UPDATE: Gaga confirmed that “Disease” is coming this Friday (October 25). In an Instagram post, Gaga shared the single’s cover art – with her face down on the hood of a white car, with the single’s title written upside down in white street paint – and revealed the official release time for a range of major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, London and elsewhere.

Lady Gaga has the cure for your ‘disease’. The Joker: Folie à Deux The star seemed to signal the start of her next era this weekend, as several teasers suggested that the first single from Gaga’s as-yet-untitled seventh studio album is imminent. Although Gaga had not officially announced any details about the song on her social media at the time of writing, there were a handful of Easter eggs that hatched with clues about the singer’s follow-up to her surprise. joker-inspired Harlequin jazz album.

The first was a pre-save option from her parent label Universal, which led to options to grab the song on Spotify or Apple Music when it’s released on Friday (October 25). The page displays the song title backwards.

Additionally, eagle-eyed fans noticed that a new 11-song playlist posted to Gaga’s Spotify page last week included an acrostic designation, with the first four songs (“Government Hooker,” “Always Remember Us This Way,” “GUY ” and “Americano”) which spells GAGA and the next seven “disease” in lower case.

Little Monsters can also click through to gagadisease.com, where they can find the words “I could play the doctor” flashing on a black background, as well as to iuldplaythedoctor.com, where there is a similar flashing message that reads “I can play your disease cured .” If you continue down the rabbit hole and type in each new sentence as the URL, you’ll find additional lyrics, including: “If you were a sinner/ I could make you believe/ Lay you down like 1, 2, 3/ Eyes roll back in ecstasy/I can smell your illness/I can heal you/cure your illness.” The final image will take you back to the Universal pre-save page.

Gaga has already confirmed that her upcoming pop album will be released in February and the first single will be released this month. For now the Harlequin album earned Gaga her third No. 1 on the Billboard jazz charts, while her Bruno Mars collab, “Die With a Smile,” just scored its seventh week atop the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts.