After months of teasing,Lady Gagais ready to revealmore informationabout her long-awaited seventh album.
Gaga started hyping upLG7just as the accidentally extendedChromaticaera finally came to a close.
At the end of her concert specialGaga Chromatica Ball, the screen flashed with the words LG7.
Lady Gaga attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures “Joker: Folie a Deux” at TCL Chinese Theatre on September 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images
The category, she says in the clip, is dance or die.
Heres everything weve learned aboutMayhemso far.
She was already deep into writing and recording herChromaticafollow-up at the time.
But Im not done with it yet.
They got engaged during COVID lockdowns, and he would end up going on tour with her in 2022.
Gaga pointed out inVoguelast fall that she had been in a pretty dark place while working onChromatica.
Things are much different now, and its largely due to Polanskys encouragement.
Michael is the person who told me to make a new pop record, she revealed.
He was like, Babe.
you better make pop music.
On theChromaticatour, I saw a fire in her, he explained.
Polanskys impact has been so big that he even gets a writing credit on lead single Disease.
And I said, you might just wrap a blade of grass around my finger in the backyard.
And Ill say yes.
The heavy industrial song picked up lyrically where songs like Bad Romance and The Cure left off.
I can be your doctor/I can cure your disease, she sings on the chorus.
Thats where I found thereasonfor why I make this music.
Each song is an exercise in personal chaos a way to deal with myself.
She made sure to point out, however, that it will still be fun.
The pop album is nothing likeChromatica, she said.
Its meant to be ingested as a time in my life.
I can have a few going at once.
That feels unhinged [laughs] and more like me or Harley.
But she has since realized it was the missing piece of the album.
Its a huge part of my album, she toldLA Times.
It leaps around genre in a way thats almost corrupt.
But it ends in this very happy place.
I was lucky enough to be around some dancers that were a part of that life.
She continued by celebrating the privilege of being included in the wider dance community.
I cant think of a place where Ive seen more resilience than in a ballroom.
