Lady Gaga reveals how fiancé Michael Polanksy inspired the song 'Blade of Grass'

Lady Gaga shares how fiancé Michael Polansky’s unique proposal inspired 'Blade of Grass' on her new album 'Mayhem'.

Lady Gaga has revealed how her fiancé Michael Polansky’s unorthodox proposal inspired a track on her upcoming album Mayhem, set for release on Friday.

The 38-year-old pop icon has been in a relationship with Polansky, a venture capitalist, since 2019. In April 2024, he proposed in a way Gaga had once jokingly suggested—by wrapping a blade of grass around her finger.

“He asked me how I would want him to propose,” Gaga shared in an Apple Music interview. “We were in our backyard, and I said: ‘Just take a blade of grass and wrap it around my finger,’ and then I wrote ‘Blade of Grass.’”

Although the proposal happened on April Fool’s Day, Gaga initially thought Polansky was joking. However, along with the symbolic grass ring, he also presented her with an eight-carat oval-cut diamond.

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Their engagement became public in July 2024, when Gaga introduced Polansky as "my fiancé" to France’s Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, ahead of her Paris Olympics performance.

Gaga credited Polansky with bringing stability into her life, admitting she once felt lonely before their relationship. “My home used to only be the stage. It was so lonely,” she said.

Polansky is also actively involved in Gaga’s musical journey, co-writing seven tracks on Mayhem, which includes hit singles like "Abracadabra".

The album marks Gaga’s first full-length pop project since Chromatica in 2020. Fans eagerly await the full tracklist reveal this Friday.