Lady Gaga has released her concert film ‘Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live – One Night Only’ for free on YouTube – watch below.
The show in question was filmed in the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles on 30 September 2024 in front of a small audience, and it saw her performing tracks from her ‘Harlequin’ album, the companion piece to the film Joker: Folie à Deux.
‘Harlequin’ is made up of Gaga’s covers of jazz standards such as ‘Get Happy’, ‘Oh When The Saints’, ‘That’s Entertainment’, ‘Smile’ and ‘That’s Life’, with the entire project inspired by the musical interludes in Todd Phillips’ film, in which Gaga played Harley Quinn.
‘Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live – One Night Only’ received a premiere at the Grammy Museum this week, and now the 51-minute film has been posted to Gaga’s official YouTube account, and you can watch the whole thing here:
Explaining the YouTube release, Gaga told Variety: “I’m feeling like, why not? We have this thing that’s so special to us, so we’re just really happy to share it with the fans. It’s kind of a rebellious project. And, by Harlequin standards, Christmas is the perfect time to release something rebellious.”
The ‘Harlequin’ album went on to be nominated for Best Traditional Pop Album at the 2026 Grammys, while Gaga’s more recent studio album ‘Mayhem’ picked up a further seven nominations.
Gaga headlined Coachella 2025 but did not play any of the tracks from ‘Harlequin’, prompting some fans to complain on social media. The singer herself responded to one comment, describing ‘Harlequin’ as “one of my proudest pieces of production”.
NME also gave Joker: Folie à Deux a four-star review, saying that Gaga “shines in a provocative prison musical” and: “[director Todd] Phillips and [co-writer Scott] Silver have delivered the last thing anyone expected: a socially responsible Joker movie that finds an intriguing way to explore the consequences (both on and offscreen) of the first film. Joker fans shouldn’t cry too hard though – Warner Bros. have cleverly found a way to leave the door open a little for the franchise to continue, should the need arise.“
Others were not so complimentary about the film, and Gaga has since said that the negative reaction made her “laugh” because it was “just getting so unhinged”.
‘Mayhem’, meanwhile, was released in March and earned four stars from NME. “There’s a nonchalant confidence in the way Gaga sticks to her maximalist vision without pandering to contemporary pop trends,” the review read. “Most ‘Mayhem’ tracks run close to or over four minutes, making them mini-epics in the TikTok era.”
“Ultimately, ‘Mayhem’ feels like a great Gaga album because it’s just so much fun. At times, it’s a bit like reconnecting with an old friend who makes sense even when they seem to be chatting nonsense. Seventeen years after she broke through with ‘Just Dance’, Lady Gaga remains pop’s foremost agent of impeccably crafted chaos.”
The record landed at number 19 on NME’s list of the best albums of 2025, while ‘Abracadabra’ was named the number 20 song of 2025.
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