section_path: Life and career/2024–present: Joker: Folie à Deux and Mayhem
section_name: 2024–present: Joker: Folie à Deux and Mayhem
paragraph_text: 2024–present: Joker: Folie à Deux and Mayhem
  
  Gaga was the featured artist for season two of the online video game Fortnite spin-off, Fortnite Festival, which ran from February to April 2024. She became engaged to venture capitalist Michael Polansky that April, four years after they began dating. In July, she performed a rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire 's "Mon truc en plumes" at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. Gaga released the single " Die with a Smile ", a duet with Bruno Mars, on August 16, 2024. In addition to topping the Billboard Global 200 for 18 weeks, it made Gaga the first act to achieve multiple U.S. number-one songs in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the song earned the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, making her the first artist to win the category three times.
  
  Gaga starred as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Phillips 's musical psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 film Joker. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and was released theatrically in October 2024. While the film was a critical and commercial failure, Gaga's performance was better received, with critics finding her to be underused. Songs recorded by her and Phoenix for the film were included on an accompanying soundtrack album. Gaga additionally produced a companion album to the film, titled Harlequin, which was released on September 27, 2024. She and Polansky co-wrote four of its tracks.
  
  Gaga's album titled Mayhem —conceived as a pop record per Polansky's recommendation—was released on March 7, 2025, to critical acclaim and debuted at number one in the US. The couple served as executive producers for the album, and wrote seven tracks together. This included the lead single " Disease ", which was released on October 25, 2024, and peaked at number seven in the UK. Its second single, " Abracadabra ", followed on February 3, 2025, reaching the top five in Germany and the UK, as well as on the Global 200 chart. The track list also included "Die with a Smile" as a later addition. Gaga sang "Hold My Hand" at the Super Bowl LIX pregame as a tribute to the victims of the 2025 New Orleans truck attack, which won her the award for Outstanding Music Direction at the 46th Sports Emmy Awards. In March 2025, she hosted Saturday Night Live for a second time. At the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, she was honored with the Innovator Award.
  
  Gaga performed a series of promotional concerts in support of Mayhem between April and May 2025, before embarking on The Mayhem Ball concert tour the following July. The former included a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the " Todo Mundo no Rio " initiative, which became the most-attended concert by a female artist with an estimated audience of over 2.5 million. Gaga is set to appear in the upcoming second season of the Netflix series Wednesday, portraying a teacher at the fictional Nevermore Academy named Rosaline Rotwood.
  
  Gaga was the featured artist for season two of the online video game Fortnite spin-off, Fortnite Festival, which ran from February to April 2024. She became engaged to venture capitalist Michael Polansky that April, four years after they began dating. In July, she performed a rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire 's "Mon truc en plumes" at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. Gaga released the single " Die with a Smile ", a duet with Bruno Mars, on August 16, 2024. In addition to topping the Billboard Global 200 for 18 weeks, it made Gaga the first act to achieve multiple U.S. number-one songs in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the song earned the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, making her the first artist to win the category three times.
  
  Gaga starred as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Phillips 's musical psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 film Joker. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and was released theatrically in October 2024. While the film was a critical and commercial failure, Gaga's performance was better received, with critics finding her to be underused. Songs recorded by her and Phoenix for the film were included on an accompanying soundtrack album. Gaga additionally produced a companion album to the film, titled Harlequin, which was released on September 27, 2024. She and Polansky co-wrote four of its tracks.
  
  Gaga's album titled Mayhem —conceived as a pop record per Polansky's recommendation—was released on March 7, 2025, to critical acclaim and debuted at number one in the US. The couple served as executive producers for the album, and wrote seven tracks together. This included the lead single " Disease ", which was released on October 25, 2024, and peaked at number seven in the UK. Its second single, " Abracadabra ", followed on February 3, 2025, reaching the top five in Germany and the UK, as well as on the Global 200 chart. The track list also included "Die with a Smile" as a later addition. Gaga sang "Hold My Hand" at the Super Bowl LIX pregame as a tribute to the victims of the 2025 New Orleans truck attack, which won her the award for Outstanding Music Direction at the 46th Sports Emmy Awards. In March 2025, she hosted Saturday Night Live for a second time. At the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, she was honored with the Innovator Award.
  
  Gaga performed a series of promotional concerts in support of Mayhem between April and May 2025, before embarking on The Mayhem Ball concert tour the following July. The former included a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the " Todo Mundo no Rio " initiative, which became the most-attended concert by a female artist with an estimated audience of over 2.5 million. Gaga is set to appear in the upcoming second season of the Netflix series Wednesday, portraying a teacher at the fictional Nevermore Academy named Rosaline Rotwood.