As the Oscar winner prepares to debut her Harley Quinn in 'Joker: Folie á Deux', Lady Gaga recently announced the companion album 'Harlequin'.

For those unfamiliar with the project the film picks up following the events of Joker and sees Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) now institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his various crimes. It's during this time that he meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn (Gaga), and with her, the music that's inside of him.

Lady Gaga stays in character on Harlequin. It's her companion to Joker: Folie a Deux, inspired by her role as Harley Quinn. But it's a luxuriant album of jazzy swing, mostly standards, right in her sweet spot.

When Joaquin Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the new movie sequel about the DC Comics villain he learned that the filmmakers wanted to focus on music in a new way. "They were kind of talking about this musical element,

Folie à Deux companion album Harlequin dropped on Friday (September 27), and it shot right to No. 1 on iTunes, becoming an instant bestseller.

Oscar-winning & $1B+ grosser Joker did not release in China, but the sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, has been confirmed for October 16 in the market

Folie á Deux show the "folly of two" as one individual inspires psychotic expression in another or does it demonstrate why the DSM-5 renamed shared psychosis yet again?

The most daring is on ‘The Joker.’ Michael [Polansky, Gaga’s fiancé] and I wanted to show the defiance of Lee proclaiming that she is the real criminal in all of this,” Gaga told Entertainment Weekly,

Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, has been known for her musical prowess since the late 2000s. However, she is fast becoming just as acclaimed for her acting. Her next on-screen turn casts her opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie a Deux,

Lady Gaga finally unveiled the cover art for her latest LP, Harlequin, which she described as a "companion album" to the soundtrack for her upcoming Todd Phillips psychological musical thriller Joker: Folie à Deux.