Everyone is so stressed about DWAS being on the album jezz First of all It was a huge smash hit. Its not surprising they made this decision tbh Secondly almost all of Gagas albums have at least 1 or 2 songs that sound a bit different from the rest of the album (Teeth in TFM, Babylon in Chromatica, Aura in ARTPOP, You & I in BTW etc) and they are many fan favs. It didnt ruin the album, they are almost like bonus tracks in a way Thirdly if this album really is a mixture of genres, it will be even less out of place So stop stressing. Im sure it will fit the album just fine! PS: I also dont want a Gaga version of TTPD where it sounds like 1 really long song and I cant remember any individual song cuz almost nothing stands out

So. Since the thread about the LAtimes interview is mainly people complaining about DWAS being added to LG7, many people missed the following: Lady Gaga, who’s 38 and engaged to tech entrepreneur Michael Polansky, spoke about the song — as well as the upcoming album that her fans refer to as LG7 and her booking as a headliner at next year’s Coachella festival — between video shoots this week at a Santa Monica recording studio. She was wearing an elaborate white gown with a long train and pointy shoulders, and her braided blond hair was tucked beneath a headband for a vaguely “Midsommar”-ish look. So she was filming stuff this week! What do we think she was filming, and why was her hair blonde and braided for the interview? What do we think?

To honor the day I was conceived my father named me Sperm White

Spotify Global #1. Die With A Smile - 10,166,958 #3. All I Want for Christmas is You 7,732,453 The fact a Lady Gaga song is blocking Mariah Carey during her peak holiday moment, 4 days before Christmas

Spotify WW DWAS : #1 (=) 10,166,958 *91st day at #1 Spotify USA #7 (+1) 1,678,208

Yes, she's definitely going to scrap the entire concept for the album and change it to be more like DWAS even though it's only 2 months away and she already released the lead single + its music video

With all the new rumors we’ve been receiving for the past couple months I thought I make a little chart that showcases all the confirmed and unconfirmed collaborators on the new album let me know if there’s anything I need to fix or edit

No.

New record for DWAS, it's now the song that spent the biggest number of weeks at #1 on Spotify Weekly, passing Blinding Lights 1. Die With a Smile: 14 semanas (+1) 2. Blinding Lights: 13 semanas (-1) 3. Flowers: 12 semanas

She literally confirmed Gesaffestein and industrial EDM on the album in the same interview

Die with a smile is meshing well with the holiday songs on streaming. Def see it going #1 in the US in January, would be incredible if Gaga snatches the first #1 of the year.

Girl, reading that thread pissed me off so much. The overreactions are insane and completely hypocritical. Little monsters want commercial success, but when when it happens they turn into the art police and question Gaga’s “artistic integrity.” Or they say they’re excited when Gaga says the album is gonna be chaotic and full of different genres, but then they complain that Disease and DWAS aren’t “cohesive.” Or they say that she’s lost her “artistic vision” even though she’s been at her best, artistically, in YEARS. I mean, Harlequin, DWAS, and Disease?! Hello?! Some of her best projects in FOREVER and y’all are complaining that she’s now a slave to the machine and doesn’t care about her art? Stfu

Seriously, guys, Gaga gave a whole lot of herself this 2024 in a way she hasn't in years. We were blessed with many different projects, music pieces, and performances, with some being a bit more commercially successful than others, but in the end we're still very grateful for her contributions! We were very spoiled this year with so much different art and music coming from her. 2025 is also shaping up to be even bigger too which is insane to even imagine. Hot take: i think it's ok to let her have a "bling" (play the game) moment this time around with DWAS. Yes, yes, i'm aware of "music not the bling", but guys Gaga is a major artist and will always have to balance the two. It doesn't mean she's throwing her "artistic integrity" away! Far from it. Hell "DWAS" may just be added to a deluxe who knows? In the end, DWAS still her song too, big moment obviously, for Bruno too and personally I play Disease/DWAS back to back quite a bit haha Also during the pandemic she pretty much let the Chromatica album speak for itself so sometimes, the scale can be tipped. Bring on the multiple chaos of LG7 Gags! We thank u dearly for 2024 !

still holding out hope for Caroline Polachek being involved, it would truly be a match made in heaven for me

Disease is the lead single. Die With A Smile was a standalone single that now will be included on LG7. Think of it as promo single I guess. It’s as simple as that.

Today's Top Hit : #2 Die With A Smile #35 Disease (=) The Weeknd on cover

That's called the second single.

I don’t think I have ever enjoyed so much new music (aside from Gaga’s) in the last decade as much as this year. There was Chappell, Gaga, Bruno, Sabrina, Rosé, Wicked and many more. All serving artistry and vocals. Is real musicianship finally making a comeback? I have waited so long for this.

Wow. Speechless. Gaga and Bruno remain at #1 for a 14th week at the Dutch Top 40!!! With this DWAS becomes the 7th longest #1 ever together with Blinding Lights! Sadly Disease has left the list this week..

People are over christmas. The world is ending and Gaga killed Jesus

Radio update overall : DWAS : +0.499

A lot of people here forgot that Lady Gaga is a mainstream artist working in the music INDUSTRY and that has a Label to answer to. She’s not indie, she can’t just do whatever she wants. She’s an employee working for company trying to MAXIMIZE profits off their product (LG7). And, as much of a surprise it is to y’all, Lady Gaga is a brand that sells products. Why wouldn’t the brand want to get as much profit as they can? It’s the literal job: to sell and make money. I know a lot of y’all might be jobless and not understand the world of employment, but it is what it is. Don’t like Gaga’s team making commercial decisions? Stop stanning Gaga and look for an indie girlie to stan.

the wild reactions to DWAS being on LG7 (wich Gaga has told us fits in the album anyway) are almost embarassing to read anyone would think she just told us LG7 is cancelled and she's re recording an album with bruno instead

The demand for 143 was so large she had no choice but to release a new version

The Weeknd‘s suspense thriller “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” in which he stars alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, will debut in theaters on May 16. Directed by Trey Edward Shults (“Waves”) and distributed by Lionsgate, the film is inspired by and featuring new music from the Weeknd. It’s described as a “first of its kind theatrical experience.” “Hurry Up Tomorrow” is produced by the Weeknd’s Manic Phase banner and Reza Fahim, along with the late Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss. It is executive produced by Ortega, Shults, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and Harrison Huffman. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/the-weeknd-movie-hurry-up-tomorrow-release-date-1236256376/

DWAS on Spotify : Day 63 10,240,597 Day 126 10,166,958 The stability

Christmas Tree is number 2 in the “Trending Songs” section on Apple Music’s front page

Bowen Yang who is of course an objective and reliable source

I feel sorry for her. Even if they were split before Ari or w/e the timeline of events actually is - going through that first year of child raising alone cannot be easy. That said. I can't see how publishing a big ol essay about this, reiginiting the topic when realistically it was dead & buried in the mind of any casual pop culture consumer (which is the majority) helps her? Her tldr is basically she worries that her clients as a therapist will judge her for it. I never googled my psychs, and if I did their personal life wouldn't be anything I cared about. But a letter like this? I'd feel like that psych isn't stable enough to be of use to me as a psych. Can't shake the feeling she's bitter seeing the success of Wicked and wanted to lash out.

Because he was a coke addict? SRY LMFAOOOO

Spotify Weekly Global #1 (=) DWAS - 68,135,080 *14th week at #1

Imagine releasing a duet that a lot of people thought was random, and it still being #2 on TTH 4 months after release, and breaking streaming records left and right

Not this again lol. The massive success of Shallow and Always Remember Us This Way didn’t change her plans with Chromatica.

How many interviews she did for Joker when nobody on the cast gives a ****? Ditches Disease? Where? She release two alternative versions with different productions and vocal inputs. Ditch Harlequin? What do you want her to do? Send the songs to jazz radio? Stfu and just enjoy the music if you can’t stop insulting her. All these projections and assumptions of what you want her to be. Like gtfo. Y’all acting like this is the worst song ever. Y’all acting like she never liked the song. OH NO A POP STAR ADD A BILLION STREAMS SONG TO HER UP COMING ALBUM THAT YOU HEARD TWO TRACKS, SHE’S SUCH A PATHETIC ARTISTS THAT DON’T GIVE A **** ABOUT HER ART. No, you are a terrible person who can’t stop forcing your expectations on her and even insulting her when she’s adding a song to a goddam album. Get over yourself. It’a not that serious. Find a goddamn hobby or something cause this is so effing sad.

All I can I say is this relationship can’t end soon enough. Ariana is my ult fav but she should have never gotten with him. Even if Ethan and his ex wife weren’t together when they started dating they were still married and they had a literal newborn baby.

The fact that Gesaffelstein is CONFIRMED as a LG7 producer is not being discussed enough since the main thread is clouded with DWAS meltdowns. I don't know about you but this is a collaboration I've been dreaming of "I loved making “Harlequin.” I loved collaborating with all the DJs and Gesaffelstein on my new album. I loved learning about industrial music and about all the different crevices of electronic music, and then I loved working with Bruno. One of the things I’ve probably been judged for in my career was not sticking to one thing. But not sticking to one thing is my life force." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-12-19/lady-gaga-die-with-a-smile-bruno-mars-grammys-coachella-interview edit: for those unfamiliar here are some of the songs he's produced for himself and The Weeknd.

(I know it’s already been talked about, but I thought I’d make it its own thread so we can discuss the possible song themes here) does this mean the rumors are true

'Joker: Folie à Deux' remains the most watched film globally on HBO Max 1 week after release! #1's Day 1 — 20 (debut) #1's Day 2 — 40 (+20) #1's Day 3 — 41 (+1) #1's Day 4 — 40 #1's (-1) #1's Day 5 — 47 #1's (+7) #1's Day 6 — 47 #1's (=) #1's Day 7 — 47 #1's (=) Total #1's = 48

UK Official Singles Chart (for 20.12.24) : #32 (+5) Die With A Smile Chart Run: 7-7-7-6-5-4-4-3-2-3-17-14-14-18-23-43-37-32 (18 weeks) Estimated Total Units: 595,000+ #82 (+1) Disease Chart Run: 7-12-21-29-44-71-83-82 (8 weeks) Estimated Total Units: 93,000+

DWAS's success is incredible. The stability could give them multiple weeks at #1 of the Hot 100 in 2025 through the first months of the year

I'd die with a smile if Caroline is a writer. Omg that is a dream

The way you lied and made stuff up just to try to prove a point is amazing lol

It literally is a Bruno song lmao. She said it in the carpool thing. Bruno wrote part of it and approached her to finish it together. If it belongs on any album it belongs on his. Putting it on LG7 is like slapping TIHTY and The Cure on Joanne or HMH on Chromatica. Well, at least those are Gaga's songs and not "featuring Lady Gaga" The ONLY reason DWAS is even touching LG7 is to give it an automatic streaming boost. The fact that some of you pretend to not understand why that upsets a lot of us makes me wanna apologize for defending her against the Nurtec meltdowners, the Haus Labs meltdowners, the Chromatica promo meltdowners, etc. We'll get over it though. I might even stream her album a couple times. Wishing her all the success on her private jet while her billionaire fiance puts softball sized rocks on her fingers. 'Cause god knows if anyone's hurting and needs to boost their sales by chipping away at their own project's integrity it's famously-starving artist Lady f*cking Gaga. Not sure why I pegged her as the type to say "I've made my money, let me have some fun now". She did the total opposite lmao. The richer she gets, the more brand deals she grabs, the more PR friendly moves she makes, the more trends she hops on, the less she expends to do anything of importance. Can't even say Harris' name while giving her a whoooole ten minutes of campaign "work" (singing two songs and giving no real statement) when everything she claims to stand for was on the line and all for the sake of PR for a movie that ended up flopping hard anyway Ditches Joker, a project she was enthusiastic about, 'cause the reception was bad. Ditches Harlequin 'cause of it's association with Joker despite it being one of her best bodies of work to date and clearly a passion project for her. Ditches Disease 'cause DWAS was making more money. Slaps DWAS on the album so the album can make more money. One disappointment after another. I literally never cared about brand deals but this crap has leaked into her art (acting and music) and I'm sick of it. Y'all wanted meltdowns well here's my contribution. A true meltdown. This is the sound of my stan card finally being burned after a few years of side eyeing someone I used to idolize. Will reevaluate my mod status here at a later time 'cause I love this community even though I've fallen HARD out of love with Gaga. For now I'm gonna go nurse my little fee-fees with other musicians.

I am seeing DWAS as being the Yoü And I of LG7.

Honestly I’m sick of hearing about these people’s personal business, also pretty much all of the stuff I’ve heard has been from HER (his ex) as Ethan and Ariana haven’t said a thing about this to the public and have been v private ab their whole relationship idk if I’m crazy bc like yeah I feel bad for her bc she’s obvi upset but also like they were both divorced before anything happened and they’re all adults so I don’t get the whole meltdown in the first place…

It feels like everyone forgot many of Gaga’s albums have had a standout slow song on them. Brown eyes on The Fame, Speechless on TFM, 1000 Doves (Acoustic) on Chromatica. Dope is literally part of her most electronic dance album This literally means nothing except her album is confirmed to have good streaming numbers lol

She deserves some bigger numbers than what Disease is going to do until album release. Let her have this moment. WE ARE GETTING EVERYTHING WE WANTED MY GOD.

The bubbling under journey continues ✂️

STREAMING GAYS WON AND THE ARTISTIC GAYS LOST???

Truly flogging a dead horse