Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars to Perform Special Tribute to Los Angeles at Grammy Awards – Variety
By
Steven J. Horowitz
Senior Music Writer
Fresh off the FireAid stage, Lady Gaga is gearing back up to grace the Grammy stage alongside Bruno Mars to perform a tribute to Los Angeles during Sunday night’s event.
Rumors had been percolating for days that Gaga was in negotiations to perform at the Grammy Awards. According to the Recording Academy on Friday, Gaga and Mars will dedicate their performance at the show to the city and those affected by the wildfires.
The performance comes on the back of two Grammy nominations for their collaboration “Die With a Smile,” including song of the year and best pop duo/group performance. The ballad, released in Aug. 2024, was a runaway hit for the duo, becoming a streaming juggernaut and topping the Billboard Hot 100 at the top of the year. Thus far, it’s notched four consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the chart in 2025.
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Gaga made a special appearance last night at FireAid, held in Los Angeles to raise donations for wildfire relief. She closed out the evening with three songs, including “Shallow” and “Always Remember Us This Way,” as well as a new song titled “All I Need Is Time” that she wrote with her fiance Michael Polansky specifically for the event.
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“When I was thinking about what to sing tonight, I thought I’d do something hopeful for you, and I was thinking about my songs and nothing seemed quite right,” she told the crowd. “So me and my friend Michael, my fiance, my love, we wrote this song for you. It’s just for tonight, it’s just for you. I think we all need a lot of things right now, but I think something we also may need is time. Time is a healer.”
Meanwhile, Mars is on a hot streak of collaborative singles in the wake of “Die With a Smile.” “Apt.,” his duet with Rosé, surged past the billion streams mark on Spotify and hit No. 3 on the Hot 100. He recently released “Fat Juicy & Wet” with Sexyy Red, featuring Gaga and Rosé in its steamy music video..@BrunoMars and @LadyGaga will take the #GRAMMYs stage this Sunday and perform a special tribute to the city of Los Angeles and those affected by the wildfires. pic.twitter.com/kibA0H79E3
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