Lady Gaga Defaces the Mona Lisa, Stomps Through the Louvre in New 'The Joker' Tease

Mar. 15, 2025

Lady Gaga appears in a teaser clip for her new song ‘The Joker’.Photo:Musee du Louvre/Youtube

Musee du Louvre/Youtube

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the 38-year-old shared a teaser clip for “The Joker” — a track featured onHarlequin, her upcoming companion album to theTodd Phillips-directed film.

Filmed inside the Louvre Museum in Paris, the pop superstar sings, “There’s always a joker in the pack, there’s always a lonely clown,” as she begins exploring the famous art museum while sporting a short red wig and dressed in a patterned blue dress, polka dot tights and Converse sneakers.

The actress then comes across the museum’s iconicMona Lisapainting and starts waving at the Leonardo Da Vinci piece, before drawing the Joker’s signature red smile on its protective glass case in lipstick.

The moment echoes a scene from thefirst teaser trailerfor the movie that shows Gaga’s Harley Quinn drawing a red lipstick smile on a glass partition while visitingJoaquin Phoenix’s Joker in prison.

In the clip for “The Joker,” Gaga smiles and walks away from the painting dancing as she sings, “The Joker is me” repeatedly while rocking makeup reminiscent of her character.

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The words “Time for a Folie À Deux” then flash up on the screen before a note about when the film is released in theaters appears, along with a new exhibition coming to the Louvre in October,Figures of the Fool. The clip ends with a soundbite of Phoenix, 49, laughing in character as the Joker.

“There’s always a Joker. #FiguresDuFou #Louvre #JokerMovie,” Gaga captioned the clip on Instagram.

Harlequinis set to be released on Sept 27, whileJoker: Folie À Deuxwill hit theaters in October.

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’.Niko Tavernise

Niko Tavernise

Starring Gaga and Phoenix who reprises his role as the disturbed Arthur Fleck fromJoker, the movie sees Harley Quinn meeting the Joker for the first time before they team up to cause chaos with their antics.

Back in May, Gagateased her role in the film, tellingAccess  Hollywood, “My version of Harley is mine, and it’s very authentic to this movie and these characters.”

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“I don’t want to give anything from the movie away,” she added. “I think it’s really something you have to experience in the theater.”

However, the Oscar winner did say, “This film has music, it has dance, it has amazing acting in it.”

“I loved working with Joaquin, I loved working with Todd,” Gaga continued. “I’ve never done anything like I’ve done in this movie before, so it’s all going to be completely brand new and really fun.”

Joker: Folie à Deuxis in theaters Oct. 4.

source: people.com