The Transformation that Occurred When She Fell for Michael Polansky (Exclusive) | People

Lady Gaga says all the things has modified since assembly fiancé Michael Polansky.

At the Monday, Sept. 30, Los Angeles premiere of her upcoming movie Joker: Folie à Deux, the Grammy winner, 38, solely tells PEOPLE what it’s been prefer to collaborate along with her fiancé on her newest studio album, Harlequin — which additionally serves as a companion album to the upcoming movie. Polanksy, 41, labored as a co-executive producer on the mission with Gaga.

“It's just the first time that we decided to fully just go into it and do it. It just felt right,” she solely tells PEOPLE of their collaboration. 

“We were both so excited,” she provides. “We were all warmed up and ready to go.”

Gaga additionally tells PEOPLE how a lot she adores Polansky. “I just love my fiancé so much,” she says. “He's my best friend. He's my partner, and I just feel like when you are with your best friend, everything changes.”

The pair had been first linked in 2020, once they had been photographed kissing at a New Year’s Eve occasion in Las Vegas. They made their relationship Instagram official on the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami. In July 2024, Gaga revealed to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on the 2024 Paris Olympics that she and Polansky are engaged.

Polansky is credited as Gaga’s co-writer on songs featured on Harlequin, together with, “Good Morning,” “Get Happy,” “Oh, When the Saints” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.” The songs to which he contributed are requirements and present tunes that they up to date sonically and lyrically.

The 13-track album consists of all covers, besides for two unique songs, “Happy Mistake” and “Folie à Deux.”

While Polansky labored on what Gaga has dubbed her “LG 6.5” album, she instructed Vogue in early September that her upcoming seventh album was Polanksy's concept.

“Michael is the person who told me to make a new pop record,” she told the fashion magazine. “He was like, ‘Babe. I love you. You need to make pop music.’ ”

The “Poker Face” singer and Polansky made their crimson carpet debut on the Venice Film Festival. On Sept. 26, the House of Gucci actress and Polansky appeared on the movie's London premiere.

Days earlier than the London premiere, the “Paparazzi” singer instructed Buzzfeed Canada that she's wanting ahead to making a household with Polansky within the subsequent 15 years. “You know, I’m so happy to be in love and I’m so excited to have a family,” Gaga responded. “So that’s definitely number one.” 

During the Sept. 27 episode of The Graham Norton Show, she confessed that she thought Polansky's proposal was a joke at first.

“He proposed on April 1st, and I thought he was joking,” Gaga revealed of the engagement on April Fool’s Day.

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Joker: Folie à Deux premieres in theaters on Friday, Oct. 4.