Joker : Folie À Deux : Music From The Motion Picture (2024)

""Joker: Folie à Deux", Todd Phillips’ musical sequel to his divisive 2019 hit Joker, is out today. It once again stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker, and this time Lady Gaga is on board as his Harleen “Lee” Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn. Lady Gaga also released the companion album "Harlequin", a collection of showtunes and standards inspired by her character in the film. (It’s the kind of corny theater-kid music that has traditionally repelled me, but for some reason I love it and have been listening to it all week. Getting older is weird.) But "Harlequin" is not the movie’s official soundtrack. That’s a whole separate album. "The Folie À Deux" soundtrack does overlap significantly with "Harlequin". Quite a few of the oldies on Gaga’s album appear here in darker, more doom-laden form. Phoenix sings some of them, including, obviously, “The Joker.”" (Stereogum)