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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ mega-hit song Die With a Smile has crossed the 2 billion stream mark on Spotify and is the fastest song to achieve this feat on the streaming platform. The soft rock and pop blending track also set a record as the longest-reigning daily number-one song on the Spotify platform.
The song was released on August 16, 2024, as a collaborative project between two singers and will be listed as the last track on Lady Gaga’s upcoming album, Mayhem. Die With A Smile’s music video has garnered 778 million views on YouTube, highlighting the song’s several achievements.
@chartdata on X shared the news of the track’s latest Spotify milestone, and fans are thrilled by the news.
@alphareyy tweeted in response:
“Icon doing icon things.”
Netizens praised the duo for creating the hit song:
“Thank you for inviting Gaga over to your studio, Bruno. It gave us an unforgettable masterpiece. Nothing compares. Gagas ability to adapt to any genre added power to the song," @stephaneriopel tweeted.
“Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars just made history—unstoppable duo,” @Grey__Storm stated.
“Legends doing legendary things," @SofiaCodeXadded.
Others described Die With A Smile as a “smash” and “pure fire”:
“Now that’s what you call a global SMASH,” @allYourBaseNft reacted.
“This tune is pure fire. 2B streams recorded in record time proves it’s a global anthem,” @DjDaley praised.
“Biggest hit of the 2020s, oh I know that’s right,” @willbadnews added.
Netizens continued to shower praises for the song’s milestone on Spotify.
“Bruno and Gaga just changed the game!” @Yuvrajshh9001 tweeted.
“Both of them are the best. Congratulations,” @130pjmstan expressed.
More details on Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars as the track makes history on Spotify
The Pop-soul and soft-rock song was written by both the artists alongside Dernst Emile II, Andrew Watt, and James Fauntleroy. The song was created when Mars invited Lady Gaga over to his studio. The Bad Romance hitmaker heard the track in progress, loved it, and finished writing and recording the remaining part of the song with Mars on the same day.
In Die With A Smile, the singers express their enduring love for one another, notwithstanding life’s challenges. The song’s bittersweet lyrics portray lovers who are willing to spend their last moments with each other.
The chorus reads:
“If the world was ending/ I'd wanna be next to you/ If the party was over/ And our time on Earth was through/ I'd wanna hold you just for a while/ And die with a smile/ If the world was ending/ I'd wanna be next to you,”
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The track topped the Billboard Global 200 charts for two weeks and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance on February 2, 2025.
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