Folie à Deux’ album ‘Harlequin’

Lady Gaga talks about the inspiration behind her Joker: Folie à Deux Accompanying album entitled harlequin.

The actress and singer recently spoke with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about finding a balance between herself and her character Lee, aka Harley Quinn, for the 13-track album, which drops Friday.

“I think for me this idea of ​​dual identity has always been part of my music-making,” Gaga explained. “I’ve always created characters in my music, and when I did Lee jokershe just had a profound effect on me. There was so much music in the film, so much music that I love, and I was able to discover the character through the story, through the music we played live every day, as well as through dance, costumes and makeup. I had such a deep experience with the character and she just wouldn’t let me down creatively, and I decided I wanted to make a whole album inspired by her.”

The “Shallow” artist added this Joker: Folie à Deux The character is a “really complex woman, and I think, especially as a woman in the music industry and as a producer, it was really fun to say, ‘This album will be and I will be whatever I want, whenever I decide, when.’ whatever I feel like.’” It. If I want it to be blues, then it will be blues. If I want it to be funk, then it will be funk. If I want it to be soul, it will be soul.’”

Gaga announced harlequin earlier this week, after teasing fans for weeks about a surprise project. In a tracklist preview, Spotify also shared the names of the album’s songs, including “Good Morning,” “Get Happy (2024),” “Oh, When the Saints,” “World on a String,” “That’s Entertainment,” “ “Smile”, “The Joker” and “Folie à Deux” among others.

Lowe also noted that the album, which he described as LG 6.5, meaning “half Gaga and half Lee,” not only sounds “really, really fun” but also “really free.”

“Yeah, it was really fun,” Gaga replied. “It was completely liberating because with the LG 6.5 label, it’s somehow not beholden to pop music or pop culture like some of my other releases might be. And it kind of gave him a freedom in that way.”

Todd Phillips is coming soon joker The musical sequel, in which Gaga stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, hits theaters on October 4th.