TikTok has changed the appeal of music: Lady Gaga's new song is proof!
President Donald Trump has been trying to keep TikTok with 170 million US users from being banned after Congress passed a law in 2024 that ordered it shut down by January 2025. Trump on Sept 16 extended a delay on enforcing a ban against TikTok, marking the fourth postponement of a law designed to force the app’s sale from its Chinese owner.
Three days later on Sept 19, Trump said that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had made progress on a TikTok agreement in a phone call and would meet face-to-face in six weeks. But Beijing’s statements have not clarified how advanced the progress has been. Looks like the uncertain issues of TikTok’s operations in the United States are far from over.
Meanwhile, the iconic Lady Gaga made a fleeting appearance on screen as Rosaline Rotwood in the new season of Wednesday on Netflix. But The Born This Way singer couldn’t resist treating us with a brand new song. Followed by two more songs, the Wednesday track has already taken fans by storm, especially as there is a built-in dance to go with it.
The Dead Dance features as the music to which Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) and Agnes DeMille (Evie Templeton) dance together in the latest episodes. On first glance, it makes sense that Gaga would lend her musical talents to a project she is starring in — but there’s something deeper to this. It could be that Netflix are attempting to kickstart a TikTok trend mirroring the viral dance scene from season one, which the Abracadabra hitmaker herself participated in.
In her own music video, Gaga mimics the movements from Wednesday, subconsciously sowing the seeds further for fans to give it a go. A departure from the Escapism hitmaker’s usual style, which will hopefully give the song a second wind to carry the momentum to that September 19 release date. Some dances become so powerful that they end up in the actual performances.
The appeal of a TikTok-approved dance is obvious, with most big hits trending on the app first before they reach the charts. As those in charge of marketing push for these moments more, the type of music made will inevitably shape itself to fit these parameters. Organic or orchestrated, the pressure to have a viral song has forever changed music — even from those as influential as Lady Gaga.
Lady Gaga’s third album, Born This Way (2011), found the entertainer reaching back to earlier musical eras for inspiration. As a blonde dance-pop performer with a penchant for provocation, Lady Gaga has often earned comparisons to the singer Madonna. In the 2018 remake of the movie A Star Is Born, garnered critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her first lead role — a guileless up-and-coming singer-songwriter.
Reference: Lady Gaga’s new song The Dead Dance proves TikTok has changed music forever | Metro News
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