Netflix‘s hit Wednesday launched the opening scene of its extremely anticipated second season — and formally introduced Woman Gaga as becoming a member of the forged.
The streamer for the primary time confirmed the singer-actress is becoming a member of the little monsters at Nevermore Academy, enjoying a nonetheless undisclosed visitor function on the upcoming season of the hit collection, which stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams as she attends a college for outcasts with uncommon talents.
The information was introduced at Netflix’s Tudum fan occasion on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles Saturday, the place Woman Gaga took the stage for a climactic — and Wednesday-themed — efficiency. Rising from a coffin with the phrases “Right here lies the monster queen” on the lid and backed by a cadre of Addams Household-esque dancers, Gaga carried out “Zombieboy” from her just lately launched album Mayhem.
Following one other dance efficiency — to the Cramps’ “Goo Goo Muck,” which soundtracked Wednesday’s viral dance scene in season one — Gaga re-emerged to carry out “Abracadabra” earlier than returning to her coffing.
The collection and the singer had beforehand connection after the primary season aired. Ortega’s dance scene within the present (with strikes impressed by Siouxsie Sioux and Bob Fosse, amongst others) went viral and there was a preferred remix model of the dance utilizing Woman Gaga’s tune “Bloody Mary.” Woman Gaga then carried out the “Bloody Wednesday” dance herself on TikTok (test it out, under).
Wednesday season two (watch the trailer) will probably be launched in two elements; the primary will probably be launched Aug. 6 and the second will drop Sept. 3.
Gaga will probably be one many newcomers to the present in season two, which additionally added Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor as collection regulars and Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo and Joonas Suotamo in visitor roles. They be part of returning forged Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Pleasure Sunday, Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Fred Armisen, Isaac Ordonez and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo.
Woman Gaga’s earlier appearing credit embrace Joker: Folie à Deux, A Star Is Born — for which she received an Oscar for greatest authentic tune and was nominated for greatest actress — Home of Gucci and two seasons of FX’s American Horror Story.
The primary season of Wednesday — from creator/showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar together with govt producer and director Tim Burton — was a smash for the streamer in 2022. Wednesday grew to become the most-viewed English language collection within the studio’s historical past, with 252 million views, and spent 20 weeks within the streamer’s international High 10 (Squid Recreation stays Netflix’s largest hit internationally). The collection additionally catapulted Ortega to a brand new stage of stardom, which was additional fueled by her function in Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice final fall.
Together with Gaga’s efficiency, Netflix launched the opening minutes of season two, with Wednesday locked in a serial killer’s (Haley Joel Osment) basement, recounting how she ended up there and explaining that the killer thinks she is his subsequent sufferer.