Lady Gaga’s electrifying headlining set at Coachella took us through all of her eras and reminded us why we fell in love with her in the first place.
We can count on Megan Thee Stallion to rock our world every time she hits the stage, and her set has given us everything from star-studded guests to amazing dance moves and special effects.
Charli XCX ruffled some feathers with her Brat-astic Coachella set, and brought out many of her A-list collaborators on stage, including Lorde, Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan, and Addison Rae.
This year’s Coachella was a great showcase for some of our favorite alternative artists, including Clairo. Her grand return to the Coachella stage was a great reminder of her raw talent, and she truly entranced the audience with her lo-fi hits.
Green Day were on top of their game at Coachella, taking us through the biggest hits of their discography and proving they remain as relevant and outspoken even three decades later.
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Lady Gaga described Mayhem as a “chaotic” and “genre-bending” record that helped her reconnect with a darker style of pop that put her on the map. She also told Rolling Stone that this album is imbued with her love for music – a diversity of genres, styles, and dreams, adding that “it leaps from one genre to another in a manner that feels almost corrupt.”
She lived up to these words on Mayhem, which sees her toying with synth-pop and dance-pop while also embracing the elements of disco, rock, and industrial-pop. The album’s lead single and opening track “Disease” does a great job encapsulating the album’s sound and themes, along with “Abracadabra”, which was met with rave reactions after hitting the shelves last month.
Many of the songs on Mayhem echo Lady Gaga’s previous eras and biggest hits, such as “Perfect Celebrity”, which sounds straight out of The Fame, and “Garden of Eden”, which is giving us major Born This Way vibes. Several songs also pay clear homage to some of Gaga’s biggest idols, including David Bowie-esque “Vanish Into You” and Michael Jackson-tinged “Shadow of a Man”.
The chart-topping Bruno Mars collaboration “Die with a Smile” closes the album, and it’s the only song that feels slightly out of place. It’s a great showcase of her vocal abilities, despite being in a striking contrast with the rest of Mayhem, which highlights the new heights Gaga is able to achieve by being the truest version of herself.
Lady Gaga started teasing new music with a cryptic countdown on her official website before a series of billboards popped up around New York and Las Vegas. She eventually announced Mayhem on Monday, by sharing its title, release date, and cover art, in addition to an official teaser that set the tone for this record.
The singer compared Mayhem to a shattered mirror, saying “Even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something beautiful and whole in its own new way.” The album cover embraces this imagery and shows her slightly distorted face behind a broken mirror.
“Disease” was released as the lead single from Mayhem back in October, and it will be one of 14 tracks featured on this album, set to be released on March 7. “Die with a Smile” ft. Bruno Mars will also be included, after spending four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, despite initially being released as a standalone single.
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“Die With a Smile” has been steadily climbing up the Billboard Hot 100 ever since its release in August, but it took a backseat to holiday songs and the top five singles from Kendrick Lamar’s latest album GNX. It finally managed to hit No. 1 during its latest week on the Hot 100, with 9.7 million radio airplay audience impressions, 27.1 million official streams, and 6,000 sold.
This is Mar’s ninth song to top the chart and Gaga’s sixth, and its success is a huge deal for both artists. It helped Lady Gaga become only the third artist after Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson to score multiple No. 1 singles in three different decades.
“Die With a Smile” hit No. 1 in several countries before reaching the top spot in the US and spent eight weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 chart. It will enter this year’s Grammy Awards with two nominations – song of the year and best pop duo/group performance.
After headlining Coachella in 2017 and filming scenes from A Star Is Born on its grounds, Lady Gaga is ready to return to the desert. She’ll be joined by Post Malone, who previously performed at the festival in 2018 and made several guest appearances, and punk-rock legends Green Day, who are making their Coachella debut next year.
Travis Scott has also been announced as the headliner of the floating spot, previously occupied by No Doubt. According to the inspiration on Coachella’s poster, he’ll “design the desert” during his slot, and his representatives revealed he’s planning to debut his next era at the festival.
Coachella will return to the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California on April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2025. The list of major performers hitting the stage next year also includes Missy Elliot, Megan Thee Stallion, Charli XCX, Anitta, Benson Boone, FKA Twigs, Clairo, Zedd, Jennie, Glorilla, Lisa, Tyla, Misfits, The Prodigy, and Shaboozey.
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Not much is known about the role Gaga will play in this series, but Variety reports she’ll most likely appear in a cameo capacity. This will be a full-circle moment for the acclaimed singer and actress, whose song “Bloody Mary” became a viral sensation after its sped-up version appeared in fan videos of Jenna Ortega’s dance scene from Wednesday and started a viral TikTok challenge.
In addition to Lady Gaga, Season 2 will feature several more newcomers to the cast, including Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton, Billie Piper, Joanna Lumley, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lloyd, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, and Heather Matarazzo. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Emma Myers, and Joy Sunday will reprise their roles alongside Ortega.
Lady Gaga is fresh off starring in Joker: Folie à Deux opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Her acting credits also include an Oscar-nominated role in A Star Is Born, Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, and two seasons of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story.
]]>Lady Gaga hits all the right notes with her new single, which sees her singing about her ability to heal a lover’s disease. “I could play the doctor / I can cure your disease, If you were a sinner / I could make you believe,” she sings in the chorus of this catchy track, which drew a comparison to some of her biggest early hits, including “Bad Romance”.
“Disease” will serve as the lead single on her highly-anticipated seventh studio album, which still doesn’t have a title or a release date. Lady Gaga described it as intense, ominous, unsettling, but also buoyant in an interview with Vogue while adding it will see her go back to her pop roots after her fiancé Michael Polansky encouraged her to.
“Disease” isn’t Gaga’s first single to hit the shelves this year. She found huge success with the Bruno Mars collaboration “Die with a Smile” and released a soundtrack album Harlequin just last month, which served as a companion piece to her new film Joker: Folie à Deux.
After teasing their duet with a retro cover that shows them rocking cowboy-inspired red-and-blue outfits, the duo shared an accompanying music video with the world. Mars directed it alongside Daniel Ramos, and he can be seen performing his new song alongside Gaga on a vintage TV studio stage.
“Die with a Smile” came together while they were both working on new music in Malibu. Mars invited Gaga to listen to one of the songs he was developing, and she immediately agreed to hop on board.
“It was around midnight when I got there and I was blown away when I heard what he had started making. We stayed up all night and finished writing and recording the song. Bruno’s talent is beyond explanation. His musicianship and vision is next level. There’s no one like him,” she said in a statement.
“Die with a Smile” hit the shelves on August 16 as a standalone single, and it’s not linked to Lady Gaga’s upcoming seventh studio album.
Joker: Folie à Deux will see Joker and Harley Quinn developing an unusual connection after crossing each other’s paths at Arkham Asylum. The first trailer sees them catching each other’s side for the first time, falling in love, and performing a series of elaborate dance numbers to the beat of “What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)”.
Joker: Folie à Deux has often been classified as a musical, but its director Todd Phillips said this description is reductive, saying it’s “a movie where music is an essential element” instead.
“The first ways I described Arthur were as weird and aloof and distant, but he has music in him, he has a grace to him. That informed him a lot in the first film. It didn’t seem like that big of a step what we did here,” he said at CinemaCon in Las Vegas
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released on October 4, and its supporting cast includes Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey.
It doesn’t come as a surprise that Joker: Folie à Deux will be a musical, and the genre shift has been a matter of public knowledge for almost a year. According to Variety’s recent report, most of the songs featured in this film will be familiar to the viewers because they’ll be reinterpretations of “very well-known” songs.
The film’s genre has been described as a jukebox musical, compared to Mamma Mia! and Moulin Rouge. “That’s Entertainment” from the ’50s musical The Band Wagon has been mentioned as one of the songs featured on the soundtrack, which could also feature an original song or two.
Joaquin Phoenix will return as Arthur Fleck/Joker in Joker: Folie à Deux, alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, and Sharon Washington will reprise their roles from the first film, and they’ll be joined by Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey in mystery roles.
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released by Warner Bros. on October 4.
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Lady Gaga’s electrifying headlining set at Coachella took us through all of her eras and reminded us why we fell in love with her in the first place.
We can count on Megan Thee Stallion to rock our world every time she hits the stage, and her set has given us everything from star-studded guests to amazing dance moves and special effects.
Charli XCX ruffled some feathers with her Brat-astic Coachella set, and brought out many of her A-list collaborators on stage, including Lorde, Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan, and Addison Rae.
This year’s Coachella was a great showcase for some of our favorite alternative artists, including Clairo. Her grand return to the Coachella stage was a great reminder of her raw talent, and she truly entranced the audience with her lo-fi hits.
Green Day were on top of their game at Coachella, taking us through the biggest hits of their discography and proving they remain as relevant and outspoken even three decades later.
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Lady Gaga described Mayhem as a “chaotic” and “genre-bending” record that helped her reconnect with a darker style of pop that put her on the map. She also told Rolling Stone that this album is imbued with her love for music – a diversity of genres, styles, and dreams, adding that “it leaps from one genre to another in a manner that feels almost corrupt.”
She lived up to these words on Mayhem, which sees her toying with synth-pop and dance-pop while also embracing the elements of disco, rock, and industrial-pop. The album’s lead single and opening track “Disease” does a great job encapsulating the album’s sound and themes, along with “Abracadabra”, which was met with rave reactions after hitting the shelves last month.
Many of the songs on Mayhem echo Lady Gaga’s previous eras and biggest hits, such as “Perfect Celebrity”, which sounds straight out of The Fame, and “Garden of Eden”, which is giving us major Born This Way vibes. Several songs also pay clear homage to some of Gaga’s biggest idols, including David Bowie-esque “Vanish Into You” and Michael Jackson-tinged “Shadow of a Man”.
The chart-topping Bruno Mars collaboration “Die with a Smile” closes the album, and it’s the only song that feels slightly out of place. It’s a great showcase of her vocal abilities, despite being in a striking contrast with the rest of Mayhem, which highlights the new heights Gaga is able to achieve by being the truest version of herself.
Lady Gaga started teasing new music with a cryptic countdown on her official website before a series of billboards popped up around New York and Las Vegas. She eventually announced Mayhem on Monday, by sharing its title, release date, and cover art, in addition to an official teaser that set the tone for this record.
The singer compared Mayhem to a shattered mirror, saying “Even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something beautiful and whole in its own new way.” The album cover embraces this imagery and shows her slightly distorted face behind a broken mirror.
“Disease” was released as the lead single from Mayhem back in October, and it will be one of 14 tracks featured on this album, set to be released on March 7. “Die with a Smile” ft. Bruno Mars will also be included, after spending four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, despite initially being released as a standalone single.
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“Die With a Smile” has been steadily climbing up the Billboard Hot 100 ever since its release in August, but it took a backseat to holiday songs and the top five singles from Kendrick Lamar’s latest album GNX. It finally managed to hit No. 1 during its latest week on the Hot 100, with 9.7 million radio airplay audience impressions, 27.1 million official streams, and 6,000 sold.
This is Mar’s ninth song to top the chart and Gaga’s sixth, and its success is a huge deal for both artists. It helped Lady Gaga become only the third artist after Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson to score multiple No. 1 singles in three different decades.
“Die With a Smile” hit No. 1 in several countries before reaching the top spot in the US and spent eight weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 chart. It will enter this year’s Grammy Awards with two nominations – song of the year and best pop duo/group performance.
After headlining Coachella in 2017 and filming scenes from A Star Is Born on its grounds, Lady Gaga is ready to return to the desert. She’ll be joined by Post Malone, who previously performed at the festival in 2018 and made several guest appearances, and punk-rock legends Green Day, who are making their Coachella debut next year.
Travis Scott has also been announced as the headliner of the floating spot, previously occupied by No Doubt. According to the inspiration on Coachella’s poster, he’ll “design the desert” during his slot, and his representatives revealed he’s planning to debut his next era at the festival.
Coachella will return to the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California on April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2025. The list of major performers hitting the stage next year also includes Missy Elliot, Megan Thee Stallion, Charli XCX, Anitta, Benson Boone, FKA Twigs, Clairo, Zedd, Jennie, Glorilla, Lisa, Tyla, Misfits, The Prodigy, and Shaboozey.
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Not much is known about the role Gaga will play in this series, but Variety reports she’ll most likely appear in a cameo capacity. This will be a full-circle moment for the acclaimed singer and actress, whose song “Bloody Mary” became a viral sensation after its sped-up version appeared in fan videos of Jenna Ortega’s dance scene from Wednesday and started a viral TikTok challenge.
In addition to Lady Gaga, Season 2 will feature several more newcomers to the cast, including Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton, Billie Piper, Joanna Lumley, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lloyd, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, and Heather Matarazzo. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Emma Myers, and Joy Sunday will reprise their roles alongside Ortega.
Lady Gaga is fresh off starring in Joker: Folie à Deux opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Her acting credits also include an Oscar-nominated role in A Star Is Born, Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, and two seasons of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story.
]]>Lady Gaga hits all the right notes with her new single, which sees her singing about her ability to heal a lover’s disease. “I could play the doctor / I can cure your disease, If you were a sinner / I could make you believe,” she sings in the chorus of this catchy track, which drew a comparison to some of her biggest early hits, including “Bad Romance”.
“Disease” will serve as the lead single on her highly-anticipated seventh studio album, which still doesn’t have a title or a release date. Lady Gaga described it as intense, ominous, unsettling, but also buoyant in an interview with Vogue while adding it will see her go back to her pop roots after her fiancé Michael Polansky encouraged her to.
“Disease” isn’t Gaga’s first single to hit the shelves this year. She found huge success with the Bruno Mars collaboration “Die with a Smile” and released a soundtrack album Harlequin just last month, which served as a companion piece to her new film Joker: Folie à Deux.
After teasing their duet with a retro cover that shows them rocking cowboy-inspired red-and-blue outfits, the duo shared an accompanying music video with the world. Mars directed it alongside Daniel Ramos, and he can be seen performing his new song alongside Gaga on a vintage TV studio stage.
“Die with a Smile” came together while they were both working on new music in Malibu. Mars invited Gaga to listen to one of the songs he was developing, and she immediately agreed to hop on board.
“It was around midnight when I got there and I was blown away when I heard what he had started making. We stayed up all night and finished writing and recording the song. Bruno’s talent is beyond explanation. His musicianship and vision is next level. There’s no one like him,” she said in a statement.
“Die with a Smile” hit the shelves on August 16 as a standalone single, and it’s not linked to Lady Gaga’s upcoming seventh studio album.
Joker: Folie à Deux will see Joker and Harley Quinn developing an unusual connection after crossing each other’s paths at Arkham Asylum. The first trailer sees them catching each other’s side for the first time, falling in love, and performing a series of elaborate dance numbers to the beat of “What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)”.
Joker: Folie à Deux has often been classified as a musical, but its director Todd Phillips said this description is reductive, saying it’s “a movie where music is an essential element” instead.
“The first ways I described Arthur were as weird and aloof and distant, but he has music in him, he has a grace to him. That informed him a lot in the first film. It didn’t seem like that big of a step what we did here,” he said at CinemaCon in Las Vegas
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released on October 4, and its supporting cast includes Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey.
It doesn’t come as a surprise that Joker: Folie à Deux will be a musical, and the genre shift has been a matter of public knowledge for almost a year. According to Variety’s recent report, most of the songs featured in this film will be familiar to the viewers because they’ll be reinterpretations of “very well-known” songs.
The film’s genre has been described as a jukebox musical, compared to Mamma Mia! and Moulin Rouge. “That’s Entertainment” from the ’50s musical The Band Wagon has been mentioned as one of the songs featured on the soundtrack, which could also feature an original song or two.
Joaquin Phoenix will return as Arthur Fleck/Joker in Joker: Folie à Deux, alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, and Sharon Washington will reprise their roles from the first film, and they’ll be joined by Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey in mystery roles.
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released by Warner Bros. on October 4.
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