Lady Gaga Gets Emmy Nom for Wednesday's 'The Dead Dance'
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- Lady Gaga scored an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "The Dead Dance," featured in Netflix's Wednesday Season 2 episode "Woe Me The Money."
- "The Dead Dance" was written and produced by Gaga alongside Andrew Watt and Henry Russell Walter (Cirkut), and soundtracked a Venetian Gala scene with Enid (Emma Myers) and Agnes (Evie Templeton).
- The nomination puts Gaga in competition with songs from The Boys, Hacks, The Pitt, South Park, and Spider-Noir in the same Original Music and Lyrics category.
- This marks Gaga's fifth Primetime Emmy nomination, following nods in 2011, 2015, 2017, and 2022 — all previously tied to variety specials, concert films, and her Super Bowl LI Halftime Show.
- Counting her 2025 Sports Emmy win for Outstanding Music Direction at Super Bowl LIX's "Hold My Hand" performance, Gaga now has six total Emmy nominations.
- Gaga also released her own standalone music video for the track, separate from the Wednesday scene.
Why it matters: This is Gaga's first Emmy nomination for songwriting on a scripted series — all four prior Primetime nods (2011–2022) came for variety specials, concert films, or her Super Bowl halftime show. The song's placement in a 'much-viewed' Wednesday scene gives the track unusual cultural reach for an Emmy-song contender.
