MEGARATE | Rate. On. Me: The Chromatica 5 Rate

[Cruelty 6,173]

A vision where I perform my thoughts for the world. A world where I mattered in a different way, a world where I was valued for different things. And in this world I was kind, and that kindness spread through people, through sound. This was the birth of Chromatica.
­—LADY GAGA (2020)

After a three-year gap, Lady Gaga’s sixth studio album Chromatica arrived in May 2020. Billed as her long-awaited return to the dancefloor, the record comprises 13 house-flavoured bops (including international chart-topper ‘Rain on Me’) bookended by gorgeous orchestral interludes, all produced by dance heavyweights ranging from BloodPop & Tchami to Axwell & Skrillex.

Gaga described Chromatica as “dancing through [the] pain”, & that’s evident in the lyrics, which mask deep, meltdown-level sadness under a veneer of dancefloor euphoria. The album filters love, belonging, resilience, & depression through the prism of dance music, all the while articulating Gaga’s increasingly fraught & complex relationship with her fame, her Little Monsters, & the very nature of who ‘Lady Gaga’ is in 2020.

Although the Chromatica era was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it wrapped up in style with a brutalist-inspired stadium tour & accompanying streaming special. Chromatica has always been a polarising entry in Gaga’s catalogue & so, five years on, let’s take Gagadaily’s temperature on the record with an anniversary rate!

We’re rating all of Chromatica (bar the interludes, which are beautiful but I know you heathens will sink them), & its sole bonus track:

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I’ll close the vote on Friday 30 May & host the ceremony the next day. All you have to do is score each song out of 10, & then choose one song to upgrade to 11 – & feel free to leave your comments about your 11/10!

Happy listening, & I can’t wait for your votes. Let’s celebrate Chromatica in style!

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[Celloo Deng 56,215]

voted!

[Blackout19 15,262]

i am so here for this 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,342]

Some of y'all aren't gonna like my 11 but I'm a bold truth teller who won't be silenced. 

[Nagini 3,983]

Wait, I'm dumb. Do we just comment? 

Alice - 6/10

Stupid Love - 4/10

Rain On Me - 8/10

Free Woman - 3/10

Fun Tonight - 3/10

911 - 6/10 

Plastic Doll - 6/10

Sour Candy - 8/10

Enigma - 3/10

Replay - 7/10

Sine From Above - 8/10

1000 Doves - 7/10

Babylon - 7/10 

 

Not the biggest fan of Chromatica but I will vote Sine From Above as the 11/10! 

 

 

[Pandacadabra 9,171]

I love Chromatica! Count me in. 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,342]

13 minutes ago, Nagini said:

Wait, I'm dumb. Do we just comment? 

Click the graphic that says "VOTE NOW", Beloved 💜

[Blackout19 15,262]

done 

[Anderson123 42,153]

[Blackout19 15,262]

23 minutes ago, Nagini said:

Free Woman - 3/10

i wish i didn't see this 

[GagaSuperfan1 383]

Voted

[Obobo 3,971]

wait how does this work -- do we just comment our ratings?

[Andre91 42]

Done 🥰

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

Some of y’all make the “gays can’t read meme” a reality 

[SimonBaetens 9,374]

voted!