Whereas followers watch for Girl Gaga‘s long-awaited seventh studio album, Mom Monster is ensuring her Little Monsters keep fed with one other new challenge.
On Friday (Sept. 27), Gaga shared Harlequin, her new 13-track album themed after her character Harley Quinn from the upcoming movie Joker: Folie à Deux. Brimming with covers of outdated classics — together with reimagined showtunes like “Good Morning” (Singing within the Rain) and “If My Pals May See Me Now” (Candy Charity) — Harlequin “celebrates a determine who thrives on hazard, who lives for the undefinable, and who embraces the gorgeous chaos of her personal goals,” in accordance with a press launch.
Harlequin additionally options two unique songs — the dramatic waltz “Folie à Deux” and the fraught acoustic ballad “Completely happy Mistake” — that play additional into the themes of the forthcoming movie. The singer confirmed the existence of her new originals throughout a crimson carpet interview on the movie’s London premiere on Wednesday (Sept. 25), saying that “Completely happy Mistake” is “for the album solely … it’s all this actually fascinating, unique manufacturing.”
The brand new LP was first cryptically teased on billboards round Los Angeles and New York Metropolis as “LG 6.5” or “LG Six.5.” The non permanent title referenced Gaga’s much-discussed seventh studio album — which followers have dubbed “LG7” — and clarified that Harlequin will not be the follow-up to 2020’s Chromatica. Gaga has confirmed that the primary single from her subsequent album might be dropping in October, whereas the untitled album is due out in February 2025.
Hearken to Girl Gaga’s Joker: Folie à Deux album Harlequin beneath: