After a half decade of waiting, the long-anticipated sequel to Joker – Joker: Folie À Deux – is finally ready to hit theaters, and fans could not be more excited. Todd Phillips’ original masterpiece,

As the Oscar winner prepares to debut her Harley Quinn in 'Joker: Folie á Deux', Lady Gaga recently announced the companion album 'Harlequin'.

For those unfamiliar with the project the film picks up following the events of Joker and sees Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) now institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his various crimes. It's during this time that he meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn (Gaga), and with her, the music that's inside of him.

When Joaquin Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the new movie sequel about the DC Comics villain he learned that the filmmakers wanted to focus on music in a new way. "They were kind of talking about this musical element,

Folie à Deux have found their way online today, showcasing the twisted romance between Arthur Fleck and Lee Quinzel. Filmmaker Todd Phillips also talks about those music numbers.

Oscar-winning & $1B+ grosser Joker did not release in China, but the sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, has been confirmed for October 16 in the market

Lady Gaga stays in character on Harlequin. It’s her companion to Joker: Folie a Deux, inspired by her role as Harley Quinn. But it’s a luxuriant album of jazzy swing, mostly standards, right in her sweet spot.

The most daring is on ‘The Joker.’ Michael [Polansky, Gaga’s fiancé] and I wanted to show the defiance of Lee proclaiming that she is the real criminal in all of this,” Gaga told Entertainment Weekly,

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It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.” In his own way, Arthur Fleck – the protagonist of 2019’s Joker and its upcoming sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux – can relate. After all, he was just a struggling comedian and party clown until he unintentionally inspired an anarchic social movement through his Gotham City murder spree.