Lady Gaga Will Give You Full-Body Chills In First A Star Is Born Trailer

Fans have been clamoring for a look at Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born remake since the project was reported in 2015. Nevertheless it wasn't up until Lady Gaga boarded the star-making car in 2016 that the anticipation really began to build. After the film's glowing reception at CinemaCon in April, Warner Bros. Has officially dropped the opening trailer for what will surely be an awards contender this fall.


Watch Gaga and director-star Cooper brood, sing, and break our hearts in the intimate first footage from A Star Is Born:


A Star Is Born — a remake of a so-so remake of an outstanding remake — marks Cooper's directorial debut. He stars as a washed-up nation star named Jackson Maine who is "on the brink of reject any time once he meets Ally (Gaga), a unknown talent with star-making potential. The two start an enthusiastic love affair, which is all fine and good up until Ally's career begins to eclipse Jackson's. As you could visualize from the trailer, that's once everything begins to unravel into a brilliant storm of heartbreak and substance abuse.


It also gives us a taste of the sweeping original music Gaga composed for the film. The soundtrack also features collaborations with Mark Ronson (who she last teamed up with on Joanne) and extra writing from Lukas Nelson and Jason Isbell.


Oh, and that bit of singing at the best of the trailer? That was all Cooper. Throughout an appearance at CinemaCon, Cooper revealed that Gaga not only brought her own grit and talent to the role of Ally, nevertheless she also forced him to sing all of his songs live — even in front of thousands of screaming fans at one of the greatest musical festivals in the world: Coachella.


A Star Is Born hits theaters on October 5.