Lady Gaga Says Her Upcoming Seventh Album 'Leaps Around Genre in a Way That's Almost Corrupt'

Mar. 15, 2025

Lady Gaga in Santa Monica in February 2022.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media via Getty

Buckle up, Little Monsters. MoreLady Gagamusic is on the way!In an interview withLos Angeles Timespublished on Thursday, Dec. 19, theA Star Is Bornactress teased her upcoming album, which fans have been callingLG7— and revealed that her Bruno Mars duet"Die with a Smile"has made the tracklist.Gaga, 38, called the collab “a huge part” of her forthcoming record, and said it “was like this missing piece” of the puzzle.“Die with a Smile,“which came out in August, peaked at No. 2 on theBillboardHot 100 upon its release, and was recently nominated for song of the year and best pop/duo group performanceat the 2025 Grammy Awards.Lady Gaga performs in Las Vegas in August 2023.Kevin Mazur/GettyThe “Disease” singer also said the upcoming album highlights her love of music, including “so many different genres, so many different styles, so many different dreams.““It leaps around genre in a way that’s almost corrupt. And it ends with love. That’s the answer to all the chaos in my life is that I find peace with love,” she continued.“Every song that I wrote, I just kept getting kind of swept away in these different dreams I was having about the past — almost like a recollection of all these bad decisions that I made in my life.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Despite the journey listeners may have, Gaga confirmed that the album “ends in this very happy place.“She previously toldVoguein Novemberthat the upcoming album was"chaotic from a genre perspective.““It is genre-bending, and I think in that way is a deeply personal look into my mind as a producer and the way I think about music,” she said.The Grammy winner added that her new music would be “a celebration of a lot of the music that made me who I am.““When I returned to a darker pop style of pop, all my early experiences with music came out,” she added.Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga in ‘Die With a Smile’ music video.Lady Gaga/YoutubeGaga’s most recent albumHarlequinwas released in September as a companion album to the movieJoker: Folie à Deux.Before that, she releasedChromaticain 2020 and performed the song"Hold My Hand"as part ofTop Gun: Maverick’s soundtrack.The lead single for Gaga’s seventh album, “Disease,” was released in October.

Buckle up, Little Monsters. MoreLady Gagamusic is on the way!

In an interview withLos Angeles Timespublished on Thursday, Dec. 19, theA Star Is Bornactress teased her upcoming album, which fans have been callingLG7— and revealed that her Bruno Mars duet"Die with a Smile"has made the tracklist.

Gaga, 38, called the collab “a huge part” of her forthcoming record, and said it “was like this missing piece” of the puzzle.

“Die with a Smile,“which came out in August, peaked at No. 2 on theBillboardHot 100 upon its release, and was recently nominated for song of the year and best pop/duo group performanceat the 2025 Grammy Awards.

Lady Gaga performs in Las Vegas in August 2023.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

The “Disease” singer also said the upcoming album highlights her love of music, including “so many different genres, so many different styles, so many different dreams.”

“It leaps around genre in a way that’s almost corrupt. And it ends with love. That’s the answer to all the chaos in my life is that I find peace with love,” she continued.

“Every song that I wrote, I just kept getting kind of swept away in these different dreams I was having about the past — almost like a recollection of all these bad decisions that I made in my life.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Despite the journey listeners may have, Gaga confirmed that the album “ends in this very happy place.”

She previously toldVoguein Novemberthat the upcoming album was"chaotic from a genre perspective.”

“It is genre-bending, and I think in that way is a deeply personal look into my mind as a producer and the way I think about music,” she said.

The Grammy winner added that her new music would be “a celebration of a lot of the music that made me who I am.”

“When I returned to a darker pop style of pop, all my early experiences with music came out,” she added.

Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga in ‘Die With a Smile’ music video.Lady Gaga/Youtube

Lady Gaga/Youtube

Gaga’s most recent albumHarlequinwas released in September as a companion album to the movieJoker: Folie à Deux.

Before that, she releasedChromaticain 2020 and performed the song"Hold My Hand"as part ofTop Gun: Maverick’s soundtrack.

The lead single for Gaga’s seventh album, “Disease,” was released in October.

source: people.com