Lady Gaga's new album, 'Born This Way' will get its official release on May 23, but fans will be able to listen to it in full on May 18. 

The London newspaper Metro has secured an exclusive stream of the full-length record, which they will make available to the 'Judas' star's Little Monsters next Wednesday, almost a week ahead of its actual debut. 

Jamie Walters, Metro's Digital Editor, explained the company's excitement at being the only place in the UK where the album will be able to be heard before it comes out:

"We are delighted to be working with Universal to give Metro.co.uk users such a fantastic exclusive."

"Many of Metro.co.uk's users are already huge Lady Gaga fans, so this is a perfect fit."

Watch Gaga's mentoring role in a recent episode of 'American Idol' here: