"Captured on September 30th, 2024 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, the concert film depicts Lady Gaga performing the entirety of her 2024 jazz and traditional pop album . That album arrived as a companion soundtrack to the 2024 film Joker: Folie à Deux, in which Gaga starred as Harley Quinn; it features reinterpretations of cuts from the Great American Songbook, like "Get Happy," "Smile," and "That's Life," as well as a pair of songs from the film, "Folie à Deux" and "Happy Mistake.""
"As the concert film's title suggests, Lady Gaga performed the album in full to a small group of fans for one night only following Harlequin 's release in September 2024. Attendees were required to lock their phones in pouches, and Gaga performed on a set dressed to resemble a "dingy apartment." Gaga performed the set in character as Harlequin (not as Harley Quinn), and staged the performance as if it was a musical instead of a traditional concert."
"The performance also featured an homage to Gaga's late collaborator Tony Bennett, with whom she made two jazz albums: 2014's Cheek to Cheek and 2021's Love for Sale. During her performance of "Smile," a video of Bennett began playing on a black-and-white television onstage. Discussing the nod to Bennett with , Gaga said that "Smile" was one of his favorite songs,"
The concert film was captured September 30, 2024 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles and presents the full Harlequin album performed live. The album serves as a companion soundtrack to Joker: Folie à Deux and contains reinterpretations of Great American Songbook standards alongside two film songs, "Folie à Deux" and "Happy Mistake." The one-night-only show played for a small audience with phones locked in pouches, staged like a musical on a dingy-apartment set, and featured Gaga performing in character as Harlequin. The performance included an onstage homage to Tony Bennett and was shot by director of photography Marcell Rév with musical direction by Gaga, Brian Newman, Tim Stewart, and Alex Smith.
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