Lady Gaga Praises ‘Harlequin’ Despite Exclusion From Coachella Set

Lady Gaga headlined the first night of Coachella on Friday night (April 11), and while the set was jam-packed with hits from albums like Born This Way, The Fame and her most recent project, Mayhem, fans were quick to notice some albums were missing from the performance.

In a TikTok photo posted by a fan, Gaga is seen in a moment from her Coachella set in which she’s laying among skeletons while buried in the sand. The skeletons were labeled as albums that weren’t featured in her setlist, including 2013’s Artpop, 2016’s Joanne, 2020’s Chromatica and 2024’s Harlequin. “Well Gaga doesn’t remember Artpop and I don’t think she’ll remember Harlequin,” the fan captioned the post, comparing her musical homage to her Joker: Folie à Deux character to Artpop, which is known among pop enthusiasts as a “forgotten” album thanks to a 2019 tweet by the singer.

However, Gaga doesn’t want Harlequin to have the same reputation as Artpop, taking to the comments to write, “Harlequin is one of my proudest pieces of production,” she wrote alongside a black heart emoji. See the TikTok here.

Gaga released Harlequin in September 2024 as a companion album to the Joker: Folie à Deux film, in which she starred Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. The project scored Gaga her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts, as Harlequin debuts atop both tallies (dated Oct. 12). 

The superstar is set to take the stage again for weekend two of Coachella, headlining the event on Friday (April 18).