Lady Gaga has declared a “pop emergency” and has rush released her new single Applause after increasing pressure from hackers and poor quality leaks of the track.

Since leaks of Applause and another track from her upcoming ARTPOP album, Burqa have been leaked on the internet, Gaga has taken to Twitter to plead to fans to avoid and where possible delete the poor quality leaks.

Gaga again took to Twitter today and in a series of tweets she said: "A POP MUSIC EMERGENCY IS UNDERWAY 911.

"911 SUMMON THE MONSTER TROUPES. HERE IS A PHOTO TO ACCOMPANY THIS EMERGENCY."

"DUE TO HACKERS AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW/HIGH QUALITY LEAKS...WE ISSUE THIS POP MUSIC EMERGENCY...MONSTERS SPREAD THE WORD.

"MY NEW SINGLE 'APPLAUSE' IS OUT TODAY AND CAN BE HEARD ON UNITED STATES RADIO IN 15 MINUTES. INTERNATIONAL RADIO TO FOLLOW.

"POP MUSIC EMERGENCY #0DAYSTillAPPLAUSE MY NEW SINGLE COMES OUT TODAY. 911 SPREAD THIS MESSAGE."

So far there have been mixed reviews about the new track, the first from ARTPOP but its performance in the charts is what matters and that will become apparent at the end of the week.

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