Lady Gaga Performs Touching New Original Song Written with Fiancé Michael Polansky at L.A. Fire Aid Benefit Concert

Mar. 15, 2025

Lady Gagashowed up to support Los Angeles amidthe devastating fires in the city.The pop superstar, 38, closed out theFireAid benefit concertat the Intuit Dome on Jan. 30 with aperformanceof a couple well-known hits and a brand-new song written with fiancéMichael Polanskyin response to the destructive fires.Seated at a piano, Gaga took the stage and opened her three-song set with a solo version of the Bradley Cooper duet “Shallow” fromA Star Is Born. “This has been a horrible, scary time,” she then told the audience, nodding to the fires that’ve killed 27 people and destroyed thousands of structures since Jan. 7.Lady Gaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2025.Kevin Mazur/Getty"But during these times I feel like people come together and we see how much we need each other. And I want to always remember us just like this," continued the Grammy and Oscar winner, before performingA Star Is Borntrack “Always Remember Us This Way” — during which she edited the opening lyric to reference California.Rather than performing a song from her existing catalog to close out the set, Gaga explained to the crowd, “When I was thinking about what to sing tonight, I thought I wanted to do something hopeful for you. And I was thinking about my songs, and there wasn’t anything that seemed quite right.“She continued, “So, me and my friend Michael — my fiancé, my love — we wrote this song for you. It’s just for tonight. It’s just for you. I think we all need a lot of things right now, but I think something we may also need is time. Time is a healer.“Michael Polansky and Lady Gaga in London in September 2024.Karwai Tang/WireImageThe song, a touching piano ballad, featured a refrain of the lyrics “all I need is time.“Other performers at the Fire Aid benefit show, held at both the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, includedOlivia Rodrigo,Katy Perry, No Doubt, Stevie Nicks,Jelly Roll,Gracie Abramsand more.The new ballad isn’t Gaga’s first time collaborating with Polansky, 41, on music. The pairworked together on herJoker: Folie à Deuxcompanion projectHarlequin, released last year.Lady Gaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty“It’s just the first time that we decided to fully just go into it and do it.It just felt right,” she told PEOPLE at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “We were both so excited. We were all warmed up and ready to go.”Gaga added, “I just love my fiancé so much. He’s my best friend. He’s my partner, and I just feel like when you are with your best friend, everything changes.”Polansky also has a writing credit on her latest single “Disease,” and he’s named as an executive producer for her upcoming seventh album,Mayhem.Click hereto learn more about how to help the victims of the L.A. fires.

Lady Gagashowed up to support Los Angeles amidthe devastating fires in the city.

The pop superstar, 38, closed out theFireAid benefit concertat the Intuit Dome on Jan. 30 with aperformanceof a couple well-known hits and a brand-new song written with fiancéMichael Polanskyin response to the destructive fires.

Seated at a piano, Gaga took the stage and opened her three-song set with a solo version of the Bradley Cooper duet “Shallow” fromA Star Is Born. “This has been a horrible, scary time,” she then told the audience, nodding to the fires that’ve killed 27 people and destroyed thousands of structures since Jan. 7.

Lady Gaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2025.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

“But during these times I feel like people come together and we see how much we need each other. And I want to always remember us just like this,” continued the Grammy and Oscar winner, before performingA Star Is Borntrack “Always Remember Us This Way” — during which she edited the opening lyric to reference California.

Rather than performing a song from her existing catalog to close out the set, Gaga explained to the crowd, “When I was thinking about what to sing tonight, I thought I wanted to do something hopeful for you. And I was thinking about my songs, and there wasn’t anything that seemed quite right.”

She continued, “So, me and my friend Michael — my fiancé, my love — we wrote this song for you. It’s just for tonight. It’s just for you. I think we all need a lot of things right now, but I think something we may also need is time. Time is a healer.”

Michael Polansky and Lady Gaga in London in September 2024.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Karwai Tang/WireImage

The song, a touching piano ballad, featured a refrain of the lyrics “all I need is time.”

Other performers at the Fire Aid benefit show, held at both the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, includedOlivia Rodrigo,Katy Perry, No Doubt, Stevie Nicks,Jelly Roll,Gracie Abramsand more.

The new ballad isn’t Gaga’s first time collaborating with Polansky, 41, on music. The pairworked together on herJoker: Folie à Deuxcompanion projectHarlequin, released last year.

Lady Gaga at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

“It’s just the first time that we decided to fully just go into it and do it.It just felt right,” she told PEOPLE at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “We were both so excited. We were all warmed up and ready to go.”

Gaga added, “I just love my fiancé so much. He’s my best friend. He’s my partner, and I just feel like when you are with your best friend, everything changes.”

Polansky also has a writing credit on her latest single “Disease,” and he’s named as an executive producer for her upcoming seventh album,Mayhem.

Click hereto learn more about how to help the victims of the L.A. fires.

source: people.com