Lady Gaga declares 'pop emergency,' releases 'Applause' early
Lady Gaga聽is releasing her new single "Applause" on Monday 鈥撀爋ne week earlier than originally planned聽鈥� after聽declaring "a pop emergency" via Twitter.
The decision comes in the wake of her new single leaking on the internet over the weekend.
"Applause," the first song off of Gaga's upcoming album "ARTPOP," was originally supposed to come out Aug. 18. The full album 鈥撀燼long with an accompanying app 鈥� is set to be released Nov. 11.
Gaga alerted her fans to the leak and then changed the single's release date via聽Twitter聽on Monday. (Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are all original.) Her tweets:
A POP MUSIC EMERGENCY IS UNDERWAY 911
鈥斅燣ady Gaga聽(@ladygaga) August 12, 2013
911 SUMMON THE MONSTER TROUPES
鈥斅燣ady Gaga聽(@ladygaga) August 12, 2013
HERE IS A PHOTO TO ACCOMPANY THIS EMERGENCY------> pic.twitter.com/UkhGa2Gidg
鈥斅燣ady Gaga聽(@ladygaga) August 12, 2013
DUE TO HACKERS AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW/HIGH QUALITY LEAKS...WE ISSUE THIS POP MUSIC EMERGENCY...MONSTERS SPREAD THE WORD
鈥斅燣ady Gaga聽(@ladygaga) August 12, 2013
MY NEW SINGLE 'APPLAUSE' IS OUT TODAY AND CAN BE HEARD ON聽UNITED STATES聽RADIO IN 15 MINUTES. INTERNATIONAL RADIO TO FOLLOW.
鈥斅燣ady Gaga聽(@ladygaga) August 12, 2013
POP MUSIC EMERGENCY #0DAYSTillAPPLAUSE MY NEW SINGLE COMES OUT TODAY. 911 SPREAD THIS MESSAGE
鈥斅燣ady Gaga聽(@ladygaga) August 12, 2013
