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Lady Gaga debuted her new song "Abracadabra" and its music video during the 2025 Grammy Awards, and it's the second taste of the star's upcoming album, Mayhem.
The visual — directed by Gaga herself, along with Parris Goebel and Bethany Vargas, and choreography by Goebel — showcases an epic dance battle between the light and dark sides of Lady Gaga, bringing in a community of 40 dancers to help her do it.
In a new interview with Elle, Lady G opened up about the song and music video, as well as what lies ahead with the impending release of Mayhem. She explained of the "Abracadabra" music video, "To me, in this video, she initiates the challenge and this purer side of me that is peering up at all of the negative backtalk, all of the doubt, and facing all that side of me, she completely comes through. And she says, 'I'm up for the challenge.' And it's interesting because we had all these different ways that we thought about the video ending and ultimately I wanted this song to be about resilience in a way the song 'Disease' was not. That track was about inner torture and being trapped."
Gaga added, "And so with this song, I wanted to crack open what it means to persevere. And explore the metaphor of perseverance on the dance floor, because the dance floor is - for me, anyway - it has always been the place where I try to improve myself as a human being. How do I work harder? Have more passion? How do I give more of my authentic self? How do I earn my spot as a performer?"
Watch Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" music video below.
Mayhem is set to be released on March 7 and is her long-awaited seventh album and first since 2020's Chromatica. According to the new record's pre-order, Mayhem showcases a whopping 15 new songs, including her previously-released single "Disease" and collaboration with Bruno Mars "Die With A Smile."