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

[julz 6,106]

MY FIRST LISTEN FAVORITES:

Perfect Celebrity

Killah

How Bad Do U Want Me

Blade of Grass

 

Im numb....i cant believe i just finished listening to a new Gaga record

 

[BrickMonster 2,807]

Guardian's 4/5 review is a good read: 

“MAYHEM can’t replicate the jolt that accompanied Lady Gaga’s arrival, blood-spattered live performances and all, but it doesn’t need to. It’s a reversion to first principles that reminds you how prescient its author was in the first place: she sounds like someone returning to claim a place in a pop world that has come round to her way of thinking.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/06/lady-gaga-mayhem-review-abracadabra

[nATAH 45,197]

i dont understand the killah hate, its PURE gaga

[Gardevoir 9,780]

How can I listen to it now? Via some vpn app? Is it possible on iPhone?

[Daenerys 6,047]

1 minute ago, Gardevoir said:

How can I listen to it now? Via some vpn app? Is it possible on iPhone?

Yeah, there’s NordVPN, VPNexpress and tunnelbear. All apps, and I believe also offer some sort of trial. 
you can download and set your location, then you need to create a new account on Spotify with the VPN on. 

[robboadam 2,077]

I’ve been following the reaction on GGD and ATRL, and I can’t believe ATRLers are way more positive about this album than here 

[robotvoiceinalice 1,231]

alright thats me listened to the full thing... on my initial listen, i have to say its not my favorite album by her. Its not my least favorite either. I think as an album i still prefer Chromatica -  Chromatica captivated me with the first listen, where as this one i defo have my faves which are strong and ones that i don't vibe with. But Chromatica was exactly my kinda thing with the 90s House and dance music vibe it gave

 

I'd say imo-

Disease - 9/10

Abracadabra - 10/10

Garden or Eden - 8/10

Perfect Celebrity - 7.5/10

Vanish Into You - 7/10 

Killah - 4 /10

Zombie Boy - 8 /10

Love Drug - 9/10

How Bad Do You Want Me - 9 /10

Dont Call Tonight - 8/10

Shadow Of A Man - 10/10

The Beast - 7/10

Blade of Grass - 6/10

DWAS - 10/10

 

Anything thats 8+ is a standout to me, the rest not so much. I can see me only really playing those ones. 

Edited 2 hours ago by robotvoiceinalice

[andy232000 10,336]

33 minutes ago, nATAH said:

ok my only complaint is that i was hoping this was gunna be an instrumental on the album, like a cool intro or outro

Haha if you hear carefully, thats a disease stem distorted. Its “technically” on the album 

[metalguru 1,202]

OMG I PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE 

Don't Call Tonight and LoveDrug are good songs. Not super memorable, but I am not against them anymore. 

Also, some of you are surprisingly anti-funk and anti-guitar. I am surprised that all those great live instrumentals are simply overlooked or rejected. 

Edited 2 hours ago by metalguru

[AcidWashBoys 93]

I really wonder why this album has so many references to her unreleased catalogue both sonically and lyrically ("princess die")? I live for it but I wonder if she relistened to them to get back into her roots or something. The "unreleased" youtube playlist wasn't her but it feels kinda funny looking back. 

[robotvoiceinalice 1,231]

Dont turn aroundddd

[culturalbaptism 2,489]

7 minutes ago, robboadam said:

I’ve been following the reaction on GGD and ATRL, and I can’t believe ATRLers are way more positive about this album than here 

They always had a better taste than us. 

[Brazilwood 3,634]

the roller coaster of a gaga album release, how i missed this. people praising, people bashing, the praising bashing the bashing and then the bashing bashing the praising ugh i love it

[andy232000 10,336]

4 minutes ago, metalguru said:

OMG I PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE 

Don't Call Tonight and LoveDrug are good songs. Not super memorable, but I am not against them anymore. 

Also, some of you are surprisingly anti-funk and anti-guitar. I am surprised that all those great live instrumentals are simply overlooked or rejected. 

This are the same fans that begged for the original Babylon lol. I feel like most people criticizing the record are not sitting with it for enough time. 

[culturalbaptism 2,489]

'Cause you like my hair, my ripped-up jeans
You like the bad girl I got in me
She's on your mind, like, all the time
But I got it tattooed for us last week
Even good boys leave
How bad, bad do you want me?
How bad, bad do you want me?