Die with a Smile by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars: meaning, release, credits and chart history

Die with a Smile is a song by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, released as a standalone single on August 16, 2024. It appears as the closing track on Gaga's studio album Mayhem, set for release in 2025. The song blends pop, pop-soul, and soft rock with country music influences. It was developed by Bruno Mars in 2021, with Dernst 'D'Mile' Emile II and James Fauntleroy, and completed with Lady Gaga on the same day in 2024. The final version was written by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, D'Mile, Andrew Watt, and James Fauntleroy, and produced by Mars, Gaga, D'Mile, and Andrew Watt. Mars and Watt played guitar, Gaga played piano, D'Mile handled bass and drums. The track was recorded at Shampoo Press & Curl Studios in Los Angeles, engineered by Charles Moniz and Paul LaMalfa, and mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. The song was released digitally and via streaming platforms by Interscope Records. A music video was released on the same day as the single, featuring the artists in red-and-blue retro Western outfits, with Gaga holding a cigarette and Mars wearing a white cowboy hat. The song is a sentimental ballad expressing a deep longing to be with a loved one, emphasizing the urgency of love. Critics have compared its style to 1970s ballads, Lady Gaga's Joanne (2016) and 'Shallow' (2018), and Bruno Mars's Silk Sonic project. The song reached No. 1 on the Nederlandse Top 40 chart. No other chart peaks are reported in the sources. The official announcement of the release and music video came on August 15, 2024.

Credits Written by: Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Dernst 'D'Mile' Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Andrew Watt Produced by: Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Dernst 'D'Mile' Emile II, Andrew Watt Label: Interscope Records

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