- 2025-03-09
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MUSIC
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Lady Gaga Performs “Abracadabra” & “Killah” on Saturday Night Live
American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga appeared on Saturday Night Live to perform “Abracadabra” and “Killah”.
This marks her first musical guest on Saturday Night Live in nine years since 2016.
Two songs are featured on her latest album “MAYHEM”, which was released on March 7, 2025.
“Abracadabra” was released as the second single from the album last month. It was produced by Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt, and Cirkut.
Lady Gaga told Apple Music about “Abracadabra”, “I think I didn't want to make this kind of music for a long time, even though I had it in me. And I think 'Abracadabra' is very much my sound-something that I honed in [on] after many years, and I wanted to do it again. I felt like being stagnant was just death in my artistry. And I just really wanted to constantly be a student. Not just reinvent myself, but learn something new with every record. And that wasn't always what people wanted from me, but that's what I wanted from me. And it's the thing that I'm the most probably proud of, if I look back on my career, is I know how much I grew from record to record and how authentic it all was. The thing that was most important to me was being a student of music, above everything else.”- On the album, “Killah” features French DJ Gesaffelstein. It was produced by Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein, Andrew Watt, and Cirkut.
This time, she performed the song as a solo act.
Lady Gaga told Rolling Stone about “Killah”, “Probably 'Killah.' I love the production on it so much. The only live instrument on the whole record is a guitar, and it is just so much fun. It is so confident. But it was unlike any feel or groove that I'd ever worked on before. And also the truth is, I'm not that confident all the time. I'm someone who definitely can feel deeply insecure, but on that record, it's like peak confidence. And that's part of the journey of Mayhem as one night out. If you think of the album as one whole night, it's like that moment in the night when you're just feeling your best.” - source : NBC
