Lady Gaga Reacts to Lucy Dacus’ ‘Abracadabra’ Cover: ‘I Love This So Much’
Written by djfrosty on April 2, 2025
Billboard Women in Music 2025
Lucy Dacus just had a magical moment as a Lady Gaga fan. After the Boygenius star covered the pop icon’s Mayhem single “Abracadabra” on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, Gaga left Dacus stunned by showering the rendition with praise on TikTok.
Commenting on a video of the “Ankles” singer’s performance on Wednesday (April 2), Mother Monster wrote, “I LOVE this so much,” adding a crying emoji. “wow,” she added. “captures the purity of the song.”
On X shortly afterward, Dacus posted a screenshot of Gaga’s message and simply wrote, “I’m shaking.”
BBC first shared the cover the day prior. In the video, Dacus substituted the intense, flashy pop of “Abracadabra” with soft vocals, mellow piano and finger-picked acoustic guitar, bringing out an entirely different side of the track. “With a haunting dance, now you’re both in a trance/ It’s time to cast your spell on the night/ Abracadabra/ Amor oo na na/ Abra ca da bra,” Dacus sang pensively during the performance.
Gaga dropped “Abracadabra” in February ahead of Mayhem, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last month. So far, the single has peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Dacus also shared a new LP in March: Forever Is a Feeling, her first album since Boygenius’ Grammy-winning The Record and the Virginia native’s own Home Video album from 2021. In a recent interview with Billboard about the project, Dacus — who recently confirmed her romance with Boygenius bandmate Julien Baker — opened up about writing specificity into the love songs on her new record.
“Once you focus on one thing and one person, it actually recontextualizes everything else,” she said. “And you realize that every detail is its own universe.”
See Gaga’s comment and Dacus’ reaction below.