Lady Gaga Worked on NewHarlequinAlbum with Fiancé Michael Polansky: See What They Did Together

Mar. 15, 2025

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Lady Gaga’s fiancéMichael Polanskyis her partner in life — and now in the recording studio!

On Friday, Sept. 27, the “Bad Romance” singer, 38, released her latest studio album,Harlequin, which serves as a companion album to the upcoming filmJoker: Folie à Deux.

Polansky, 41, served as a co-executive producer on the album with Gaga, and the pair are both credited as co-writers on four tracks: “Good Morning,” “Get Happy,” “Oh, When the Saints” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.”

The entire album is made up of covers, aside from “Happy Mistake” and “Folie à Deux,” two original tracks. Meanwhile, the songs that she collaborated on with Polansky are standards and show tunes that they updated sonically and lyrically.

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2024.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

The “Alejandro” singer announced the album earlier this week following a series of cryptic social media posts and billboards.

Gaga has embodied her role of Lee (a version of Harley Quinn) inFolie à Deux, out Oct. 4, for the marketing of the new album.

Still, she assured fans that original Gaga music is still on the way with a cheeky billboard that dubbedHarlequinas “6.5” — and “LG7” is still set to arrive early next year, following a new single in October.

On Sept. 26, Gaga sat down with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 and opened up about the inspiration behind the album.

Lady Gaga.Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Gaga added, “She’s a really complex woman and I think, particularly as a woman in music and a female producer, it was really fun to go, ‘This album will be and I will be what I want, when I decide, whenever I feel like it. If I want it to be blues, it’ll be blues. If I want it to be funk, it’ll be funk. If I want it to be soul, it’ll be soul.'”

That same day, the pop star and actress made herred carpet debutwith Polansky at the London premiere of the film.

Speaking toBuzzfeed Canada, Gaga was asked what she hopes to manifest for herself in the next 15 years.

“You know, I’m so happy to be in love and I’m so excited to have a family," Gaga responded of Polansky, who she was first linked to in 2020. “So that’s definitely number one.”

Lady gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky in London on Sept. 25, 2024.Kate Green/Getty

Kate Green/Getty

As for the upcoming “LG7” album, Gaga recently toldVoguethatit was Polanksy’s idea.

“Michael is the person who told me to make a new pop record,” she told the fashion magazine. “He was like, ‘Babe. I love you. You need to make pop music.’ ”

In the same cover story, Polansky added: “Like anyone would do for the person they love, I encouraged her to lean in to the joy of it. On theChromaticatour, I saw a fire in her; I wanted to help her keep that alive all the time and just start making music that made her happy.”

source: people.com