Lady Gaga has reflected on the response to her new single ‘Disease’, promising that “there’s a LOT more to come”.
The singer released the dramatic electro-pop track last Friday (October 25) as the first preview of her forthcoming seventh album, known as ‘LG7’, which is expected to arrive in February 2025.
Taking to social media last night (October 27), Gaga shared an image of herself smiling alongside a message of thanks to her fans.
“I honestly am trying to find the right words to say – I have been so excited to release my new music and to see all the monsters come alive and dance and perform and smile and cry is such an insane joy,” she began.
“I’m so grateful and overwhelmed at your love for ‘Disease’. Keep dancing. There’s a LOT more to come.”
Gaga continued: “I haven’t seen our community like this in a very long time. Thank you for coming on this ride w[ith] me all these years and still showing up for the music 🖤also…happy Halloween.”
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The star had previously teased ‘Disease’ by hiding the track’s title within her Spotify catalogue. She did so by spelling out one song from each of her seven LPs in upper case letters, apart from one lower case letter.
For example, ‘Dance In The Dark’ from 2009’s ‘The Fame Monster’ is now spelt ‘dANCE IN THE DARK’. When these are all put together, it reads “disease”. Gaga also shared a playlist called ‘.com’ on her Spotify account, arranging the songs to spell out “Gaga disease”.
Elsewhere, the artist previewed a series of lyrics from ‘Disease’ via new web pages. She shared an eerie clip of what appeared to be the music video too, as well as an official poster.
During an interview with Rolling Stone in September, Gaga explained that she wasn’t “even ready to talk about [her new album] yet”, but promised to share more details on the “unhinged” LP soon. However, she did reveal: “The pop album is nothing like [2020’s] ‘Chromatica’. It’s a completely different record […] What I would say is, it’s all for me.”
Gaga continued: “It’s meant to be ingested as a time in my life. And I’m also really excited about this idea that I don’t have to adhere to an era if I don’t want to. I can have a few going at once. That feels unhinged [laughs]…”
Last month, the artist released ‘Harlequin’ – a companion album to her new film Joker: Folie à Deux. In August, Gaga shared the standalone collaborative single ‘Die With A Smile’ with Bruno Mars.
NME gave the new Joker sequel four stars, saying that Gaga “shines in a provocative prison musical” in her role as Harleen “Lee” Quinzel.
