Entertainment Music Pop Music Lady Gaga Teases Release Date for First New Single from Her Upcoming 7th Album amid Venice Film Festival The Grammy and Oscar winner is currently promoting 'Joker: Folie à Deux' after releasing her recent Bruno Mars collaboration, 'Die with a Smile' By Jack Irvin Jack Irvin Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022. Jack started in the industry with internships at Rolling Stone and Entertainment Tonight, and he worked as a freelance writer for publications including Bustle, MTV News, Shondaland, L’Officiel USA, Ladygunn, Flood and PopCrush before joining PEOPLE. In his current role, Jack covers daily music news and has interviewed both up-and-coming and established artists including Dolly Parton, Michelle Branch, Ashanti, Cyndi Lauper, Normani, Carly Rae Jepsen and Coco Jones. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 3, 2024 04:15PM EDT Comments Lady Gaga in Los Angeles in May 2024. Photo: Virisa Yong/BFA.com/Shutterstock New music from Lady Gaga is arriving sooner than you may think. The Grammy and Oscar winner is currently promoting her leading role as Harleen “Lee” Quinzel, a.k.a. Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux at the Venice Film Festival, but she posted to Instagram on Sept. 3 and teased the release date for the first new single from her upcoming seventh album. Gaga, 38, shared a photo of her festival schedule for the week, including a welcome dinner, the Joker sequel's world premiere screening, press conference, red carpet and European press junket. Lady Gaga Thanks Fans for 'Loving' Bruno Mars Duet 'Die with a Smile': The 'Power of Music Is Big' After the festival, Gaga's schedule notes that Joker: Folie à Deux, also starring Joaquin Phoenix in its titular role, is out in theaters on Oct. 4 — and the "LG7 first single" will be released sometime the same month. The "Stupid Love" performer previously teased her upcoming seventh album with a brief snippet of a song at the end of her Gaga Chromatica Ball special, released in May on HBO. She also played multiple audio tracks for fans outside her hotel during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Last month, Gaga teamed up with Bruno Mars for the collaboration "Die with a Smile," a romantic soft rock ballad that's since reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lady Gaga Stayed in Character 'a Lot More' Than Joaquin Phoenix on Joker 2 Set, Reveals Director "Bruno and I have a lot of mutual respect for each other and were talking about collaborating," she said in a statement around the duet's Aug. 16 release. "I was finishing up my own album in Malibu and one night after a long day he asked me to come to his studio to hear something he was working on," added Gaga. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga in Paris in November 2016. Francois G. Durand/WireImage She continued, "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." Mars, 38, also spoke about working with the "Bad Romance" musician in a statement at the time. "Getting to work with Gaga has been an honor. She’s an icon and she makes this song magical. I’m so excited for everyone to hear it," he said. Ahead of the "Die with a Smile" release, Gaga said on Instagram that the duet is meant for fans to enjoy "while you wait till LG7." Close