After returning last week with “Disease,” Lady Gaga has officially shared the music video for the dark, pulsing single. But that’s not all: in what she called a “Halloween double feature,” the Mother Monster also dropped a live video of her recent team-up with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” from a performance in Las Vegas. Watch both videos below.
The “Disease” music video begins in an idyllic suburban setting, quickly displaced by the image of a disheveled Gaga collapsed on the hood of a car as if she had just been hit. From there, we see scenes of her being chased by the car’s driver, a figure dressed in Renaissance plague doctor chic, ultimately culminating with her being crushed between two buildings as the figure heads back to their car to drive off.
Gaga has been teasing a new album for a few months now, and “Disease” offered the first official taste of what is currently only being discussed as LG7.
As for “Die With a Smile,” the song’s official music video arrived alongside the single release this past August, but the new live video was recorded at Dolby Live in Las Vegas, capturing the magic of Gaga and Mars onstage together. With Mars on guitar and Gaga playing keys alongside him, the song is brought to life, with both singers belting their parts passionately and the climax hitting full force, with pyrotechnics to boot. Watch the performance below.
Despite the fact that Gaga’s most recent foray into acting with Joker: Folie à Deux flopped at the box office, her companion jazz album inspired by her role in the movie has fared a bit better.
As for her duet partner, Bruno Mars, his most recent collaboration — “APT.” with Rosé of BLACKPINK — entered the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.