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Pop emergency: Here’s when Lady Gaga’s new single from LG7 arrives

By Jordan Robledo

21st October 2024

Attention, Little Monsters! Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated LG7 era is right around the corner.

On 17 October, fans of the ‘Bad Romance’ singer noticed that her streaming discography had slightly changed – with seven of her track titles switching to uppercase except one lowercase letter.

The songs that received the mysterious makeover treatment were, ‘i LIKE IT ROUGH,’ ‘dANCE IN THE DARK,‘ ‘eLECTRIC CHAPEL’, ‘aRTPOP,‘ ‘sINNERS PRAYER,‘ ‘eNIGMA‘ and ‘sMILE.’

After further investigation, Little Monsters concluded that the lowercase letters spelt out the word “disease.“

Speculation elevated to new heights when Gaga uploaded a new playlist titled “.com“ to her Spotify. The round-up included the aforementioned tracks and four additional songs – ‘Government Hooker’, ‘Always Remember Us This Way,‘ ‘G.U.Y,‘ and ‘Americano‘ – which ended up spelling “Gaga Disease.”

On 19 October, after days of speculation, the Grammy winner’s label, Universal Music, shared a pre-save link for ‘Disease’, seemingly confirming that it will be the lead single from LG7.

While Gaga has yet to personally announce the news, fans have already expressed excitement for her new era.

One Monster on Twitter/X wrote: “This is literally my MOST anticipated comeback of the year like yall dont get it…”

Another fan tweeted: “Mental note: taking sick leave this Friday because of a “disease.”

A third fan added: “It’s insane how I got cough and cold the moment Lady Gaga teased DISEASE. omg this promo is insaaaane.“

Fortunately, music listeners won’t have to wait too long for the new track, with its release date set for 25 October.

Lyrics from the song have also been teased via mysterious websites, starting with gagadisease.com.

The recent LG7 news comes a few weeks after Gaga released Harlequin, a “companion album“ to her film Joker: Folie À Deux.

Also known as LG 6.5, the album features covers of classic American Jazz standards and original tracks like the hit ballad ‘Happy Mistake’.

While attending the Joker 2 London premiere, Gaga gave insight into her creative process for the record and why it was made as a companion album.

“You know, my experience with the character Lee [Quinzel] was really, really personal. And when we were making the movie, we were constantly discovering new things on set through dance, through costumes, through make-up, through the story, “she explained.

“When we were done with the movie, I just wasn’t done with her. So, because I’m not done with her, I made Harlequin.”

We can’t wait to dive into Lady Gaga’s new music era. Stay tuned for more updates.