It was the surprise duo of the summer. While moviegoers were waiting for the arrival in theaters of “Joker 2: Folie à deux” and Music lovers were impatient to hear news of “LG7”, the code name given to his next album, Lady Gaga accepted in mid-August the invitation to Bruno Mars in the studio. Together, and for the first time in their careers, the two immense American stars recorded a joint song, mixing soft rock, bursts of pop and soul music: “Die With A Smile”. “ I was finishing my own album in Malibu and one evening, after a long day, he asked me to come to his studio to listen to something he was working on. It was around midnight when I arrived and I was blown away when I heard what he had started doing. We stayed up all night and finished writing and recording the song » said Lady Gaga, for whom “ Bruno's talent is inexplicable ». « His musicianship and vision are next level. There's no one like him » proclaimed the singer everywhere, qualified “ icon » by her sidekick with whom she had fun, for the clip, went back to the 70s to pay tribute to Loredana Bertè and Albano, stars of Italian song. And the magic immediately worked!
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“I feel so lucky”
Critically acclaimed and propelled to the top of the international charts upon its release, “Die With A Smile” reached pole position in the Netherlands, South Africa, Greece and the Philippines, and ranked 2nd in the US charts. and UK, 4th in Brazil and even reached the top 10 in France. Performances notably boosted by impressive scores on streaming platforms, including Spotify where the duo is still at the top of the most listened to songs in seven days on a global scale…. more than three months after its release: she recorded 73.4 million streams last week! So that in this dynamic, Bruno Mars has become the most listened to artist in the world by crushing the historical record for simultaneous listeners (120 million!), surpassing Taylor Swift or The Weeknd. Very logically, the crazy race and endurance of “Die With A Smile” is now bearing fruit: the song is definitely entering Spotify history.
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The tube of Lady Gaga et Bruno Mars is not only the 805th song to cross the symbolic milestone of one billion plays: it is the fastest to reach this threshold since the creation of the platform! In just 96 days, enough to beat the previous record held by “Seven” by Jungkook and Latto (108 days). “ “Die With A Smile” is officially the fastest song in history to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. I will completely cherish this moment. I'm so grateful to the Little Monsters, the Hooligans [la communauté de fans de Bruno Mars, ndlr] and so many people around the world who fell in love with our song. I feel so lucky » attests the popstar, very touched, by sharing on Instagram new photos from the shoot they did together. “ We make history » rejoices his counterpart on his account. And the duo's destiny will perhaps continue to be written at the 2025 Grammy Awards, since “Die With A Smile” competes in the Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance categories. The ceremony will take place on February 2, when Lady Gaga will release her highly anticipated new album.
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