We're just days out now from the first few episodes of Netflix's Wednesday season two dropping, and we're being fed with premiere looks and official trailers for the upcoming season. But arguably the most exciting news to come in the lead up to the season's launch is that Mother Monster, aka Lady Gaga, has a new song en route.
Naturally, our brains are in overdrive imagining how the track will complement Tim Burton's television creation. Could there be another dance scene to rival season one's prom routine to The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck!? A girl can dream.
Without further ado, everything we know about Lady Gaga's new music, and Wednesday season two, below.
Lady Gaga has a new song en route
To accompany her role in the series, Lady Gaga will release a track titled 'Dead Dance.' According to Deadline, the song and an accompanying music video will be released in September to coincide with her appearance in the show as Rosaline Rotwood, a “legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday.”
Tim Burton has been singing Lady Gaga's praises
At the show's London premiere on Wednesday night, Burton described working with Lady Gaga on Wednesday S2 as “inspirational,” saying, “She’s such an artist. These people come on this set, you see the whole crew kind of light up. It’s a beautiful thing to witness.”
Reflecting on the Addams family dynamic, he mused, “Everybody says they have a family that’s weird, but I’m like, name me one normal family.”
When is Wednesday Season 2 being released?
The first part of Wednesday's second season will be released on Netflix on 6 August 2025, and second part will drop nearly a month later, 3 September 2025.
Watch the official trailer for Wednesday season two
As expected, there's plenty to take in: in particular, Wednesday has a vision in which her roommate, Enid (Emma Myers), suffers an untimely fate. “Enid dies and it’s all my fault," she tells her mother, her face streaked with black tears. What comes next (and what will surely define season two) is a ploy to save Enid from whatever has happened.
Watch the first six minutes of Wednesday season two
In addition to the trailer, Netflix has also released the first six minutes of the premiere episode, titled 'Here We Woe Again'. You can watch that here:
What can we expect from season two?
According to Jenna Ortega, season two is shaping up to be just as iconic as its predecessor, with the actress sharing it's brimming with “a lot of horror references.”
“Visually, I can say we have some of the most fun we’ve ever had. It’s crazy to talk about one frame like this, but there is a frame of Pugsley rolling his eyes back with this contraption around his head—that’s all I can say— and it reminds me so much of Full Metal Jacket,” she told Collider. “It’s insane. So bizarre.”
Who is cast in Wednesday season two?
The latest A-lister to join the cast is Grammy and Oscar winner, Lady Gaga. Exact details on her involvement are still under wraps, but we'll just say, we'd love to see a dance scene in the mix (and perhaps an original song to go with it?).
Of course, it wouldn't be Wednesday without Jenna Ortega reprising her titular role. And Netflix have also confirmed the return of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, and Georgie Farmer, as well as Fred Armisen and Jamie McShane in guest roles.
There's also been confirmation of a few extra special names that are joining the cast list for the second season.
Thandie Newton is on the call sheet – although her exact character details are being kept under wraps. And Newton's casting announcement came just days after Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, and The Big Lebowski star Steve Buscemi was announced to be attached to the show's second season.
Again, while exact character details are being kept tightly under wraps, it's rumoured that Buscemi could portray Nevermore Academy's new principal (despite Gwendoline Christie, it seems, teasing her character's return from *spoiler* beyond the grave. Having said in an interview, "We haven’t seen her put in the ground, have we?").
Noticeably absent from Netflix's confirmed casting announcement is Percy Hynes White, who starred in Season 1 as Xavier Thorpe.
Netflix unveiled the seasons' guest star lineup that includes Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd, Absolutely Fabulous's Joanna Lumley, Sixth Sense's Haley Joel Osment and Scream's Heather Matarazzo.
What about a season 3?
Wednesday was recently handed an early Season 3 renewal – so we can expect to see more from the team very soon.
