Why Lady Gaga Skipped the 2023 Grammys
Lady Gaga is making fans wait a little longer for her first red carpet appearance of the new year. The singer chose not to attend tonight’s Grammys ceremony in Los Angeles. Her absence isn’t too surprising, given her Grammy nods are in more minor categories, and Gaga has been busy filming the Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.
Gaga has two nominations tonight, for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Top Gun: Maverick) and Best Song Written for Visual Media (“Hold My Hand” for Top Gun: Maverick).
The singer has kept a remarkably low profile over the past couple of months. A source explained to Entertainment Tonight in January that this is just because Gaga has been hard at work on the Joker sequel, where she is speculated to be playing Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.
“Gaga has been laying low because she is so focused on her work. She’s completely immersed in the Joker sequel and a lot of her energy is going toward that. She is totally in the zone and wants to kill it,” the source said.
Gaga wrote about how much the Grammy nominations for “Hold My Hand” meant to her in November. “I am so honored to be nominated for 2 Grammys for ‘Hold My Hand’ and the Top Gun: Maverick Soundtrack with my fellow composers,” she wrote. “It’s a real dream to be included in this celebration of music with a song and musical theme so close to my heart thank you ❤️ I fully cried, this never gets old and I’m super humbled.”
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