Just like the holiday season can’t really kick off until Mariah Carey says so, Lady Gaga is here to be your official spooky season ambassador. Mother Monster gave her Little Monsters something to (monster) mash about on Wednesday morning (Sept. 3) when she dropped the electro pop banger “The Dead Dance” from the soundtrack to season two of Netflix’s hit Wednesday series.
The song co-written by Gaga with Andrew Watt and Henry Walter — and co-produced by the singer, Watt and Cirkut — has a bouncy 1980s electro pop vibe, propelled by funhouse keyboards and bright drum machine beats as Gaga muses about hoofing it to the end. “Yeah, I’ll keep on/ Dancin’ until I’m dead/Dancin’ until I’m dead,” she sings on the Thriller-esque chorus.
Gaga has joined the cast of the hit Addams Family spin-off show, appearing alongside star Jenny Ortega, Emma Myers and Joy Sunday as new character Rosaline Rotwood. “Cuz when you killed me inside, that’s when I came alive,” Gaga sings in a verse that reverses the usual mortality curse. “And the music’s gonna bring me back from death/ I’m dancin’ until I’m dead.”
The second part of season two debuts on Wednesday as well, a week after Gaga attended Netflix and Spotify’s “Graveyard Gala” in New York City, as part of the promotional Doom Tour for season. “It’s a part of the show, and I’m so excited for you to see it,” Gaga told the cheering crowd, adding that she had a “wonderful time” working on the show, shouting out star Ortega and director/executive producer Tim Burton.
The soundtrack for the new season features an eclectic mix of artists and genres, from the Barry Lipman Singers (“Tropical Island”), to Sixpence None the Richer (“Kiss Me”), MAMAMOO (“Um Oh Ah Yey”), Bruce Springsteen (“Dancing in the Dark”), The Kinks (“You Really Got Me”), Roky Erickson (“I Walked With a Zombie”), R.E.M. (“Losing My Religion”), Dean Martin (“Ain’t That a Kick in the Head”) and Eric Carmen (“All By Myself), among many others.
The official video for “The Dead Dance” will premiere at noon ET on Wednesday.
Gaga’s Mayhem Ball tour continues on Wednesday night with her second show at Kaseya Center in Miami, before returning to New York for another run at Madison Square Garden on Saturday (Sept. 6) and Sunday (Sept. 7).
Listen to “The Dead Dance” below.