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Lady Gaga reacts after new song ‘Stupid Love’ interrupts Italy coronavirus meeting

Song is an excerpt from Gaga’s upcoming sixth album, ‘Chromatica’

Clémence Michallon

New York

Wednesday 04 March 2020 23:43 GMT

Lady Gaga on 1 February 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for AT&T)

Lady Gaga’s new song "Stupid Love" recently played in an unexpected setting: an important meeting about the coronavirus in Italy.

A video of the event, shared on the official Facebook Page for the country’s Liguria region, shows the tune playing – apparently by accident from someone’s phone – during the event.

The meeting was one in a series of gatherings related to the coronavirus outbreak.

Gaga’s song was met with a few chuckles before the conversation went back to its original tone.

The artist, a native New Yorker with Italian ancestry, has reacted to the moment (a video of which was shared on Twitter by the fan account Gaga Media).

“And this is why I make music,” she wrote.

"Stupid Love" is an excerpt from Gaga's upcoming sixth studio album Chromatica, scheduled to be released on 10 April.

Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s currently the European country that has been the most hit by the outbreak.

The total number of dead in Italy rose to 107 after 28 people died of the highly contagious virus over the past 24 hours, the Civil Protection Agency said.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Gondoliers wait for customers in Venice, Italy, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Authorities in Italy decided to re-open schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak in the country which has the most cases outside of Asia, as Italians on Friday yearned for a return to normal life even amid fears that the outbreak could plunge the country's economy into recession.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Gondoliers wait for customers in Venice, Italy, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Authorities in Italy decided to re-open schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak in the country which has the most cases outside of Asia, as Italians on Friday yearned for a return to normal life even amid fears that the outbreak could plunge the country's economy into recession.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge) in Venice, Italy, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Authorities in Italy decided to re-open schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak in the country which has the most cases outside of Asia, as Italians on Friday yearned for a return to normal life even amid fears that the outbreak could plunge the country's economy into recession.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

A gondolier on the Grand Canal as the sun sets in Venice, Italy, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Authorities in Italy decided to re-open schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak in the country which has the most cases outside of Asia, as Italians on Friday yearned for a return to normal life even amid fears that the outbreak could plunge the country's economy into recession.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

A local pulls a trolley as she leaves a street food market in Venice, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. A U.S. government advisory urging Americans to reconsider travel to Italy due to the spread of a new virus is the "final blow" to the nation's tourism industry, the head of Italy's hotel federation said Saturday. Venice, which was nearing recovery in the Carnival season following a tourist lull after record flooding in November, saw bookings drop immediately after regional officials canceled the final two days of celebrations this week, unprecedented in modern times.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Locals wait for a mass at the barely empty San Salvador church in Venice, Sunday, March 1, 2020. A coughing Pope Francis told Italy, pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing that he is canceling his participation at a week-long spiritual retreat in the Roman countryside because of a cold. It is the first time in his seven-year papacy that he has missed the spiritual exercises that he initiated early in his pontificate to mark the start of each Lenten season.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Tourists wearing protective masks take photographs in Venice, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Italian tourism officials are worrying a new virus could do more damage to their industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks as the country's confirmed cases surpassed 1,000.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Tourists wearing protective masks look at their smartphones as they have a break at the St. Mark's square in Venice, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Italian tourism officials are worrying a new virus could do more damage to their industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks as the country's confirmed cases surpassed 1,000.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

A couple stand at the Rialto bridge during a rainy day in Venice, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Italian tourism officials are worrying a new virus could do more damage to their industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks as the country's confirmed cases surpassed 1,000.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

An empty canal is seen after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

An empty water bus after the spread of coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of tourists in Venice, Italy, March 1, 2020.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Tourists shelter against the rain with umbrellas as they walk in the empty St. Mark's Square during a rainy day in Venice, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Italian tourism officials are worrying a new virus could do more damage to their industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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Streets of Venice empty due to Coronavirus fears

Gondolas are parked on a rainy day in Venice, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Italian tourism officials are worrying a new virus could do more damage to their industry than the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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Education Minister Lucia Azzolina said schools and universities all over the country would be closed from Thursday until at least 15 March. Only those in the northern regions most heavily affected by the epidemic have been closed so far.

Additional reporting by agencies

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