Lady Gaga is going back to basics.
Following her panned performance in the flop movie Joker: Folie à Deux, the 38-year-old New York City native will release a single titled Disease, which will be released on Friday.
Diesase, the first of the songs from her upcoming seventh album, was teased Tuesday on the Grammy-winning artist’s Instagram account, as she captioned the image: “DISEASE 10.25.”
In a teaser clip from the point of view of an approaching vehicle, the actress and singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, sported black hair as she fled from him.
Gaga’s label, Universal Music, released pre-saves for the upcoming single on Monday, with links to Spotify and Apple Music, Variety reported.
Lady Gaga, 38, is getting back to basics in her pop career following her panned performance in the flop movie Joker: Folie à Deux. Photographed at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles last month.
The New York City native will release a single titled Disease on Friday.
Gaga also released a Spotify playlist in which the lyrics of her songs spelled out the phrase ‘Gaga Disease,’ according to the outlet.
Lady Gaga on Monday posted an adjacent image of what appeared to be her figure stretched out in front of a car with the phrase “Disease” painted on the street, and a series of dates, times and cities.
The singer, whose hits include Bad Romance, Born This Way, Just Dance and Poker Face, returns to her pop persona following the September release of her album Harlequin, which was inspired by Joker: Folie à Deux.
The album’s tracks include two new songs and standards such as That’s Entertainment, That’s Life and Get Happy.
Like the film, it was not an initial commercial success, marking its lowest entry for a full-length record on the Billboard 200 charts at number 20.
Lady Gaga in the film played the role of Harley Quinn alongside Joaquin Phoenix, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the franchise’s 2019 film Joker.
According to the outlet, Joker: Folie à Deux ‘could potentially lose between $150 and $200 million’ despite studio insiders saying it would break even.
The Warner Bros. film has grossed $192.2 million worldwide, with $56.6 million in domestic box office receipts, according to box office mojo.
In a teaser clip from the point of view of an approaching vehicle, the actress and singer, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, sported black hair as she fled from him.
Lady Gaga on Monday posted an adjacent image of what appeared to be her figure splayed out in front of a car with the phrase “Disease” painted on the street, and a series of dates, times and cities.
The singer returns to her pop persona following the September release of her Joker-inspired album Harlequin: Folie à Deux.
Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix alongside the pop classic, disappointed by critics and box office receipts
Some fans have said that despite the film’s initial failure financially and critically, it will be viewed favorably in a few years.
Lady Gaga has had some commercial success in recent months with her collaboration with Bruno Mars on Die With a Smile, which premiered in August and ranked third on Billboard’s Hot 100.
In 2020, she released the studio album Chromatica, which initially ranked No. 1 on her debut and included the hit single Rain on Me, a collaboration with Ariana Grande.