Regarding her upcoming pop LG7 album, global music powerhouse Lady Gaga, 38, credits her husband-to-be, Minnesota native Michael Polansky, for nudging her into making it. The two have been dating since 2019, and in April this year, the businessman, 41, popped the big question. She told Vogue in September 2024,
"Michael is the person who told me to make a new pop record. He was like, ‘Babe. I love you. You need to make pop music.’"
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In the same interview, Polansky chimed in,
"Like anyone would do for the person they love, I encouraged her to lean in to the joy of it. On the Chromatica tour, I saw a fire in her; I wanted to help her keep that alive all the time and just start making music that made her happy.”
Who is Michael Polansky? More about Lady Gaga's husband-to-be
Michael Polansky's LinkedIn lists him as a "founder and investor." According to CBS News, he is a Harvard alum, having attended the school from 2002 to 2006 to study Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. His LinkedIn also indicates that he sits on the board of Lady Gaga's makeup brand, Haus Labs, which he joined in August. Furthermore, he has been serving on the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy board since 2016.
In a September 2024 interview with Vogue, Gaga revealed that her mother met her future husband first as the two crossed paths for some philanthropic work. She said,
"My mom met him and she said to me, ‘I think I just met your husband,’ and I said, ‘I’m not ready to meet my husband!’ ” Gaga recalled. “I could never have imagined that my mom … found the most perfect person for me?”
She continued, recanting how the two first met at a friend's birthday party:
"I got invited and I said, ‘I wonder if Michael is going to be there,’ and my mom said yes, and so I went to the party and I kept asking for him and he finally came over to me and we talked for three hours. We had the most amazing conversation."
In speaking to Buzzfeed Canada, the singer touched on what is in the cards for her for the near future with Michael Polansky:
"You know, I’m so happy to be in love and I’m so excited to have a family. So that’s definitely number one.”
Lady Gaga's latest studio album, Harlequin, was released in September 2024. Michael Polansky served as co-executive producer on the album, and the two are credited on four tracks: Good Morning, Oh, When the Saints, Get Happy, and If My Friends Could See Me Now.
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