Taylor Swift Is Not Featured On Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Album

Thanks to Tate McRae’s Sydney Sweeney vocal Easter egg on So Close To What, pop music listeners are examining new releases with a fine tooth comb.

Now, fans believe they’ve found something interesting hidden the background vocals on Lady Gaga’s new album Mayhem. After diving into the project, supporters flocked to X (formerly Twitter) claiming that Lady Gaga’s latest song “How Bad Do U Want Me” secretly featured Taylor Swift.

Although both singers super fan bases (Little Monsters and Swifties) are unified in the now viral theory a new both claims otherwise. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, an insider has debunked the report.

Still, fans are not giving up without a fight. Many have gone on to reference instrumental and production similarities between Gaga’s “How Bad Do U Want Me” and Swift’s 2017 track “Gorgeous.” However, as the outlet points out, Gaga did not even sample Swift’s tune. Instead, “How Bad Do U Want Me” uses an interpolation of Yazoo’s 1982 track “Only You.”

While the pop titans are overdue for a chart-topping collaboration, Mayhem was not the vehicle for the musical meetup.

Judge for yourself. Listen to Lady Gaga’s new song “How Bad Do U Want Me” above.

Mayhem is out now via Interscope Records. Find more information here.