“I didn’t know much about her and honestly wasn’t sure what to expect,” he added to the magazine. “I was struck immediately by her warmth and openness—she was so genuinely curious about what my life was like growing up in Minnesota.”

While Gaga probably could come up with a million reasons to keep her romance with Polansky private, she’s given glimpses into their life together—such as by sharing pictures from their time in quarantine, calling him the “love of my life” in an MSNBC interview, and celebrating her song “Stupid Love”—a track about finding the one and being vulnerable—with a post that read, “I’ve got a STUPID love.”

They’ve also made several public outings together over the past few years, including at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021 (where Gaga sang the national anthem) and at Katy Perry’s and U2’s Las Vegas concerts in 2023.

Still, that doesn’t mean the “Just Dance” artist is just going to divulge every detail about her life and work.

“I may not be sharing as much of myself online as I have in the past,” she wrote in part of a 2023 Instagram post to her fans, “but I hope you know this time to myself has been extremely healing and recharging for my heart, mind, body, and creativity—to create within myself and to have a personal life that’s just for me. I’m sure that may feel different because I haven’t always been so private (I bet that will make some of you laugh)—but I LOVE my fans, my little monsters, so much and that will never change.”

Clearly, Gaga and Polansky were far from the shallow in terms of the depth of their relationship. However, the A Star Is Born actress and the Outer Biosciences CEO dove in even deeper by getting engaged on a rock-climbing excursion shortly after her birthday this past March.

“We climbed up to the top, and we looked around, and we took so photos,” she revealed on the Oct. 1 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “And then we went back down and we were just walking back to the room and talking. He actually—it was very Michael to ask me if he could ask me. He wanted to know if it was OK to propose before he proposed. And I was like, ‘Yes! It’s so OK.'”

Not long after, fans noticed Gaga was wearing a diamond ring on that finger. Still, the engagement news wouldn’t be confirmed until she was heard calling Polansky her fiancé during a conversation with France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at the 2024 Olympics, where she performed during the Opening Ceremony.

As for what the future bride and groom have planned for their wedding?

“We actually talk a lot of about just going to a courthouse just the two of us and ordering Chinese food,” she continued to Jimmy Kimmel. “But knowing me, also it could become a circus with unicorns.”

While fans will have to wait for an official Save the Date, the “Telephone” artist has been k-kinda busy—OK, more like really busy. In addition to promoting her new movie Joker: Folie à Deux and its corresponding album Harlequin (for which Polansky served as a producer), Gaga has been continuing to run her beauty empire Haus Labs and teased to Vogue she’s working on a pop record. And the couple has proven they support each other in their work.

“Michael is so brilliant in the way that he works,” Gaga told E! News at the Los Angeles premiere of Joker Sept. 30. “And he never ceases to amaze me. I’ve watched him in so many facets of business, in science and biotech, in philanthropy, and like somehow he’s also magic with music.”

She added, “We have this amazing creative bond, and making Harlequin with him was just completely special in every way.”

So as Gaga—who was previously engaged to Taylor Kinney and Christian Carino—continues to dance, dance, dance through her new chapter, she’s thrilled to have Polansky by her side.

“I kind of thought I was going to have to do this all by myself—forever,” the “Blood Mary” singer told Vogue. “And that was really scary. Because it’s a big life. And I don’t think anyone really knows what it feels like unless you’re in it.” However, she told the mag, “I don’t have to do this alone anymore.”

As you give Gaga and Polansky a round of applause, keep reading to look back at their road to engagement.