The four minute video shows Gaga and a slew of dancers in a massive rehearsal space, working through the Parris Goebel-directed number, mirroring exactly how it looks in the final

It’s a melodic, slow ballad, showcasing Gaga and Mars’ vocal prowess. “Abracadabra” is not that. To understand this newest song one has to go further back than a few months, all the way to 2009’s breakthrough album,

"To me, this is how the magic is made," wrote Gaga about the video, which includes a cameo from Honey Balenciaga

Through recessions, social movements, and pandemics, the pop star has always swooped in to deliver anthems that seem tailor-made for the worst of times. Here she comes again.

Lady Gaga has cycled through many iterations in the time we’ve known her: disco diva, Warholian punk, country-inflected barroom balladeer, star of movies both successful and not. But with the Grammy-night debut of her video for the new single “Abracadabra,