"Aura", (originally titled "Burqa") is a song written by Lady Gaga in 2012 for ARTPOP. On October 29, 2012, Gaga sent a message to Zedd on Twitter saying: "been listening to **rq* all day". Some fans believed this to be "Burqa", the working title of a confirmed track on ARTPOP. The name was also mentioned during Monstervision No.8, when Gaga asked Terry Richardson: "Are you singing Burqa?" during the clip. This speculation of furthered when Joe Germanotta told fans that "Burqa" was the best song on ARTPOP. The song was registered on Gaga's BMI on November 5, 2013.