Lady Gaga has officially confirmed the arrival of her seventh studio album, revealing its title, release date, and additional details.
The Grammy-winning artist, 38, announced on Monday, January 27, that the album, titled Mayhem, will be released on Friday, March 7.
“The album began as a way for me to confront my fear of returning to the pop music that my earliest fans adored,” Gaga shared in a press release.
The statement further described Mayhem as a reinvention of her signature sound, incorporating a kaleidoscopic approach that pulls from her vast musical influences while embracing a bold and fearless artistic direction.
Gaga likened the process of creating the album to “reassembling a shattered mirror: even if the pieces don’t fit together exactly as before, you can still create something beautiful and whole in its own unique way.”
Her fiancé, Michael Polansky, is credited as an executive producer on the project alongside Gaga and Andrew Watt. The album will feature last year’s single “Disease” as well as her chart-topping duet with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile.”
Lady Gaga New Album MayhemThe Oscar-winning artist is also set to premiere the third single from Mayhem, along with its accompanying music video, during a commercial break at the 67th Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 2.
Gaga first hinted at the album last fall in a Vogue cover story while promoting her role as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux. “This journey has been accompanied by a lot of pain,” she told the publication in September 2024.
“And when I explore that pain, it brings out another side of my artistry. When I’m in the studio, I feel at ease and can confront my demons, and the remarkable thing is—that’s where the music comes from. I can hear it reflected back at me.”
That same month, she surprised fans with the release of Harlequin, which she described as a companion piece to Folie à Deux rather than a traditional solo album.
The project included covers of American standards featured in the film’s soundtrack along with two original songs by Gaga. In an interview, she explained that Harlequin was partially inspired by her own experience of achieving fame at a young age.
“Portraying a strung-out girl throughout my career was a way for me to detach from my true self, but in the end, it’s all still me,” she shared in September 2024.
“For a long time, I was on a path that felt futile because I was so disconnected from reality. My devoted fans recognize this about me—that adopting a persona came with a cost. That’s something I address on this record, just as Lee does in her love for Joker.”
