8PM ET. Lady Gaga is the most nominated artist of the night, with 12 nominations for her songs "Die With A Smile" and "Abracadabra" and her album MAYHEM.

Lady Gaga joined Dress To Impress on August 23 to hold a virtual meet and greet and Q&A with fans. Fans were able to submit questions ahead of the event. Key moments from the Q&A are below. Lady Gaga teased lyrics to her upcoming song “Dead Dance” right as the event began: “TOTAL MAYHEM in here, who is excited for THE DEAD DANCE.” “You’ve created a creature of the night, now I’m haunting your air, your soul, your eyes.” Lady Gaga answered questions about creating her albums ‘ARTPOP’ and ‘MAYHEM’: “ARTPOP was new musical territory for me going full EDM so it was a major learning experience musically (which was fun but also hard). Figuring out how to fit live instruments in with the hard beats was interesting. I was not in a good place mentally when I made it though so it made finishing it a challenge.” “MAYHEM was made the happiest I’ve ever been. That was hard because I decided to challenge myself musically with genres I know well. I sang my heart out and tried every production move to make it the best it could be. The songs are hard to sing; They’re all really high, I have to train like crazy for MAYHEM Ball.” Lady Gaga added that ‘Born This Way’ is her favorite album she’s made: “I sort of said Born This Way—I said that on stage last night. It was really inspired by my home NY—which is where I found my artistic community and made the friends that cheered me on when I became Lady Gaga. Plus the message is meaningful to me. Also WHO doesn’t need some NY electro-clash, techno rock in their life?” Lady Gaga also took questions about her favorite outfits and fashion icons: “It’s not just an outfit it’s my uniform. My pleaser black Monster Ball boots are SO special to me. I have performed for millions of monsters around the world in them. They have carried me far even when I felt like I couldn’t carry myself. I still have them! I wore them at Coachella!” “I was inspired by rockstars my whole career—David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Blondie, Madonna, Prince, so so many. Grace Jones made me want to have as much fun as possible with fashion. Also I was just always inspired by designers and they became my friends so I just wanted to wear their clothes!! McQueen probably inspired my career the most.” At the end of the event, users were able to collect special event badges and a spiked hat item. Lady Gaga’s Dress To Impress collaboration includes new items, poses, and outfits for users to enjoy. Fans can play here.

Lady Gaga is about cause MAYHEM in Dress to Impress, coming August 16 on Roblox. Dress to Impress, a multiplayer game on the free platform Roblox, challenges players to create outfits based on a certain theme, which is then voted on by other players before the top three winners are revealed. Players will be able to compete in challenges with MAYHEM-themed outfits starting August 16. Fans can sign up for the official launch here, which teases new Lady Gaga-related themes, items, and more. According to the launch page, fans might get the chance to “meet Lady Gaga In-Game through an Exclusive Outfit Competition, Judged by Lady Gaga herself.” Dress To Impress x Lady Gaga - Event The Mistress of Mayhem has decided to takeover Dress To Impress. Explore New Lady Gaga Related Themes, Clothes, Items and More! Move over, Lana! Lady Gaga has now taken role as Empress of Style Showdown. Explore the new 'Zombieboy' challenge only in Style Showdown. You might even have a chance to meet Lady Gaga In-Game through an Exclusive Outfit Competition, judged by Lady Gaga herself. The Category is... Dress To Survive. Sign up now to be first in line for our BIGGEST. EVENT. YET! Stay tuned for more details.

Lady Gaga kicked off the first show of The MAYHEM Ball Tour in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 16 at the T-Mobile Arena. The show marks the first arena show in support of MAYHEM following her Art of Personal Chaos promotional shows earlier this year. To prepare for the show, the Haus of Gaga museum inside Park MGM added new MAYHEM merchandise and several new outfits from the MAYHEM era. The museum now features the dress worn by Gaga for her Copacabana concert, as well as two red outfits worn by the Mistress of MAYHEM. Once inside the arena, fans can submit their own "Voices of MAYHEM" stories that are projected onto the stage's screen before the show. Fans were also given light-up LED bracelets that are synced with the show. The show's setlist reflects the Art of Personal Chaos shows from earlier this year, with some adjustments. Gaga added six new songs and changed outfits for "Perfect Celebrity," "Killah," and "Shadow of a Man." New additions are bolded. Full Setlist Bloody Mary (intro) Abracadabra Judas Aura Scheiße Garden of Eden Poker Face Perfect Celebrity Disease Paparazzi (full version) LoveGame Alejandro The Beast (full version) Killah Zombieboy LoveDrug Applause Just Dance Shadow of a Man Kill For Love (full version) Summerboy Born This Way Million Reasons Shallow Die With A Smile (full version) Vanish Into You Bad Romance How Bad Do U Want Me (encore) ARTPOP (outro) Gaga will play two more shows at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas before heading to other cities on The MAYHEM Ball Tour. Here's a Spotify playlist with the tracks from the first date.

Lady Gaga performed a medley of songs at the 2025 YouTube Brandcast event on Wednesday, May 14 in New York. Gaga performed four songs from her new album MAYHEM: Abracadabra, Perfect Celebrity, Vanish Into You, and How Bad Do U Want Me, plus her Oscar-winning smash hit Shallow. Deadline reported that her performance received a standing ovation and was a highlight from the event: "Lady Gaga achieved the rarest of things: a standing ovation and screams of enthusiasm from a crowd of advertisers […] the opposite of the usually jaded reactions."