Title: "Lady Gaga and Tim Burton Unveil Eerie ‘The Dead Dance’ Video Featuring Singer as Creepy Doll for Netflix Single"

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Lady Gaga and Tim Burton Unleash Eerie Collaboration for Wednesday’s “The Dead Dance”
[Image: Lady Gaga and Tim Burton on set, surrounded by dolls, with caption: “Gaga and Burton’s haunting collaboration filmed on Mexico’s Isla de las Munecas.”]

Lady Gaga has joined forces with visionary director Tim Burton for The Dead Dance, a spine-chilling music video created for Netflix’s hit series Wednesday. The 39-year-old music icon and 67-year-old filmmaker crafted the eerie visual alongside producers Michael Polansky and Natalie Testa. The video coincides with Gaga’s guest role in Season 2 of the show, which Burton also produces.

Filmed on Mexico’s Isla de las Munecas (Island of the Dolls), the video opens with Gaga perched on a wall surrounded by weathered dolls. As the song’s funky beat kicks in, the dolls eerily come to life. Masked dancers join her under shifting skies, transitioning from day to night, while the dolls bob their heads rhythmically. Burton’s signature gothic style shines through, blending black-and-white scenes with bursts of vivid color.

[Image: Gaga performing with masked dancers, caption: “Gaga and dancers channel the song’s spooky, dance-ready energy.”]

Gaga revealed the track was inspired by heartbreak: “The Dead Dance is about how a breakup can kill our hope for love. But it’s also about finding joy with friends after pain.” The song merges haunting lyrics with an upbeat, ’80s-inspired electro-pop sound. Billboard praised its “bouncy, funky vibe,” while Rolling Stone called it a “soaring pop track.”

The collaboration began after Gaga reached out to the Wednesday team post-Season 1, writing the song specifically for the show. A dance sequence in Episode 6 was secretly choreographed to a placeholder track for over a year before Gaga’s final version was added. In the series, she plays Rosaline Rotwood, a 1960s psychic teacher at Nevermore Academy.

[Image: Isla de las Munecas setting, caption: “The eerie Island of the Dolls in Mexico sets the video’s chilling backdrop.”]

Costumes by Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland) and choreography by Parris Goebel (Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty) amplify the video’s surreal aesthetic. Fans of Wednesday’s first season will recognize Gaga’s earlier viral hit Bloody Mary, which fueled the show’s dance craze.

[Image: Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, caption: “Jenna Ortega returns as the iconic Wednesday Addams in Season 2.”]

The Dead Dance dropped alongside Wednesday’s Season 2 premiere on September 3, 2025. Early reviews hail it as both a “macabre masterpiece” and a dancefloor anthem, solidifying Gaga’s flair for merging drama and pop. As NME noted: “It’s Thriller-meets-funk—pure Gaga magic.”

[Image: Gaga in a dramatic pose, caption: “Gaga’s Rosaline Rotwood brings 1960s psychic intrigue to Wednesday.”]

With this collaboration, Gaga and Burton prove that even in darkness, art—and killer beats—thrive.