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

[Roughhouse Dandy 9,942]

Disease- Literally everything I've wished for in a Gaga track since like 2012. 

Abracadabra- Took me a second to fully appreciate it but after sitting down with the lyrics and hearing her talk about it I'm in love. 

Garden of Eden- I was a little worried about this track after hearing the snippet, but the full song is a banger. V happy for this lil surprise

Perfect Celebrity- Filthy. Heavy. THE REFERENCES. Instantly within the top 5 songs for me in her discography. Will probably be my favorite of the album. Remix w/ Demi pls?

Vanish Into You- THE SAMPLE 🚨🚨🚨 Tom, this is major. Queen-esque harmonies are doing it for me. Peak Gwen Stefani covering a Blondie song vibes. Love. 

Killah- Oh, the funk. Now this is h*rny. The Prince hints make all the sense in the world. Get Kimbra in the room NOW. 

ZombieBoy- Camp. Give me all the groove. Love it but I need time to wrap my head around some production choices. 

LoveDrug- Gorgeous. Makes me wanna kiss a stranger on a sweaty dance floor then cry in the alleyway outside the club. 

How Bad Do You Want Me- Cute! Taylor Swift is gonna love this song. Give me time with this one 💜

Don't Call Tonight- Made me a lil emotional? So good. The breakdown is great. 

Shadow of a Man- This f*cks HARD. RIP MJ. Production is immaculate. Guitar at the end deserves the sloppiest of top. Need this live as soon as humanly possible. I may not survive hearing this irl. 

The Beast- Camp! I'm a fan. Got better as it went on, too. lol Vampire Diaries would lay off some crew members to afford the rights to this song 

Blade of Grass- Beautiful. It gives me Elton and that's always a good thing. Leads perfectly into

Die with a Smile- She deserves her place on this album. Great closer. Took me a second to get into it when it dropped but she rightfully broke records. 

I'm feral for the bonus tracks. I'm in love with MAYHEM. Another classic. And we're so close to a live show?? And maybe a tour? And maybe another music video or two?

Tysm, Gaga 💜 I'll allow 2 more years before I start jonesing for LG8 and making it everyone's problem. 

[dynamite 51,468]

7 minutes ago, Juanne said:

How come? Waiting for your timezone?

Yup! 

[nath4gaga2 150]

1 minute ago, nath4gaga2 said:

My ratings after second listen

5 stars - *****

Abracadabra, Garden of Eden, Vanish Into You, LoveDrug, Don't Call Tonight, Shadow of a Man, The Beast, Blade of Grass, Die With a Smile.

4 stars - ****

Disease, Perfect Celebrity, Zombieboy, How Bad Do U Want Me.

3 stars - ***

Killah.

 

 

[dracomalfoy 703]

13 minutes ago, Nessun Dorma said:

Which song references Princess Die???? I haven't listened to the album yet 

Perfect Celebrity: ''Choke on the fame and hope it gets you high // Sit in the front row, watch the princess die'', in the beginning of this verse she also says ''I look so hungry but I look so good'' which kinda reminds me of ''I'm so hungry from an anorexic heart''

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[Galagala 4,594]

My biggest problem with this album is that her voice sounds too tight and rough sometimes. Love the production!

Shadow of A Man is the best so far. Haven't finished it.

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[rain on miki 64]

1 hour ago, HelloHangoverz said:

OMG I'M DOWNLOADING MAYHEM 

From when!??

[lastpopicon 8,690]

I'm floored... 

[Mr Oak 7,484]

1 minute ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Vanish Into You- THE SAMPLE 🚨🚨🚨

What sample?

[ode 1,474]

21 minutes ago, Mr Oak said:

Does Killah have the Bowie strings from the Babylon demo? Am i tripping 

So, is anyone else hearing other elements from her past songs? @Mr Oaknoticed this, I heard something (more vaguely) familiar in "Killah" aaaand:

At around 2:34 in Zombieboy, the little synth flourish after "dreams" sounds sooo similar to the synthy flourish in one the BTW tracks — I think either "Black Jesus" or "Fashion of His Love"/"Fashin of His Love (Garibay Remix)"… Help? Am I tripping? Probably, I usually am.

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yala

[HermesG 1,350]

Vanish into you. Reminds me a 90's version mixed with "Fashion!" 🤷🏻‍♂️ A bit melancholy but upbeat.

Strange choice for single or promo single (i guess they consider it something like this) 

Beautiful 90's pure pop

[David Ward 9,050]

Don't Call Tonight gives Alejandro

[nATAH 45,158]

The Beast is a total sex anthem wtf!!!!

[Silvestro Devacelli 1,846]

disease to zombieboy is godly 

Spoiler

I could do without the second half though.. omg  

 

[velliqjv 8]

17 minutes ago, tigerteeth said:

Ok I was so not ready for Mayhem - I thought it was one thing and then Gaga turned around and delivered this funky, 80s, Bowie, Prince, summery, beautiful piece of art.

 

Ready for mixed reviews, but to me this is truly a masterpiece. Mayhem works so well - this is all aspects of Gaga wrapped into one. From Fame to ARTPOP to Joanne… all of Gaga’s eras are somehow woven into this record plus a heavy dose of 80’s. I’m in awe and in love

yes, it's so summery and light. wasn't expecting it. i need the pink vinyl now lol.

[Nite 5,215]

I'm someone who really liked Chromatica aside from a few outliers...but the production on this is so fresh compared to it. Killah took me a second listen because I expected something different from Gesaffelstein but it definitely grows on you fast