Overview
- Spotify named Die With a Smile the year’s top global track after surpassing 1.7 billion streams as of Dec. 4.
- The single logged five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 18 weeks atop the Billboard Global 200.
- The duet earned the 2025 Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
- Bruno Mars first sketched the idea three years ago, shelved it, then revived it after learning of Lady Gaga’s Joker role, with early consideration for the film or Harlequin before it landed on her Mayhem album.
- In a swift Malibu session, Gaga learned the chords at the piano and helped write the second verse as James Fauntleroy, D’Mile and Andrew Watt co-shaped the track, released on Interscope.