--- title: Lady Gaga Announces New Album Joanne Release Date description: Lady Gaga is releasing her new album Joanne Oct. 21, marking the debut of her first solo collection in nearly three years. canonical: https://time.com/4495639/lady-gaga-joanne-release-date/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-15T18:09:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:37.289Z og:title: Lady Gaga Announces Release Date for New Album Joanne og:description: Save the date, Little Monsters og:url: https://time.com/4495639/lady-gaga-joanne-release-date/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30e34b6c15b87478/6988a640bc6cfc576c3de971/lady-gaga-joanne.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Brandon Maxwell - Backstage - September 2016 - New York Fashion Week og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Announces Release Date for New Album Joanne twitter:description: Save the date, Little Monsters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30e34b6c15b87478/6988a640bc6cfc576c3de971/lady-gaga-joanne.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lady Gaga Announces Release Date for New Album _Joanne_ > Sponsored content. 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Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 15, 2016 6:09 PM UTC [Lady Gaga](http://time.com/4414673/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-split-instagram/) is releasing her new album _Joanne_ Oct. 21, marking the debut of her first solo collection in nearly three years. The [30-year-old singer](http://time.com/4063969/lady-gaga-american-horror-story-2/) made the announcement on Apple Radio’s Beats 1 Thursday, according to [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/15/lady-gaga-joanne-release-date), revealing that the album is “going to be done in the next 48 hours.” Gaga also spoke about the mixed feelings she has about completing the recording process. “This isn’t the end just the end of this moment,” she said. “It’s also the beginning of this moment.” Named after her late aunt, the album will feature collaborations from artists such as Florence + The Machine’s Florence Welch, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and Ronson. Its first single, “[Perfect Illusion](http://time.com/4484748/lady-gaga-perfect-illusion-listen/),” was released Sept. 8. 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