GAGACHELLA 2.0 Billboard Spotted In California

[REALITY 74,947]

2 hours ago, AVeryGagaHolyDick said:

I loooove the aesthetic you talk about, but I don’t think MAYHEM is giving campy or horror? Other than Disease, Abra, GOE (eventually), Perfect Celebrity and Killah, I think it sounds quite “normal”

To me it’s almost her most stripped down album, not that far behind Joanne actually

I understand the Joanne comparisons, but I don't entirely agree. It's weird because they feel completely different, yet they share similar messages. Joanne was supposed to be her "returning to her roots," but as she said in this interview, even though it was stripped down aesthetically/sonically speaking, she felt like she was further away from herself. In a way, it felt like a caricature of the "girl next door" persona that was supposed to be "real" and "genuine," but instead, felt very removed.

I think MAYHEM is her returning to her roots to the Lady Gaga persona, and in doing so, I also think it's representative of who she was before the fame. This feels like what Joanne was trying to accomplish, but in a more authentic way that bridges her life before Gaga and her artistry as Gaga. We've known for years that some of her biggest inspirations were musicians like David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, etc., and their sounds are heard all over this record. 

All that to say, I don't think this is her "most stripped down album" sonically. But maybe thematically.

In regards to the aesthetics, I think that kind of vintage campy horror works perfectly with MAYHEM. Despite what some people thought when the album was first released, it IS dark. Disease, Abra, GOE, Perfect Celebrity, Can't Stop The High, Vanish Into You, Killah, Zombieboy, Kill For Love, Shadow Of A Man, The Beast, and DWAS all have a darkness or an edge to them, either lyrically or sonically. The album's dark, but because it's not exclusively this industrial/electro-grunge sound, many people dismiss its darker elements. That said, the record's also incredibly fun and funky. That's why I think she could lean into the camp. I mean, MAYHEM has some of her campiest tracks imo (e.g., GOE, Zombieboy, HBDUWM, Killah, Kill For Love, etc.). I think those campy horror aesthetics would be a great way of blending the two different sides of the album.

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[MountainMonster 204]

I like it. Vintage, simple and campy. 

[nATAH 45,867]

some of you really are just lacking joy in your lives

[Tinnitus15 51,065]

Why melting over a billboard?It’s literally just a billboard lmfao. I like it.

[Anderson123 37,193]

I like it so much. Looks like something from Disease music video. 

[Blackout19 11,058]

they could use Free Woman, but anyway

[River 110,983]

6 hours ago, PartySick said:

It is a little weird that they're using the MonsterPaw.png that we've all had access to since the ARTPOP era (or sooner). 

Maybe it is put up by fans?

Since Gaga trademarked the newest MonsterPawsUp symbol, she can't use it without her own permission, so imo she didn't give herself a permission to use it for the Mayhem Couchella, so she's using the free one from the ARTPOP era.

 

[elegidadedios 1,283]

10 hours ago, JoanneMonster said:

How cool would it be if in the next video she was a suburban mom baking cakes in the 60s that turns into a vampire/werewolf at night

 all of that in a campy way yep yep we on that train!

[Aglaya 8,316]

Not some of you finding out right now that the whole aesthetic for Mayhem has been vintage horror since day one   Yall saw gaga wear a cunty-diva-boots the house down outfit in Abracadabra and forgot about the whole retro tv promo videos for Disease, the glitch-screen videos on YouTube and Die With a Smile MV being a literal 70’s TV show 

[elegidadedios 1,283]

18 minutes ago, Aglaya said:

Not some of you finding out right now that the whole aesthetic for Mayhem has been vintage horror since day one   Yall saw gaga wear a cunty-diva-boots the house down outfit in Abracadabra and forgot about the whole retro tv promo videos for Disease, the glitch-screen videos on YouTube and Die With a Smile MV being a literal 70’s TV show 

This bitch always finds a way to make things make sense

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[Nagini 534]

Why are you f@gs melting down over a billboard... this is the least of our concerns.

Gaga's vibe is supreme. Her Coachella performance will surely be amazing. Camp, high art, emotional, irreverent... she can blend all these things into one cohesive vision.

[50 Ft Queenie 112]

21 hours ago, Trxstan said:

The design fell off after the lawsuit 

Omg yr right its now 50s themed   Joanne teas 

(ps love the the 50s just not here)

[Borisapillar 8,732]

21 hours ago, julz said:

I dont see it

 

Lucky you

[Tom Nook 37,800]

I mean her 2017 billboard isn’t anything to write home about either lol