Woman Gaga, Bruno Mars. Getty Photographs (2)
Woman Gaga teamed up with Bruno Mars for his or her “Die With a Smile” duet, marking her first single in two years.
The mid-tempo love track sees Gaga and Mars croon, “If the world was ending / I’d wanna be subsequent to you.” On the refrain, the Grammy winners sing, “I wanna maintain you only for some time / And die with a smile.” Gaga and Mars, each 38, additionally dropped a music video for the one on Thursday, August 15.
Hours previous to its launch, Gaga teased the collab through social media, writing, “WHILE YOU WAIT TILL LG7,” referring to her upcoming album that doesn’t but have a launch date.
Together with the tease, Gaga shared a photograph of the musicians wearing country-inspired costumes. Gaga wore a vibrant blue gown with a pink scarf tied round her neck in a big bow and matching pink tights.
The Oscar winner styled her hair excessive to the sky with daring curls paying homage to Dolly Parton’s iconic locks. Gaga topped off the look with exaggerated eyeliner, blue nail polish and held onto a cigarette.
Mars wore an identical blue go well with with embroidered particulars, a pink shirt, diamond belt buckle and white cowboy hat. He shared the identical promo photograph along with his Instagram followers, captioning it, “Track and video tonight! 9pm PT ♥️.”
Mars beforehand hinted at his new track with Gaga by sharing a photograph of himself on Wednesday, August 14, sporting a T-shirt along with her identify throughout the entrance. The “That’s What I Like” singer pointed to Gaga’s moniker on the tee, which additionally featured a cranium with pink hair, and captioned it with a sunglass emoji.
“Die With a Smile” is Mars’ first duet with Gaga. Additionally it is his first single since 2022’s “After Final Evening” along with his Silk Sonic bandmate, Anderson .Paak.
Regardless of the lull in new music, Mars has been conserving himself busy, touring each internationally and within the U.S. He might be enjoying in California and Las Vegas by means of the top of the month after which heading to Taiwan in September earlier than ending his tour again in Las Vegas in December.
Gaga, for her half, hasn’t launched new music since 2022’s “Maintain My Hand” from the High Gun: Maverick soundtrack. The Grammy winner has since been engaged on Joker: Folie à Deux, through which she performs Harley Quinn. The film — which additionally stars Joaquin Phoenix because the Joker, a.okay.a. Arthur Fleck — hits theaters in October.
As followers eagerly await the musical drama’s premiere, some have change into impatient questioning when Gaga might be dropping her subsequent album. Gaga confirmed in March that she was in reality engaged on one thing recent. (Her final solo album was 2020’s Chromatica, adopted by Love for Sale with the late Tony Bennett in 2021.)
“I can’t keep in mind a time I used to be so blissful on my bday. I’m in love with my finest pal, my household and mates are loving and sort and wholesome,” Gaga wrote through Instagram, referring to her now-fiancé, Michael Polansky. “I really feel like my coronary heart is bursting with gratitude for my very own well being and music. I’m writing a few of my finest music in so long as I can keep in mind…”
She added: “Thanks thanks thanks for loving me the best way you do and for having such an actual love for my songs. I’ve been writing pop songs since I used to be a bit woman. I can’t imagine I nonetheless get to do what I like.”
Three months later, Gaga shut down a fan’s plea for “LG7!” throughout one among her June reveals in Las Vegas. She cheekily replied, “Not tonight!”
