Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars to Drop New Song, ‘Die With a Smile,’ Tonight

variety.com:

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As rumored, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars will drop a new song titled “Die With a Smile” tonight (Thursday, Aug.

15) at midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT, Gaga announced on social media Thursday. A post shared by Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) Little is known about the song at the moment, although the two appear to be dressed in country-leaning outfits in the artwork, which was released along with the announcement — if that’s the case, then the artists will be the latest of a battalion of pop artists to “go country” this year, led by Beyonce and Post Malone.

It seems likely that Grammy-winning songwriter-producer Andrew Watt — who came up as a pop producer but has leaned heavily into rock, producing the Rolling Stones’ “Hackney Diamonds” last year as well as projects with Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne and others — is involved as well: He also posted on social media about the Gaga/Bruno song on Thursday.

The song is the first new headlining music in years from both artists — Mars since his Grammy-winning Silk Sonic project with Anderson .Paak two years ago, and Gaga since her 2020 “Chromatica” album, although she made a show-stopping appearance with the Rolling Stones on “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” from “Hackney Diamonds” last year.