Lady Gaga Announces Plans to Marry Michael Polansky

Lady Gaga announced Friday that she and her fiancé, Michael Polansky, plan to marry soon, sharing the news during a surprise call-in to collaborator Bruno Mars' Romantic Radio livestream on iHeartRadio's TikTok.

The pop star, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, contacted Mars on March 6 from an undisclosed location. "Me and my fiancé have been traveling all year," Gaga said in the recorded message, "but we're getting married soon. We were hoping you could choose a special song for us." Mars, promoting his new album The Romantic, recommended the track "Risk It All" from the February release. "If you're looking for a song to dedicate to your husband, I would say off this new album of mine, I would go with Risk It All. Track one," he replied. He then dedicated the song to the couple, adding, "Michael, this is for you too."

Gaga and Polansky, a tech entrepreneur and Harvard graduate, have kept their relationship relatively private since meeting in December 2019. Gaga has said her mother introduced them at a party hosted by tech billionaire Sean Parker. She recalled searching for him during the event, leading to a three-hour conversation about music, science and art. Their first...