Lady Gaga's latest album captures her gothic essence while paying homage to her musical influences like Prince and Bowie. The conversation dives into the chaotic layers of tracks like 'Killa,' spotlighting falsetto and industrial sounds. The intriguing parallels between Gaga and Taylor Swift's works ignite discussions on potential collaborations. As they explore her evolution, listeners are treated to a celebration of Gaga's contributions to pop, alongside musings on the evolving landscape of music and the emergence of 'oligarch pop.'
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Chromatica Ball's Brutality
Reanna Cruz saw Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball tour, which Gaga called her "museum of brutality".
The stage design was brutalist, and even upbeat songs like "Rain On Me" were given a gothic, dark interpretation.
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Mayhem: A Museum of Gaga
Lady Gaga's new album, "Mayhem," is like a museum of Gaga, referencing her inspirations and imitators.
Each track blends homages to artists like Prince, Bowie, and Queen, alongside Gaga's own evolving style.
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Gaga's Unafraid Referencing
Lady Gaga is "unafraid to reference or not reference," directly incorporating inspirations into her work.
"Killa" exemplifies this, drawing heavily from Prince's "Kiss" and Bowie's "Fame."
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In 2022, Lady Gaga embarked on The Chromatica Ball – a stadium tour featuring a stage that Gaga herself referred to as her "museum of brutality." Three years later, this idea of a brutalist enshrining of all things Monster can come to represent her new studio album MAYHEM.
Over the course of fourteen tracks, Gaga is "unafraid to reference or not reference," invoking not just the pop weirdos of a past era like Prince and Bowie, but also her contemporaries, in this gothic and chaotic web of a record. This episode of Switched On Pop, Little Monster-in-residence Reanna takes Charlie and Nate on a tour through the Gaga-seum, showcasing Gaga's ability to pay tribute to her inspirations, her imitators, and her biggest icon: herself.
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