Lady Gaga revealed in a recent interview how her fiance Michael Polansky inspired one of the tracks in her latest album Mayhem, “Blade of Grass.” Blade of Grass is the 13th track of her new album. This is not the first time Gaga spoke of Polansky’s impact on her work. Last year in an interview, the 38-year-old musician mentioned that Polansky had convinced her to make pop music. Mayhem is currently scheduled for release on March 7, 2025. This new album is expected to have 14 songs. The album’s lead single, Disease, dropped in October 2024, while its second track, Abracadabra, arrived in February 2025.
Lady Gaga reveals fiance, Michael Polansky inspired her song
Lady Gaga recently gave an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, where she discussed the development of her latest album. Here, she also discussed other aspects of her career and life. During this interview, she spoke of Michael Polansky’s influence on her song Blade of Grass.
“As a songwriter, you need life to inspire your writing,” The Poker Face artist told Lowe in the Apple Music interview. “And if everything is promotion, then I’ll write about promotion, and I won’t write about that special moment I shared with you where Michael asked me how I would want to propose to me one day.”
Gaga then explained the special proposal interaction between her and Polansky. The couple were at their backyard, and she asked him to take a blade of grass and wrap it around her finger. The House of Gucci star then noted how she wrote Blade of Grass, because she remembered Polansky’s facial expression and the grass in the backyard. She also recalled how her fiance had to use the long grass situated in the center of their backyard.
Polansky proposed to Gaga shortly after her birthday in 2024, which the latter confirmed in an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The Joker: Folie a Deux actress also revealed how Polansky once gave her an incredible and touching compliment. Lady Gaga quoted Polansky saying “You who you are is that you’re an artist. That’s the thing that makes you most happy, so we need to nurture that part of you.” Moreover, she recalled how he sparked a realization in her that other things in her life were bothersome and difficult and how it kept her away from her passion.
