Lady Gaga closed Netflix’s Tudum 2025 showcase at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on May 31, stepping from a velvet-lined coffin into strobing lights to deliver a three-song medley—“Zombieboy,” “Bloody Mary” and “Abracadabra”—before leading dancers dressed as Wednesday Addams through the TikTok-famous routine that propelled “Bloody Mary” back onto the charts in 2022.
Mid-performance the singer confirmed she will appear in Wednesday’s second season as Rosaline Rotwood, a legendary Nevermore Academy teacher, an announcement Netflix echoed across its social feeds in real time. Entertainment Weekly reports that Rotwood’s arc unfolds in Part 2 of the season, premiering September 3.
Series co-creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who joined the Tudum stage earlier in the broadcast, promised “horror-movie-worthy moments” while unveiling the first six minutes, which place Jenna Ortega’s heroine in a candle-lit chase with a masked killer. Millar added that “nothing is what it seems” at Nevermore this year, hinting at a darker tone than season one’s gothic coming-of-age tale.
Netflix said the eight-episode run will be split in two: Part 1 drops August 6, with the remaining episodes arriving September 3, a staggered release pattern the streamer has increasingly adopted for marquee series. The new cast list also brings Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper and Haley Joel Osment into the fold alongside returning leads Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Analysts view Gaga’s cameo and show-stopping set as Netflix’s bid to extend Tudum’s reach beyond fandom insiders; Variety Australia logged her routine as the most-shared clip from the livestream, while Reddit discussion threads lit up with debate over whether the pop star might overshadow Ortega’s breakout performance or inject fresh energy into the franchise.