The Grammy Award for best pop duo/group performance went to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars for their rendition of “Di.e with a Smile.”
At the 2025 ceremony in Los Angeles on February 2, the two musicians’ popular song won a gramophone award. Mars, 40, praised Gaga, 38, for the opportunity to collaborate during their moving statements.
Being a part of this song with you is such an honor. He said, “I genuinely feel that God gave us the song to sing together, and I’m so honored to have a small part in your enormous musical legacy.” “So thank you so much.”
Regarding the “Uptown Funk” singer, Gaga exclaimed: “Bruno, you are an amazing person. You will always be remembered as a musician. Without Bruno, I wouldn’t understand music.
She also expressed gratitude to Michael Polansky, her fiancé. “Michael, I love you so much, all your support and love every single day.”
“It is a privilege to be a songwriter and a producer a musician,” she said. “It’s such an honor to sing for all of you.”
Gaga then received a standing ovation for her homage to the LGBT community. Tonight, I would want to emphasize that transgender individuals are not invisible. Transgender persons are worthy of love. The LGBT community needs to be given more visibility.
“Music is love,” she said in her conclusion. “Thank you.”
Mars and Gaga honored people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires with a stunning performance of Mama and the Papas’ “California Dreamin'” earlier in the awards program.
This year, there was a lot of talent in the category. The songs “Levii’s Jeans” by Beyoncé and Post Malone, “Us” by Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift, “Guess” by Charli xcx and Billie Eilish, and “The Boy Is Mine” by Ariana Grande, Brandy, and Monica were the nominations.
The duet “Die with a Smile” is Gaga and Mars’ debut collaboration, and it was definitely long overdue.
When the song was released, Gaga gushed in a statement, “Bruno and I have a lot of mutual respect for each other and were talking about collaborating.” “I was finishing up my own album in Malibu and one night after a long day he asked me to come to his studio to hear something he was working on.”
To create and record the tune, the musicians ended up staying up all night. “Bruno’s talent is beyond explanation,” Gaga said. “His vision and musicianship are exceptional. Nobody compares to him.
Gaga, the “Marry You” singer, is referred to as “an icon,” and she adds enchantment to this song. I can’t wait to hear it from everyone.”
“If the world was ending, I’d wanna be next to you / If the party was over, and our time on Earth was through / I’d wanna hold you, just for a while / And die with a smile,” the fervent chorus is belted out by Gaga and Mars, who are both nominated for two Grammys this year.
The song, which was released in August, peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January.
