Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix live to the applause of the first feature of Warner Bros Joker: Folie À Deux trailer, which arrived on Tuesday (July 23).
In the nearly three-minute teaser, viewers find Phoenix's Arthur Fleck institutionalized as he awaits trial for crimes he committed as the Joker. While there, he meets Quinn and the pair embark on a whimsical and darkly chaotic musical journey that leaves viewers wondering what is real and what is imagined.
“When I first saw the Joker – when I saw you – for once in my life, I didn't feel so alone anymore,” Gaga says in a voice-over as she smashes a shop window to steal a TV. showing footage of Fleck in a jail cell;
The footage then cuts to clips of mobs flocking to a courthouse to protest the Joker's imprisonment and Fleck, fueled by public support, defending himself in court. All the while, he and Quinn waltzed to Frank Sinatra's strangely cheerful “When You're Smiling” in bright clothes and tattered clothes. The ending culminates with the two characters hosting a 1960s variety show, both wearing their signature clown paint.
“I have a sneaking suspicion that we're not giving the people what they want,” the Joker says into an old-fashioned microphone, to which Quinn replies, “It's okay, baby – let's give the people what they want.”
The 13-time Grammy winner has been confirmed for the first time to star Folie A Deux — which serves as a follow-up to 2019 Joker — in August 2022. The following April, photos surfaced of Gaga in her creepy costume filming music scenes in New York.
The trailer arrives a day after Gaga was spotted in Paris, fueling rumors that she will perform at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. She is also in the process of working on new music, having recently shared photos from the studio with the caption, “ Happy as always to make music… feel so grateful, heart is at peace. It's like meditation. I can't wait for you to hear what I'm working on.”
Check out the new one Joker: Folie À Deux, arriving in theaters October 4, over.
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