--- title: Coachella 2017: Lady Gaga Debuts New Pop Song description: The 'Joanne' singer, who headlining the California music festival after a pregnant Beyoncé bowed, surprised audiences with a new song canonical: https://time.com/4740927/lady-gaga-coachella-2017/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-16T12:27:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:51.616Z og:title: Lady Gaga Debuts Surprise New Song "The Cure" at Coachella og:description: She surprised the festival audience with a brand new track og:url: https://time.com/4740927/lady-gaga-coachella-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6423bdbb8d761e59/6988c2e986f68e440b6e442b/lady-gaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4902 og:image:height: 2757 og:image:alt: The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Debuts Surprise New Song "The Cure" at Coachella twitter:description: She surprised the festival audience with a brand new track twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6423bdbb8d761e59/6988c2e986f68e440b6e442b/lady-gaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lady Gaga Debuts Surprise New Song "The Cure" at Coachella > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Musician Lady Gaga during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS) Christopher Polk—Getty Images for NARAS  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 16, 2017 12:27 PM UTC Lady Gaga has plenty of tricks up her sleeve. Her latest: a brand-new song, debuted for the first time during her Coachella set Saturday night. After taking over headlining duties [from pregnant Beyoncé](http://time.com/4668361/beyonce-performance-grammys-2017/) for this year’s massive [California music festival](http://time.com/money/4724712/cost-coachella-2017/), Gaga knew all eyes would be on her to deliver a performance for the ages. Luckily, she’s pegged her career on making bold statements; from wild costumes to [aerial acrobatics](http://time.com/4660852/super-bowl-lady-gaga-halftime-show/), she tends to give us plenty to talk about. This time, it’s her surprise music release. “The Cure” is a pop hit that Gaga later announced was going to be her new single — telling the crowd it was already released online. > [](https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/853530474219794433) The song follows last year’s rock ‘n’ roll [album _Joanne_](http://time.com/4539470/lady-gaga-joanne-new-album-dive-bar-tour-bud-light/), for which she’s going [on tour later this year.](http://ew.com/music/2017/04/13/lady-gaga-richy-jackson-coachella-preview/) Gaga was last seen lighting up the stadium at the winter’s Super Bowl and [jamming out with Metallica](http://time.com/4668510/grammys-2017-lady-gaga-metallica/) at the Grammy’s. Given the quick turnaround time of preparing for the Coachella gig, her weekend performance was stacked with standby hits from the pop phenomenon—plus this unexpected addition. Gaga is joined in the desert over the weekend by [Kendrick Lamar](http://time.com/4739698/kendrick-lamar-damn-listen/), Radiohead, and over 100 other acts for the [18th iteration](http://live.coachella.com/) of the festival. This is its first weekend; it all repeats again next weekend. Gaga’s high-energy hour-plus set also marks an important moment for the festival: it’s the first time in a decade that a woman has headlined the Indio event. 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