MAYHEM: The Official Discussion Thread (Act II) It’s MAYHEM in here 👹

[aquiNo 596]

3 minutes ago, crushedlemonice said:

Does anyone have a link to the two bonus tracks?

for now just this

https://x.com/doo_be_swift/status/1897812299144114176

[LadyxGaGa 1,606]

22 minutes ago, aquiNo said:

for now just this

https://x.com/doo_be_swift/status/1897812299144114176

 this is pure heaven i didnt know/forgot there are more tracks 

[hELXIG 42,156]

A lot of this album is a grower for me, but I did really like a lot of the songs! The ones that left an impression on me from first listen are Zombieboy, Perfect Celebrity, Killah, and I really loved Blade Of Grass

In the wise words of YouTube prophet AjayII, I'm gonna need more time with this one. I was really expecting something darker from the imagery, her recent looks, and the first two singles. It was totally different than what I thought. Almost felt like a bait-n-switch. And I LOVED Disease and Abracadabra on first listen. Like, LOVVVVEED

It's not bad, just different. Every song was good. Some felt a bit generic though (please don't kill me for thinking that). Only a few had really poetic lyrics to me, even though she said one of the words to describe the album is 'poetry'. 

It's a me problem though. My ADHD brain needs a really catchy hook that I can pick up immediately and know by the second chorus or it just won't latch onto a song at all. And historically most of Gaga's music has been that. Pure pop, which this is not. Don't get me wrong though.. GOOD music

I was also really surprised to hear what to me felt like influences from The Fame era, 80s' and 90's music/movie soundtrack music, and funky, disco, groovy sounds that reminded me of her mini I Want Your Love era

Edit: I did go to a wedding last night and I'm horribly hungover today so that doesn't help  maybe I was hoping for some more moody, 'weird Gaga', dark synth pop to sink into in my impaired state. Kinda wish I hadn't heard Abracadabra until today because she still reigns #1 supreme by farrr

Edited Friday at 03:56 AM by hELXIG

[southpaw773 2,994]

Anybody got a vinyl order from her store delivering tomorrow? 

[metalguru 1,248]

The album is drenched in ‘80s New Romantic and New Wave’s funky romanticism. Vanish Into You has The Cure all over it—Head on the Door-era guitars, and as a sharp-eared forum member pointed out, the drums too! It also echoes Duran Duran. This is essentially Seven Tiger—their best and most underrated album, where they set out to mix Chic with the Sex Pistols.

Mayhem fully embraces that New Romantic/Early New Wave spirit. Even bands like ABC surface in the layers.

Then there’s Zombieboy! And Killa!—a fantastic slice of glam pop.

Bowie looms large, but it’s Scary Monsters Bowie: ost-Thin White Duke, healthy and playful, surging back to the top with an album that’s energetic, eclectic, bright, and just the right amount of camp/artsy. Her vocals shine in their full range, and the production feels alive—passionate, layered (like Scary Monsters), and organic, unlike the over-polished, inorganic sheen of much modern pop.

Mayhem’s approach to pop is deeply coded in the ‘80s.

And then there is the 90s connection… For another post!

 

[Vicixs 3,452]

Going to Scarlet in Chicago for the very first listen!!

DESCENSION INTO MAYHEM IS UPON US

Will see you all tomorrrow a changed person 

[rafaelgherardi 966]

from my 2nd listen:

Disease 10/10
Abracadabra 10/10
Garden of Eden 9/10
Perfect Celebrity 10/10
Vanish Into You 8/10
Killah 8/10
Zombieboy 9/10
LoveDrug 10/10
How Bad Do U Want Me 7/10
Don't Call Tonight 8/10
Shadow of a Man 10/10
The Beast 7/10
Blade of Grass 7/10
Die With a Smile 9/10

some songs growing on me already since 1st listen

[southpaw773 2,994]

7 minutes ago, Vicixs said:

Going to Scarlet in Chicago for the very first listen!!

DESCENSION INTO MAYHEM IS UPON US

Will see you all tomorrrow a changed person 

Omg I miss Scarlet. I had to move to Seattle. 
I turned 21 in there … but that was when it was Gentry before that. 

[PSYCHOSHTICK 2,684]

1 hour ago, aquiNo said:

for now just this

https://x.com/doo_be_swift/status/1897812299144114176

OMG how the hell did they not put this on the standard tracklist and they did use How Bad Do U Want Me? This is amazing! Very MJ

[Tyler1992 2,232]

K wait, am I waiting an hour and a half (I’m in Canada), or is the tracker not accurate. 

Im doing a countdown and I’m nervous when it hits zero I’ll still have to wait 

[Gypsy18 69]

3 minutes ago, Tyler1992 said:

K wait, am I waiting an hour and a half (I’m in Canada), or is the tracker not accurate. 

Im doing a countdown and I’m nervous when it hits zero I’ll still have to wait 

Only 38 minutes left, also from Canada 🎉 CANT WAIT 

[Tyler1992 2,232]

4 minutes ago, Gypsy18 said:

Only 38 minutes left, also from Canada 🎉 CANT WAIT 

YAHOOO!!! Happy we’re in this together 

[Anveeroy 58,297]

GO AND RATE HERE: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1066949-lady-gaga-mayhem.php

[fede ARTPOP 6,589]

When is coming to Tidal? 

[Mister Gaga 22,491]

Taking into consideration that Gaga is all we know she is (actress, pop jazz rock country edm singer), this is the most Gaga album out of all. It encapsulates, in various ways, everything Gaga is.