Lady Gaga's baby is already 'months old', friends say: Inside singer's ultra-secret new life as a mother and the lullaby music she's written... as she unveils glam 'Hollywood mama' look

'What I really want is to be a mom. That's my next starring role.'

Those were the words of Lady Gaga, speaking to late-night host Stephen Colbert in October last year. Nearly 12 months to the day, she is living out that dream with her first child.

Gaga, 40, has welcomed the baby with fiancé Michael Polansky, 42, after disappearing from the public eye for nearly five months.

Now, exclusive new photos obtained by the Daily Mail show the pop megastar looking every inch the Hollywood mama as she disembarked a private jet in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Cradling her baby, the Born This Way singer wore an elegant trench coat, full-length gown and towering heels. And she had even found time for a blowout, with her bleach-blonde hair looking perfectly coiffed. 

Perhaps that has something to do with her retinue of staff, seen in the photos carrying a car seat for the baby and even one of Gaga's French bulldogs off the plane and into a waiting SUV on the tarmac.

Gaga's glamorous get-up was a striking contrast to her low-key new mom look just days ago, when she was spotted in Northern California in pajama pants and her baby tucked into a front sling.

'She has been in full nesting mode and has never been happier in her life because being a mother was a very large goal, even more than becoming a successful musician,' a source told the Daily Mail.

'This is a dream for her, she is in heaven and relishing every moment.'

That newfound happiness has played out largely behind closed doors, with Gaga keeping a notably low profile in recent months as she prepared for life as a parent with Polansky.

The singer's retreat from the spotlight has also fueled whispers that she and Polansky may have already tied the knot, though Gaga has not commented publicly on either a secret wedding or the arrival of her baby.

Since her sold-out Mayhem Ball world tour wrapped in April, she has been laying low at her new $10 million mansion in Marin County, California, where she and Polansky are said to have been enjoying their family bubble away from the cameras.

Her social media presence has slowed, too, with the singer largely sharing promotional posts for her makeup brand Haus Labs every few weeks rather than giving fans any glimpses behind the scenes of her personal life.

'The baby is a few months old and she has been a mom for a while, she just kept the baby news quiet,' the source said. 'She has been able to do so because she has mostly been at her new home in Marin County, which is extremely private.'

But Gaga's first public outings with her little one were not about making a splash, the source insisted – they were simply the result of a doting mom refusing to spend a second apart from her baby.

'She never leaves the baby, only if she runs out for a quick errand. She is there in the nursery all the time because she doesn't want to miss a moment,' the insider said. 'She holds the baby all the time because she wants to bond.'

For now, the native New Yorker (real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) is said to be happiest hunkering down in the Marin County home, though she also owns a $22.5 million mansion in Malibu.

'She wants to stay home, but she also has to travel and she really wants to spend some time in New York with her family so they can get to know the baby, so watch for her to go back east soon,' the insider said.

Her new arrival comes after Gaga spent years fending off pregnancy speculation. The singer had been dogged by rumors since April 2024, when she and tech entrepreneur Polansky got engaged. 

That summer, footage emerged of Gaga performing at her sister Natali Germanotta's wedding in Maine. One excited fan wrote on social media: 'Lady Gaga randomly being pregnant and married.'

But the star swiftly shut down the claims, writing on TikTok: 'Not pregnant - just down bad crying at the gym.'

Still, the notoriously private star has never hidden the fact that she longed for motherhood.

In a March 2025 interview with the New York Times, she said she was 'excited to be a mom' despite once having 'a lot of apprehension about it.'

'I'm also kind of at war with myself sometimes as I get ready to, hopefully, become a mom soon,' she said. 'Like, today is wonderful, but the whole day has revolved around me. There's an incredible amount of narcissism in this.'

But any former apprehension appears to have melted away now that Gaga has welcomed her baby with Polansky.

'She is also more in love with Michael than ever. He has been so wonderful, he has done everything to make her happy and feel safe. She feels like she won the lottery with him,' our source said. 'She says he is the perfect man in every way.'

The pair began dating in 2019 after meeting at fellow tech entrepreneur Sean Parker's 40th birthday party in Los Angeles. They went public that New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, before making their relationship Instagram official weeks later with a loved-up boat photo.

Polansky proposed on April Fools' Day in 2024, while they were out rock climbing.

And while the star may now be enjoying a quieter chapter, her Little Monsters need not fear that she is about to hang up her microphone.

'Gaga will make music soon, she can never not make music because her brain is always on songs, she is super creative,' our insider said.

'She has already written her baby some lullabies, she told friends. She is so creative that way. She sings to her baby all the time, of course.'

Representatives for Lady Gaga have been contacted for comment.