Lady Gaga 'The Cure': Singer Drops New Single at Coachella

Lady Gaga surprised fans while headlining at Coachella music festival by dropping a new single, “The Cure,” during her Saturday night show.

The single appeared to be a return to Gaga’s synth-pop, danceable style reminiscent of 2011’s “Born This Way” album. It has only been six months since Gaga released “Joanne,” a country-twanged, more mellow sound about which fans were mixed in their reactions.

The new song popped up in the middle of Gaga’s show Saturday night, which saw her perform a range of songs from all of her albums, along with the costume changes for which she has become famous.

“The Cure” was released on iTunes and Spotify shortly after the performance, and may become a radio single for summer in anticipation of her world tour, which will kick off in August, Rolling Stone speculated.

Gaga was tapped to headline Coachella two months ago after a pregnant-with-twins Beyonce pulled out on doctor’s orders to lighten her schedule. Beyonce will take the Coachella stage in 2018 instead. Gaga is coming off a well-received Super Bowl halftime performance and performing with Metallica at the Grammy’s.

The singer also has expanded into acting recently, winning a Golden Globe for “American Horror Story” and starring in the upcoming remake of “A Star is Born.”

Fans seemed pretty excited by the new single.

Let The Cure be a lesson to you that gaga can drop a mainstream number one whenever she feels like it 💅🏻

— Christopher James (@Chriskendle) April 17, 2017

The only song I've listened to for the past 24 hours has been The Cure

— gaga's mic drop (@SeashellGirlXO) April 17, 2017

I had the cure by lady Gaga on repeat the entire time I ran 5 miles. a SONG

— dead!boy walking (@john_rotella) April 17, 2017

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