Swift’s latest TikTok features a message that reads, “Not pregnant–just down bad cryin at the gym.” The song, “Down Bad,” by The Tortured Poets Department, debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 last month. (The entire lyrics: “Everything comes out as teenage petulance/ Now I’m down bad crying at the gym.”)

Gaga also added, “Register to vote at www.headcount.org,” utilising a prominent platform to encourage her Little Monsters to speak up.

In the video, Gaga sports a dramatic black eyeliner look while lip-syncing to a voiceover from TikTok that declares, “I don’t have to find an aesthetic.” I have aesthetic sensibilities. I’m sure that someone is using Pinterest right now to try to come up with a list of all the adjectives that best characterise me. Back in 2021, notpennyproud, a TikTok user, first uploaded the audio.

The fans who thought they noticed signs of a baby belly in pictures of Gaga attending her sister’s wedding on Saturday with partner Michael Polansky were the ones who started the pregnancy rumours over the weekend.

The pop star’s upcoming musical phase was alluded to in the late-month HBO and Max debut of her Chromatica Ball performance video, which concluded with the message “LG7 GAGA RETURNS” flashing onscreen. And it won’t be her only significant undertaking: Her role as Harley Quinn in the forthcoming musical sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, costarring Joaquin Phoenix, the original Joker, is scheduled to premiere in theatres on October 4.