Overview
- Lady Gaga released The Dead Dance on September 3 alongside a Burton-helmed video timed to the second-half debut of Wednesday’s season two.
- The video was shot on the Isla de las Muñecas in Xochimilco, opening in black and white before shifting to color with dolls animating and masked dancers.
- Gaga appears in the new episodes as Rosaline Rotwood, a Nevermore teacher introduced later in the season.
- Music supervisor Jen Malone says the track is a completely new Gaga composition for the series, produced with Andrew Watt and Cirkut.
- The launch follows Gaga’s Graveyard Gala reveal and aligns with her Mayhem Ball tour, quickly drawing wide online attention to the Mexican location and gothic imagery.