Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars sing together for the first time in their love ballad “Die With a Smile,” a new standalone single and music video released Thursday.

In the video, Gaga and Mars perform the song on a retro stage with guitar and keyboard. Mars wears a cowboy hat and Gaga makes a statement in bright red tights.

The duo also surprised fans with a special live performance of their new collaboration at Mars’ grand opening show on Thursday at the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

Rumors of a collaboration between Gaga and Mars have been circulating on the Internet for several days, and the two singers confirmed the news on Thursday with a post on social media.

In her announcement, Gaga said the song was for fans “while you wait for LG7”, their highly anticipated new album, for which there is no release date yet.

“Die With a Smile” is also the first new music released by both artists in years. Lady Gaga released a joint album with Tony Bennett in 2021 and her Top Shooter: Maverick hit “Hold My Hand” in 2022, but her last major solo music was Chromatica in 2020. Mars won two Grammys in 2022 for his Silk Sonic project with Anderson .Paak, and his last major solo release was nearly a decade ago in 2016.

“Bruno and I have a lot of respect for each other and have talked about collaborating,” Gaga said in a press release. “I was finishing up my own album in Malibu and one night after a long day he asked me to come to his studio to listen to something he was working on. It was about midnight when I got there and I was blown away when I heard what he had started doing. We stayed up all night writing and finishing the song. Bruno’s talent is indescribable. His musicianship and vision are on a whole new level. There is no one like him.”

Mars added: “It was an honor to work with Gaga. She is an icon and brings magic to this song. I’m so excited for everyone to hear it.”

“Die With a Smile” was co-produced by the pair along with D’Mile and Andrew Watt. The video was directed by Daniel Ramos and Mars.

Gaga will next star alongside Joaquin Phoenix in the upcoming Joker: Foil A Deuxin which she will sing, although she recently hinted that it will be “different from anything I’ve done before.”

“People know me by my stage name, Lady Gaga, right? That’s me as The actors, but that is not what this film is,” said Gaga Rich. “I play a character. So I worked a lot on how I sing to get from Lee and to not comes from me as an artist… How do you make music a mere extension of dialogue rather than breaking out into song for no apparent reason?”