# Lady Gaga wrote the best song on new album 'Mayhem' with her fiancé

"Mayhem" is Lady Gaga’s glorious return to her dark dance-pop roots, featuring the snarling single “Disease” and bewitching viral sensation “Abracadabra.”

But the very best song on her dazzling new album, out Friday, just might be the more downtempo “Blade of Grass,” an evocative piano ballad about undying, unvarnished love. The anthem is sure to become a future wedding staple, with its poignant lyrics about how “forever’s not enough,” and forgoing a diamond ring when you have “the air that I’m breathing.”

Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, says it was “very special” co-writing the track with her fiancé, venture capitalist Michael Polansky. The couple got engaged last year after four years of dating.

“We started working on that song after we got engaged,” Gaga tells USA TODAY. “A long time ago, we were in the backyard and he said, ‘If I ever propose to you, what should I do?’ I said, ‘You can just wrap a blade of grass around my finger and I'll say yes.’”

“Lady Gaga, right, and Michael Polansky attend the UK premiere of &quot;Joker: Folie à Deux&quot; in London on Sept. 25, 2024,” explains Gaga’s publicist, Ashlyn Ringer. “She is an artist who has seen and lived through so much. She has a way of seeing beauty in the darkest of times. She has no doubt this will be her future.”

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.

“Mayhem” is, in many ways, the most adventurous album of her already iconic career. The 14-track project ping-ponks sonically between sparkling synth-pop (“How Bad Do U Want Me”), funky psychedelia (“Killah”), and guitar-blazing confessionals ("Perfect Celebrity"). The tune that Gaga is perhaps most eager to perform live is “Shadow of a Man,” a disco-infused tongue-twister that she says is “one of my favorite songs on the record,” as well as her mom’s.
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