Lady Gaga has been hinting at new music for a while, posting photos of herself in the recording studio to Instagram in between filming her role as Harley Quinn in Joker 2. She finally came out with the news that fans can soon expect her next album, now being called LG7.
During her Gaga Chromatica Ball premiere in Los Angeles, Gaga shared more details on the upcoming album during the event’s Q&A.
“I am in the studio every single day. I have written so many songs, I’ve been producing so many songs, and it’s nothing like anything that I’ve ever made before,” Gaga said. “I love to break genre, and I love to explore music. There’s something really beautiful about knowing that you will be loved no matter what you do.”
She explained that the Chromatica Ball Tour of 2022 really set the tone of her artistic process for the new songs.
“Something I’m definitely exploring right now is sort of the art of intensity and I think that the art of intensity actually began during this tour,” she explained. “But I’m not done with it yet.”
Here’s what we know about LG7 so far.
When will LG7 be released?
At the end of the film, a clip of one of Lady Gaga’s brand new songs played over the words, “LG7. Gaga returns.” There was no date, and the only lyrics that were really discernible sounded like “dance in the shadow...of the night.”
But there was no release date...yet.
What other albums has Gaga released?
As the title implies, this would be Lady Gaga’s seventh album after The Fame (2008), The Fame Monster (2009), Born This Way (2011), Artpop (2013), Joanne (2016), and Chromatica (2020).
She also collaborated with Tony Bennett on 2014’s Cheek to Cheek and 2021’s Love for Sale while working on the soundtrack for 2018’s A Star Is Born.
What has Gaga said about the new music?
In an interview with Drag Race star Sasha Velour on HBO Max YouTube in June, Lady Gaga revealed some more about her process.
“I have just been in the studio all the time, and I’m making a lot of music,” Gaga told Velour. “It’s just this incredibly vast experience that I just feel so lucky that I get to have. I’m excited for Monsters to hear where I am now, and to be connecting on that level again.”
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