Lady Gaga releases new single earlier than expected

With 'Applause' leaked, singer tweets that she'll release it officially today, Aug 12

Gaga first sounded the alarm with the tweets: “a pop music emergency is underway 911,” and “due to hackers an abundance of low/high quality leaks . . . we issue this pop music emergency . . . monsters spread the word.”

She then declared, “my new single ‘Applause’ is out today and can be heard on United States radio in 15 minutes. International radio to follow.”

The first track of Gaga’s upcoming album, Artpop (coming out in November), “Applause” was to be released Aug 19, but fans will get their fix early, apparently so they can avoid hearing sullied “low/high quality leaks” before the genuine version.

What do you think of the new track?

Listen here: http://news.iheart.com/player/?mid=23570412

Jeremy Willard is a Toronto-based freelance writer and editor. He's written for Fab Magazine, Daily Xtra and the Torontoist. He generally writes about the arts, local news and queer history (in History Boys, the Daily Xtra column that he shares with Michael Lyons).

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