Lady Gaga Scores Emmy Nomination for Her Wednesday Song
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- Lady Gaga received her fifth Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "The Dead Dance" from Tim Burton's Wednesday, co-written with Andrew Watt and Henry Walter Russell, who are also nominated.
- The Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics category pits Gaga against songs from The Pitt (Andrew Bird's "Need Someone"), Hacks, The Boys, South Park, and Spider-Noir — with The Pitt and Hacks dominating the overall 2026 nomination haul.
- Gaga likely already holds an EGOT "E" via a 2025 Sports Emmy for performing "Hold My Hand" before that year's Super Bowl, meaning a 2026 win would be her first at the main Emmys ceremony.
- Raphael Saadiq earned a music nomination for scoring the historical docuseries High Horse: The Black Cowboy, while Pluribus collected multiple nods for music direction, composition, and supervision.
- Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX Halftime Show pulled in nine nominations — the most ever for a halftime set — including Outstanding Variety Special (Live).
- Taylor Swift's Eras Tour: The Final Show earned five nominations, including Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special.
Why it matters: For Gaga, a 2026 win would deliver her first Emmy at the main ceremony, adding to a 2025 Sports Emmy for "Hold My Hand" that likely already secured her EGOT "E." The broader slate highlights how live music events — Bad Bunny's halftime show set a record with nine nods — are increasingly landing in categories once reserved for scripted and prestige TV.
