Lady Gaga is back in musician mode.
On Tuesday, the singer announced she's releasing a new album, Harlequin.
It's a companion piece to her new film, Joker: Folie à Deux, a sequel to the 2019 film starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular Joker.
In the new movie, Joker begins an intense relationship with Harley Quinn, played by Gaga.
So, let's get straight to it, here's everything we know about Harlequin:
1. The singer officially announced the album on Tuesday with an Instagram post that featured the album's cover art.
2. The album features 13 songs: "Good Morning," "Get Happy (2024)," "Oh, When the Saints," "World on a String," "If My Friends Could See Me Now," "That's Entertainment," "Smile," "The Joker," "Folie à Deux," "Gonna Build a Mountain, "Close to You," "Happy Mistake," and "That's Life."
3. While the singer hasn't revealed details about the tracks, several of the songs seem like they might be covers. For example, in the Joker: Folie à Deux trailer, Gaga as Harley Quinn sings "Get Happy" by Judy Garland, and a song of the same name is on the Harlequin soundtrack.
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5. While Gaga hadn't publicly spoken about Harlequin until Tuesday, it might be the surprise project she told Vogue earlier this month that she was working on.
6. Vogue also noted that the singer was working on her seventh solo album, which is being referred to by fans as LG7. The publication reported LG7's first single would be released in October, meaning another Gaga record is likely imminent.
7. As a result, Harlequin is being referred to online as LG6.5. According to Billboard, fans recently started to notice billboards that read "LG 6.5" or "LG Six.Five" in New York and Los Angeles. To be clear, Gaga hasn't confirmed that Harlequin is LG6.5.
8. Finally, Harlequin comes out on Friday, which is a week before the Joker sequel arrives in theaters. Both can't come soon enough!
