Lady Gaga wears all black to visit a friend in West Hollywood after receiving very early Oscar buzz for her role in Joker: Folie à Deux

Lady Gaga visited a friend in West Hollywood over the weekend and kept a low profile while doing so. 

The Poker Face singer, 38, wore a long black coat over black leggings and a black t-shirt. 

The Academy Award winner and star of Joker: Folie à Deux wore black pumps and sunglasses and carried an oversized black handbag.

Gaga (born Stephani Germanotta) wore her platinum blonde hair slicked back in a bun.

Her face lit up into a big smile when her friends opened the gate to their property. 

Lady Gaga visited a friend in West Hollywood over the weekend and kept a low profile while doing so

Lady Gaga visited a friend in West Hollywood over the weekend and kept a low profile while doing so

The Poker Face singer, 38, wore a long black coat over black leggings and a black t-shirt

The Poker Face singer, 38, wore a long black coat over black leggings and a black t-shirt

The sighting comes as the Shallow singer is garnering some very early Oscar buzz for her role as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux.

The sequel to 2019's Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix became the first R-rated movie to gross over $1 billion globally on its way to a Best Picture nomination.

Phoenix won the Best Actor prize for the 2019 film and Gaga is in good position to be at the front of the pack of contenders for 2025. 

Entertainment Weekly said Gaga's performance is adept at 'tapping into her wild-child eccentricities, belting her brains out (is rumored to be a musical), and making this year's Best Actress race a wickedly good (and weird) time.'

Last month insiders told Variety the film would be 'mostly a jukebox musical,' meaning the songs will not be original but will be taken from other sources.

The movie is said to contain new renditions of at least 15 'very well-known' numbers, including the Judy Garland classic That's Entertainment from The Band Wagon.

A year ago, when Gaga was seen for the first time on the set of the sequel, she was filming a protest scene outside of City Hall in New York.

Harley holds up a sign that reads: 'JOKER MARRY ME,' amid a throng of demonstrators brandishing placards with slogans like 'FREE JOKER.'

Lady Gaga is at work on her new album and shared a selfie on her 38th birthday.

The sighting comes as the Shallow singer is garnering some very early Oscar buzz for her role as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux, pictured on the set of the film in 2023

The sighting comes as the Shallow singer is garnering some very early Oscar buzz for her role as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux, pictured on the set of the film in 2023

The sequel to 2019's Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix became the first R-rated movie to gross over $1 billion globally on its way to a Best Picture nomination

The sequel to 2019's Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix became the first R-rated movie to gross over $1 billion globally on its way to a Best Picture nomination

Entertainment Weekly said Gaga's performance is adept at 'tapping into her wild-child eccentricities, belting her brains out (is rumored to be a musical), and making this year's Best Actress race a wickedly good (and weird) time'

Entertainment Weekly said Gaga's performance is adept at 'tapping into her wild-child eccentricities, belting her brains out (is rumored to be a musical), and making this year's Best Actress race a wickedly good (and weird) time'

Last month insiders told Variety the film would be 'mostly a jukebox musical,' meaning the songs will not be original but will be taken from other sources

Last month insiders told Variety the film would be 'mostly a jukebox musical,' meaning the songs will not be original but will be taken from other sources

The Grammy winner recently celebrated her 38th birthday

The Grammy winner recently celebrated her 38th birthday

'Today has been so special—I can’t remember a time I was so happy on my bday. I am in love with my best friend, my family and friends are loving and kind and healthy,' she gushed. 

'I feel like my heart is bursting with gratitude for my own health and MUSIC—I am writing some of my best music in as long as I can remember our movie Joker 2: Folie à Deux is coming out soon —AND seeing messages from all over the world from little monsters—artists—publications that love my work it means so much to me,' she continued. 

'Thank you thank you thank you for loving me the way you do and for having such a real love for my songs—I’ve been writing ❤️pop songs since I was a little girl I can’t believe I still get to do what I love. 

'This year will be an important and meaningful year for us I know. Music changes people lives im so honored I get to be a part of that in this life,' she concluded.