The Dead Dance: Song and Video Discussion

[buzzkill 5,157]

it's just strange, the more you listen the more boring the song seems, it's missing something real, raw 

[ManMan 1,322]

wait when we get the MV with only dance scene and serving 1 looks, y'all not ready for the meltdown.... that's the time y'all burn the stan card, truly the dead dance

[NUTELLA 11,131]

4 minutes ago, buzzkill said:

it's just strange, the more you listen the more boring the song seems, it's missing something real, raw 

The Mexico vid snippet had high replay value

The actual, full song... less so

[robotvoiceinalice 1,677]

i like it but the chorus is weaker than the verses... its like a mashup with Abracadabra and Kill For Love icl 

i thought we were going full electro dance pop fantasy ala Chromatica/Abracadabra but then the chorus came and i was like "oh is that it"

but i don't dislike the song, the chorus is just a little flat for me

Edited Wednesday at 11:02 AM by robotvoiceinalice

[Charmz 4,200]

I love it! 💕 

something weird happened when I streamed it on Apple Music the first time, it was like going at 2x speed and sounded really weird. I checked all my settings and came back like 30 mins later and replayed and it sounds fine now! Never happened before 

[HookerOnAChurch 6,799]

I like it, it's quite in line with Mayhem's style. As a single to extend the era and as part of the show I find it very interesting

[OMonster 14,714]

I enjoy the song overall BUT I really dislike the inauthenticity of this. It's quite disheartening to think that LADY GAGA would title a song and wedge in lyrics purely to create a TikTok challenge. "Do the dead dance" is just extremely forced and "The Dead Dance" isn't even an organic title for the song - that lyric was clearly just added to the 'bridge' to give the song a challenge-friendly title and 'instruction'. 

I like the trance-like, more haunting vocals and production in the verses but the chorus becomes very screechy and not as easy on the ear, especially towards the end. 

I think if you're going to write something inauthentic and INTEND for it to be a 'mass appeal' hit, at least make it more approachable and listenable (to non-fans). The screeching vocals kill the replay value, and the "do the dead dance" in the bridge is too kids bop. I think the song would've achieved its purpose (of being a replayable hit) much more if she dialled back the vocals a bit, wrote a stronger bridge and re-titled the song "Until I'm Dead", the lyric that is sung twenty times versus the seven mentions of "The Dead Dance". 

I also struggle to see how Bloody Mary going viral could inspire this. That song is a true ear worm you want to hear again (partly because of the slower, less screechy delivery), whereas the hooks in this song aren't natural or intriguing - they're just heavy-handed.

Edited Wednesday at 11:32 AM by OMonster

[Gabe 2,433]

I feel like the song is just ok, it’s probably somewhere in the middle ranking of the album for sure. I’ll give it a few more plays before I make a last assessment. 
 

I placed it in the tracklist between Zombieboy and Lovedrug lol

Edited Wednesday at 11:07 AM by Gabe

[Charmz 4,200]

2 minutes ago, OMonster said:

I enjoy the song overall BUT I really dislike the inauthenticity of this. It's quite disheartening to think that LADY GAGA has named a song, and shoehorned lyrics into a song, in the style of a TikTok challenge. "Do the dead dance" is extremely forced. "The Dead Dance" isn't even an organic or obvious title for the song; that phrase was clearly just added to the 'bridge' to give the song a title and 'instruction' appropriate for a hashtag/challenge. 

I like the trance-like, more haunting vocals and production in the verses but the chorus becomes very screechy and not as easy on the ear, especially towards the end. 

If you're going to write something inauthentic and INTEND for it to be a 'mass appeal' hit, at least make it more approachable and listenable (to non-fans). The screeching vocals kill the replay value, and the 'do the dead dance' in the bridge is too kids bop. I think the song would've achieved it's purpose (of being a mainstream, replayable hit) MUCH more if she dialled back the vocals a bit, wrote a stronger bridge and re-titled the song "Until I'm Dead", which is sung TWENTY times in the song vs. "The Dead Dance" appearing just seven times.

I also struggle to see how Bloody Mary going viral could inspire this. That song is a true ear worm you want to hear again (again partly because of the slower, less screechy delivery), whereas the hooks in this song aren't natural or enjoyable. 

I appreciate your take very much 

but don’t agree. TDD is a hit honey

the “I’ll keep on” part is an earworm designed to stick in your head and will haunt you when you’re trying to focus on other things 

I think it’s authentic, it’s entertaining, it’s joyful, it’s dark, it’s fun. Written for a YA gothic horror family friendly tv show and it understood the assignment.

hope it goes all the way viral, imagine the TIK TOK TRANSITIONS FROM NORMAL PERSON TO HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ICONIC 

girl I’m getting worked up and I feel like this is a smash hit honey

 

[robotvoiceinalice 1,677]

31 minutes ago, OMonster said:

I enjoy the song overall BUT I really dislike the inauthenticity of this. It's quite disheartening to think that LADY GAGA has named a song, and shoehorned lyrics into a song, in the style of a TikTok challenge. "Do the dead dance" is extremely forced. "The Dead Dance" isn't even an organic or obvious title for the song; that phrase was clearly just added to the 'bridge' to give the song a title and 'instruction' appropriate for a hashtag/challenge. 

I like the trance-like, more haunting vocals and production in the verses but the chorus becomes very screechy and not as easy on the ear, especially towards the end. 

If you're going to write something inauthentic and INTEND for it to be a 'mass appeal' hit, at least make it more approachable and listenable (to non-fans). The screeching vocals kill the replay value, and the 'do the dead dance' in the bridge is too kids bop. I think the song would've achieved it's purpose (of being a mainstream, replayable hit) MUCH more if she dialled back the vocals a bit, wrote a stronger bridge and re-titled the song "Until I'm Dead", which is sung TWENTY times in the song vs. "The Dead Dance" appearing just seven times.

I also struggle to see how Bloody Mary going viral could inspire this. That song is a true ear worm you want to hear again (again partly because of the slower, less screechy delivery), whereas the hooks in this song aren't natural or enjoyable. 

yeah but people also said this about Abracadabra when she's going "A bra cada bra abra ca daaaa braaaaa" bit and now people don't think twice about it. I don't think she intentionally put those lyrics in to aim for TikTok viral successful, just more playful and perhaps makes sense in terms of Wednesday

Like most of Mayhem it draws inspiration from her previous works, you can defo tell it has BTW influences mixed with Chromatica and a discoy flare on the Chorus. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:32 AM by robotvoiceinalice

[OMonster 14,714]

2 minutes ago, robotvoiceinalice said:

yeah but people also said this about Abracadabra when she's going "A bra cada bra abra ca daaaa braaaaa" bit and now people don't think twice about it. I don't think she intentionally put those lyrics in to aim for TikTok viral successful, just more playful and perhaps makes sense in terms of Wednesday

Like most of Mayhem it draws inspiration from her pervious works, you can defo tell it has BTW influences mixed with Chromatica and a discoy flare on the Chorus. 

The Abracadabra lyrics are intriguing and hypnotic. I don't think they were written for TikTok or viral success at all. Nothing about that song feels forced. Whereas "do the dead dance" has literally been shoehorned into this song as a challenge-friendly instruction. They're not even the most memorable or repeated lyrics in the song (that would be "Until I'm Dead", which would've also made more sense as a title as homage to "Bloody Mary"). This song has been written FOR TikTok, which I hate.

[LadyxGaGa 2,100]

I JUST WOKE UP AND I AM SO TEMPTED TO LISTEN BUT I ALSO WANNA WAIT UGHHHHHH

[OMonster 14,714]

9 minutes ago, Charmz said:

I appreciate your take very much 

but don’t agree. TDD is a hit honey

the “I’ll keep on” part is an earworm designed to stick in your head and will haunt you when you’re trying to focus on other things 

I think it’s authentic, it’s entertaining, it’s joyful, it’s dark, it’s fun. Written for a YA gothic horror family friendly tv show and it understood the assignment.

hope it goes all the way viral, imagine the TIK TOK TRANSITIONS FROM NORMAL PERSON TO HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ICONIC 

girl I’m getting worked up and I feel like this is a smash hit honey

 

Sorry but what is authentic about this song? 

I don't even hate it but authentic, it isn't. It's quite possibly THE most contrived song Gaga has ever released; written very intentionally for forced virality (which will never work). I'm 90% sure this won't be a hit because it has no replay value and patronises listeners by giving them a thinly-veiled and inorganic instruction to dance on TikTok ("do the dead dance"). 

[REALITY 77,095]

I think it's good! It's not particularly groundbreaking, but I wasn't really expecting that with this song. It very much fits within the world of MAYHEM, and I'm happy about that. 

I love the verses and choruses, but the bridge is definitely the weakest part of the song, which is a shame because most of the bridges on MAYHEM are great. 

But you know what...the fact that most of y'all aren't feeling the song means it's gonna be a hit

[monketsharona 82,566]

23 minutes ago, OMonster said:

I enjoy the song overall BUT I really dislike the inauthenticity of this. It's quite disheartening to think that LADY GAGA would title a song and wedge in lyrics purely to create a TikTok challenge. "Do the dead dance" is just extremely forced and "The Dead Dance" isn't even an organic title for the song - that lyric was clearly just added to the 'bridge' to give the song a challenge-friendly title and 'instruction'. 

I like the trance-like, more haunting vocals and production in the verses but the chorus becomes very screechy and not as easy on the ear, especially towards the end. 

I think if you're going to write something inauthentic and INTEND for it to be a 'mass appeal' hit, at least make it more approachable and listenable (to non-fans). The screeching vocals kill the replay value, and the "do the dead dance" in the bridge is too kids bop. I think the song would've achieved its purpose (of being a replayable hit) much more if she dialled back the vocals a bit, wrote a stronger bridge and re-titled the song "Until I'm Dead", the phrase that is sung nearly twenty times versus the seven mentions of "The Dead Dance". 

I also struggle to see how Bloody Mary going viral could inspire this. That song is a true ear worm you want to hear again (partly because of the slower, less screechy delivery), whereas the hooks in this song aren't natural or intriguing - they're just heavy-handed.

I'm sure Gaga would love taking music lessons with you as you are such a great and talented songrwiter and composer. You really should send her team some tips 

Edited Wednesday at 11:24 AM by monketsharona