(MAYHEM)

I’ve always had the theory that whenever ‘Pop’ goes stale and ends up in a cycle of boring repetition is when Lady Gaga comes to save the day.

Every release she’s dropped in her career, regardless of the outcome, has stood as a symbol of ‘change’ and ‘innovation’ the likes of which this modern era hasn’t seen since. And once again, she’s come back to shake the industry up with MAYHEM.

This is the latest 2025 album release by singer, songwriter, and Art Pop icon Lady Gaga, who since her debut record ‘The Fame Monster’ has ushered in an era of music that I’m not quite sure anyone has done since. Her creativity, originality, image, and various open opinions and stances have made her one of the most memorable and pulverising figures in the music industry of the 21st century.

With this record, she breaks out strong with various styles and elements such as: 

-Dubstep

-Electronic

-Pop

-Dancehall 

-Rave

– Singer-songwriter

-Soft Rock

-Soul

-RnB

-Synth Pop 

She’s literally a walking music board with endless possibilities and ideas to choose from for her songs. Of course, the world was rocked with her lead single ‘Abracadabra’, which was an infectious Electronic Pop fusion that left us all in a dancing trance around the world to her hypnotic choruses and chaotic energy as she’s so often known.

But there are also many amazing cuts off this project such as ‘Zombieboy’, which sounds like a multi-verse take on a Synth Pop thriller song. It has a strong 80’s club hit vibe with soft rock instrumentation and equally throwback singing melodies by Gaga to match that era.

There’s also the track ‘Disease’, the opening track that I absolutely love! It has this dubstep-type beat that just flows throughout your whole body, and Gaga sounds as possessed as ever, slave to the production’s groove and acting accordingly. 

The only song I didn’t feel fit this album’s narrative was the finale ‘Die With A Smile’ featuring Bruno Mars. Which is by no means a bad song! But I felt stuck out like a sore thumb due to the album’s more malice and chaotic nature that song feels too ‘tame’ in comparison.

But besides this, once again Lady Gaga has used her talent to shake the music world once again and prove why she can never be replaced! She is one of a kind! She is the world’s ‘Fame Monster’

https://open.spotify.com/album/2MHUaRi9OCyTN02SoyRRBJ?si=Ach9OuPoR9GYiVvXUGSIdg