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"Lady Gaga has confirmed that her new single will be &amp;#039;Applause&amp;#039;. The title was widely rumoured earlier this week after the singer&amp;#039;s make-up artist Tara Savelo posted an image of her colouring in the artwork for what appears to be her new release on her Littlemonsters.com social network site.  However, Gaga confirmed the track as her first ARTPOP single release on Twitter this evening (July 28). The single&amp;#039;s cover, which was shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, was subsequently revealed by WWD. It features a close-up of Gaga as a pierrot with smeared make-up and a black headwrap.  The &amp;#039;Alejandro&amp;#039; singer has also announced that fans can now preorder her new LP on August 19 rather than the originally announced September 1. She wrote: &amp;quot;Due to public anticipation ITUNES will now offer preorder for ARTPOP album/app AUG 19 the same day you can purchase my new single &amp;#039;Applause&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; ARTPOP - the star&amp;#039;s first studio album since 2011&amp;#039;s Born This Way - will be released on November 11. She will perform &amp;#039;Applause&amp;#039; for the first time at this year&amp;#039;s MTV Video Music Awards in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, August 25. Watch the music video for Gaga&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Bad Romance&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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