Lady Gaga reacts after new song ‘Stupid Love’ interrupts Italy coronavirus meeting
Song is an excerpt from Gaga’s upcoming sixth album, ‘Chromatica’
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Your support makes all the difference.Lady Gaga’s new song "Stupid Love" recently played in an unexpected setting: an important meeting about the coronavirus in Italy.
A video of the event, shared on the official Facebook Page for the country’s Liguria region, shows the tune playing – apparently by accident from someone’s phone – during the event.
The meeting was one in a series of gatherings related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Gaga’s song was met with a few chuckles before the conversation went back to its original tone.
The artist, a native New Yorker with Italian ancestry, has reacted to the moment (a video of which was shared on Twitter by the fan account Gaga Media).
“And this is why I make music,” she wrote.
"Stupid Love" is an excerpt from Gaga's upcoming sixth studio album Chromatica, scheduled to be released on 10 April.
Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s currently the European country that has been the most hit by the outbreak.
The total number of dead in Italy rose to 107 after 28 people died of the highly contagious virus over the past 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said.
Education Minister Lucia Azzolina said schools and universities all over the country would be closed from Thursday until at least 15 March. Only those in the northern regions most heavily affected by the epidemic have been closed so far.
Additional reporting by agencies
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