Jenna Ortega and Lady Gaga attend the Netflix x Spotify ‘Wednesday’ Graveyard Gala , August 2025 ( Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Netflix)

Lady Gaga still hasn’t appeared on the Netflix show Wednesday, but on Thursday she was a surprise guest at a party celebrating the show’s second season — and her involvement in it.

The event, called the Graveyard Gala, took place in New York City and was attended by Wednesday star Jenna Ortega, along with Emma Myers and Joy Sunday, who play Enid and Bianca, respectively, on the show.

The graveyard-themed space featured ravens, gravestones, spiderwebs, fog and other spooky details. Gaga appeared to confirm the release of “The Dead Dance,” the song she’ll be contributing to the back half of the season. Fans could even go inside “coffins” to hear a snippet of the track.

“The inspiration for ‘The Dead Dance’ was a breakup, and it was all about the way that we sometimes feel when it’s over; how a relationship ending can kill our ability to feel hopeful about love,” Gaga said of the song.

“It’s got this really cool, funky beat underneath it. And that is when the song becomes not just about the relationship; it becomes about having fun with your friends when you’ve been through something tough and amazing. I can’t wait for people to listen to it.”

As previously reported, Gaga will play Rosaline Rotwood, a legendary teacher at Wednesday’s school, Nevermore. Jenna said of Gaga’s performance, “She’s unbelievable. She’s one of the few, rare instances of someone who is so clearly doing what they’re meant to be doing. Just being able to watch her and take her in is a surreal experience.”

“The Dead Dance” will be out Sept. 3, the same day that Wednesday season 2 part 2 debuts on Netflix.

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Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Man’s Best Friend’ (Island Records)

Sabrina Carpenter‘s new era has arrived: Her new album Man’s Best Friend is out now. 

On Instagram, she writes, “how special to make something out of pure inspiration and zero pressure. I don’t think I’ve had greater memories making something before … and if i could turn back time and relive these memories i would. God d*** we had so much fun! and you can hear it!”

She continues, “It’s a real party for heartbreak, a celebration of disappointment! It’s laughing at yourself and your poor choices as everything is falling apart, it’s wondering how loyalty and love always gets you back to third wheeling, spoken sarcastically like a true 25 year old!”

Sabrina also advises, “I encourage you to listen loud, in order, top to bottom, with friends or by yourself! this is sonically and lyrically my favorite way to experience this album!”

Sabrina’s also dropped a video for one of her new songs, “Tears,” which is about how she gets turned on by a guy being responsible. It’s a takeoff on The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Sabrina waking up from a car crash and making her way to a spooky house, where she encounters Colman Domingo as the leader of a troupe of drag queens and assorted oddballs.

Stripped down to her lingerie, Sabrina parties with them, until she’s ejected from the house — only to be greeted by the boyfriend she thought perished in the car crash. 

“You died earlier, I thought,” she says, annoyed.

“No, babe, what are you talking about?” he says, confused.

“It’s a thing. Someone has to die every video,” she explains. “Sorry. We’ll always remember you, though.”

She then removes her high-heeled shoe and throws it at him, impaling him in the chest and killing him. “He was a nice one too,” she says regretfully. “You have to give the people what they want.”

(Video contains suggestive language.)

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are seen in SoHo on October 11, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by TheStewartofNY/GC Images)

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement announcement got a lot of engagement on social media. So much so that the song Taylor used to soundtrack the Instagram post — “So High School” — received a 394% streaming bump.

Billboard reports The Tortured Poets Department track, which is about Taylor’s relationship with Travis and features lines like “You know how to ball/ I know Aristotle,” earned 794,000 official on-demand U.S. streams on Tuesday. That’s a nearly 400% jump from the day before.

“So High School” previously peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 2024.

Taylor wasn’t the only one enjoying a boost from the announcement. Sales of Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs jersey spiked 200% Tuesday, according to Fanatics, the official online sportswear retailer for the NFL.

Taylor and Travis announced their engagement with the joint Instagram post, captioned, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The post currently has over 33 million likes. 

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Sombr‘s fall tour has expanded its capacity. The singer explained on Instagram Wednesday, “I know a lot of you weren’t able to get tickets for the North America tour, so we did everything in our power to upgrade every show we were able to … no dates have changed, just some of the venues have gotten bigger.” The tickets for the bigger venues went on sale Thursday morning and sold out immediately.

Lola Young is offering a special edition of her upcoming album, I’m Only F****** Myself, with an extra song on it. She said on Instagram, “I wrote this song ‘Blisters’ a couple months back, it captures how I felt that day. … It’s raw and honest and I hope you like it.” You can buy it now via Lola’s online store.

The lineups for the 2026 editions of Lollapalooza’s Chile, Argentina and Brazil festivals have been revealed. Among the headliners for all three festivals: Sabrina Carpenter, Lewis Capaldi, Chappell Roan, Lorde and  Doechii.  

After Chappell Roan posted footage of herself performing “Barracuda” by the band Heart at England’s Reading Festival, she heard from one of its founding members — but not for the reason you’d think. While Chappell slayed the vocals on the song, Heart co-founder and guitarist Nancy Wilson was more focused on her outfit, writing, “Amazing lewk!”

Meawhile, Demi Lovato also heard from an artist she covered on Instagram. On her birthday Aug. 20, she sang karaoke to “Defying Gravity” from Wicked. Star Cynthia Erivo wrote in the comments, “The happiest of birthdays to you, my darling!” Demi then posted a Reel captioned, “when THE elphaba comments on your defying gravity cover” and lip-synched to the TikTok sound, “Do you ever wish you were not famous and can live an ordinary life? I’ll be honest with you: no.”

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Ed Sheeran (Petros Studio)

In addition to being a singer, songwriter and occasional actor, Ed Sheeran is a literal artist: He creates paintings by splattering colorful house paint all over large canvases. Now he’s announced that his first-ever show of those paintings has raised well over 1 million bucks for charity.

Ed announced earlier this summer that he’d been asked by a gallery to exhibit his work, but he wanted all the money he made from sales of the paintings to go to his foundation, which supports music education in the U.K. The Cosmic Carpark Paintings show opened in July, and Ed has revealed it was quite successful.

Ed wrote on Instagram, “When I started painting, I only did it for fun and to give to friends. When [a gallery] approached me to put some work in an exhibition, I said I would only do it if my proceeds could go to my music foundation, coz I loved the idea of art funding art.”

“After 6 weeks of the exhibition being up, we’ve sold all the paintings, and a lot of prints / merch. We’ve raised $1.25M usd from it all, which will do absolutely incredible things for the youth in UK,” he continued. “I’m so grateful to HENI [Gallery] for giving me a platform and a space to create and exhibit.”

He concluded, “[T]hank you to everyone who came down to the show to see my paintings. All we raised will go a long way to bring the arts to everyone, all over Britain.”

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Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Man’s Best Friend’ (Island Records)

Sabrina Carpenter has already faced criticism over the sexual content of some of her songs — and if you’re someone who disapproved, you may want to skip her new album, Man’s Best Friend.

In an advance clip of Sabrina’s appearance on CBS Mornings on Friday, host Gayle King says, “You know, what I like about your music is that it’s unapologetic, and I think there are some people that would listen to the music and they’d be clutching their pearls.”

“Correct,” Sabrina replies. Gayle responds, “Yeah. But then I’m thinking, ‘But then the song isn’t for you.'”

“It is not for the pearl clutchers,” Sabrina agrees. “The album is not for any pearl clutchers.” However, she goes on to say, “But I also think that even pearl clutchers can listen to an album like that in their own solitude and find something that makes them smirk and chuckle to themselves.”

“It’s sexual. It’s also very powerful. It’s also very vulnerable,” King comments.

“I think that’s the thing, is sometimes people hear the lyrics that are really bold or they go, ‘I don’t want to sing this in front of other people.’ It’s like it’s almost too — it’s TMI,” Sabrina responds.

“But I think about being at a concert with, you know, however many young women I see in the front row that are screaming at the top of their lungs with their best friends. And you can go like, ‘Oh, we can all, like’ — sigh of relief — ‘Like, this is just fun.’ And, and that’s all it has to be.”

The interview airs Friday at 7 a.m. on CBS. Man’s Best Friend arrives Thursday at midnight.

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