Lady Gaga recruits Ariana Grande for new banger "Rain On Me"

"Rain On Me" follows on from Gaga's lead single "Stupid Love" that dropped in February, and sees Lady Gaga link with Ariana Grande, marking her first feature since collaborating with Justin Bieber on "Stuck With U" earlier this month.

Speaking to Zane Lowe on his Apple Music Beats 1 show about the single, Lady Gaga said of working with Ariana Grande, "That woman has been through some really tough, really hard life testing stuff, undoubtedly. And her ability to move on. When she came into the studio, I was still crying and she was not. And she was like, " You're going to be okay. Call me, here's my number." And she was so persistent. She would try over and over again to be friends with me. And I was too ashamed to hang out with her, because I didn't want to project all of this negativity onto something that was healing and so beautiful."

Gaga adds, "And eventually she called me on my shit. She was, "You're hiding." And I was, "I am hiding. I'm totally hiding." And then this friendship blossomed and this song "Rain On Me", the lyrics that I wrote right here in this studio, "I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive. Rain on me." This is about an analog of tears being the rain. And you know what it's also a metaphor for, is the amount of drinking that I was doing to numb myself. I'd rather be dry. I'd rather not be drinking, but I haven't died yet. I'm still alive. Rain on me. Okay, I'm going to keep on drinking. This song has many layers."

Chromatica will follow on from 2016's Joanne album, and will also feature collaborations with Elton John and BLACKPINK.