Lady Gaga records duet with Florence Welch for new album

Lady Gaga has recorded a duet with British singer Florence Welch for her upcoming album.

The Poker Face singer co-hosted the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw on Friday morning (09Sep16) to mark the premiere of new single Perfect Illusion, her first pop song since 2014. During the chat she revealed her upcoming fifth solo album will feature a collaboration with the Florence + The Machine singer.

"There's a feature on the album that I think you will be very excited about. Me and Florence Welch did a duet together," she said. "I started to work on an idea for a song that I really wanted to do with a girl. You'll see why when you see what the song is about... I just thought 'who do I want to sing with?' She's really to me if not the best, one of the greatest vocalists in the world. She's incredible."

Perfect Illusion, her first single from the album, is about social media, how people try to create glorified version of their lives and how we must accept most things we see on the Internet "aren't reality".

She wrote the lyrics on a typewriter and created the song with Kevin Parker from Australian band Tame Impala and producers Mark Ronson and BloodPop. The team were so excited about the release of their "baby" they video called each other and got emotional ahead of its premiere.

"I'm just so excited," she said. "It's really special on a personal level too between me and Mark and BloodPop and Kevin. We were all on Facetime this morning and screaming and crying. It's our baby.

"I got to be obsessed with music with a bunch of guys that are like my brothers... The first day I was in the studio with Mark I cried the whole day. I was so overwhelmed with excitement. It was so overwhelming to have that love all day."

Lady Gaga was so hyped about sharing her new track she accidentally swore on live morning radio. She apologised to listeners and told them, "I have a potty mouth."