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The long-awaited volume two of Wednesday season two is out, and fans are thrilled. Apart from all the suspense, what fans were really waiting for was the guest appearance of Lady Gaga and her new Wednesday anthem, ‘The Dead Dance’, which she was going to release the same day as volume two.

Finally, the wait is over, and she has dropped her brand new track. It wasn’t very long ago when she announced it. That happened at the recent Graveyard Gala hosted by Netflix in collaboration with Spotify. And honestly, the timing couldn’t be better.

In part two of season two, Lady Gaga shows up as Rosaline Rotwood. She plays a psychic teacher whose short but striking cameo leaves a mark on Nevermore Academy. It is a blink-and-you-miss-it appearance, but that didn’t stop fans from buzzing the moment her name hit the credits.

It was never really a surprise, though, as it was announced long ago that Lady Gaga would be joining the cast. What really surprised the fans was the release of The Dead Dance, a track that feels tailor-made for the Addams family. It is bleak, yet has a playful energy.

The song is dark but funky. It mixed disco beats with lyrics about heartbreak, survival, and dancing on the edge of death. It is Gaga at her most theatrical, and she leans into that same campy-goth mood that made Wednesday’s own viral dance such a moment back in season one on her track ‘Bloody Mary’.

And because this is Gaga, she didn’t stop at a single drop. The music video is directed by Tim Burton himself, and that takes things to another level. Another fun fact? It is filmed on Mexico’s eerie Island of the Dolls, with Lady Gaga twirling through a haunted landscape in porcelain-doll makeup while puppets leer in the background. It’s unsettling but glamorous at the same time, and most of all, it’s completely unforgettable.

If you thought it was just a marketing gimmick, think again. Netflix even staged a Graveyard Gala to celebrate. Gaga herself called the track a way of turning heartbreak into energy. It’s a reminder that the dead don’t always stay down when the music is playing.

Though fans weren’t quite thrilled with how little screen time she got on the actual show, the impact was undeniable. The cameo, the track, the Burton video. Altogether, they gave Wednesday season two a cultural jolt. And in true Gaga fashion, she managed to make a single minute of screen time feel like an event worth grabbing the headlines.

So if you have already binged the new episodes, don’t stop there. Cue up ‘The Dead Dance’, watch the Burton-directed video, and enjoy Gaga’s haunting spin on the world of Nevermore. She may not have stayed long, but she knew exactly how to steal the spotlight.