Morgan Thompson had Lady Gaga's new single "Abracadabra" on repeat the morning after it premiered at the 2025 Grammy Awards.As she listened to the song over and over again, she started to hear the lyrics of the first verse: "Pay the toll to the angels/ Drawin’ circles in the clouds.

Lady Gaga has cycled through many iterations in the time we've known her: disco diva, Warholian punk, country-inflected barroom balladeer, star of movies both successful and not. But with the Grammy-night debut of her video for the new single "Abracadabra,

During the commercial break of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga debuted her new song and the accompanying music video, “Abracadabra.” Dressed in reptilian red from head to toe, tapping on a red microphone, a nefarious Gaga (who represents the “Lady in Red”), motionless in the face, proclaims, “Dance or die.”

Lady Gaga is singing about more than a magic-filled dance floor in "Abracadabra." Its refrain has a hidden meaning, which doubles as a callback to an early hit.

Lady Gaga debuts at No. 1 on the Feb. 15-dated Hot Dance/Pop Songs tally with "Abracadabra," becoming the second chart-topper in the survey's five-week history. Tate McRae's "It's Ok I'm Ok" drops to No.