Better Song: Enigma vs Kill For Love

[Lemon Blood 363]

Just now, Lemon Blood said:

Ok yes MAYHEM and Born This Way are her best produced albums but Chromatica is definitely not her worst. Bloodpop gets too much hate on his production. I like the dystopian vibe of Chromatica, my only issue is that there isn’t enough low frequency on the kick drums causing them to sound too soft

I just accidentally quoted myself 

Edited yesterday at 02:40 AM by Lemon Blood

[NUTELLA 15,646]

1 minute ago, Lemon Blood said:

I like the dystopian vibe of Chromatica, my only issue is that there isn’t enough low frequency on the drums causing them to sound too soft

By "dystopian" in this case do you mean "department store?" 

(not trying to yuck your yum lol)

[Ziggy 12,419]

KFL is an MJ nacho that’s cute but eh. Not that necessary whereas enigma is a highlight of its album

[Ziggy 12,419]

15 minutes ago, Lemon Blood said:

Ok yes MAYHEM and Born This Way are her best produced albums but Chromatica is definitely not her worst. Bloodpop gets too much hate on his production. I like the dystopian vibe of Chromatica, my only issue is that there isn’t enough low frequency on the drums causing them to sound too soft

I mean…the visual aesthetic may have been dystopian but the production was pretty clean and “pretty” with a lot of its edges shaved down (peep the demos). Not saying it’s her worst produced bc I think it’s technically well done just kinda boring and forgettable when you hear the playlist she said they listened to to inspire them. It’s confusing dissonance 

[ANVEEROY 62,171]

33 minutes ago, Lemon Blood said:

Ok yes MAYHEM and Born This Way are her best produced albums but Chromatica is definitely not her worst. Bloodpop gets too much hate on his production. I like the dystopian vibe of Chromatica, my only issue is that there isn’t enough low frequency on the drums causing them to sound too soft

why am I having a Deja Vu aka 

 

[LUST FOR GAGA 38]

enigma is really good and a highlight of chromatica. kill for love is ok but bland especially production wise

[Ladle Ghoulash 32,147]

53 minutes ago, Lemon Blood said:

Ok yes MAYHEM and Born This Way are her best produced albums but Chromatica is definitely not her worst. Bloodpop gets too much hate on his production. I like the dystopian vibe of Chromatica, my only issue is that there isn’t enough low frequency on the drums causing them to sound too soft

I think the songwriting on Chromatica is very solid, but I think the production is among the worst of her albums just because it’s so overwhelmingly safe in spite of being generally clean/well-executed. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 32,147]

4 minutes ago, LUST FOR GAGA said:

enigma is really good and a highlight of chromatica. kill for love is ok but bland especially production wise

The production on KFL is phenomenal tbh. The drumming, guitar work, brass section, synths, bass line, and vocals sound great 

[Lemon Blood 363]

2 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

not trying to yuck your yum

I think this is the gayest quote I’ve ever heard, I love it 

[Lemon Blood 363]

1 hour ago, Ziggy said:

2 hours ago, Lemon Blood said:

I mean…the visual aesthetic may have been dystopian but the production was pretty clean and “pretty” with a lot of its edges shaved down (peep the demos). Not saying it’s her worst produced bc I think it’s technically well done just kinda boring and forgettable when you hear the playlist she said they listened to to inspire them. It’s confusing dissonance 

I fell in love with the Chromatica production (especially Enigma and Replay) when the stems leaked. I would listen to them while trying to sleep, they’re gorgeous 😍

[Ziggy 12,419]

2 hours ago, Lemon Blood said:

I fell in love with the Chromatica production (especially Enigma and Replay) when the stems leaked. I would listen to them while trying to sleep, they’re gorgeous 😍

There’s definitely some shining moments on it! I think my tastes tend to lean a bit more on the industrial side so while gorgeous just wasn’t totally my jive (though I like 911, enigma and replay a lot!)

[PartySick 164,378]

11 hours ago, ANVEEROY said:

Omg, Chromatica song winning? 

Enigma f*cks. Easily my favorite song from Chromatica  

 

 

(Also the only one I still listen to )

[ANVEEROY 62,171]

1 hour ago, PartySick said:

Enigma f*cks. Easily my favorite song from Chromatica  

 

 

(Also the only one I still listen to )

[Sneaky Oliver 22,503]

It’s funny how Enigma has this vibe and sound I’ve always wanted Gaga to make  and I loved it when it came out but it’s not a track I revisit that much, I think the lyrics are hard for me to relate or it’s not connected to a certain feeling like what am I supposed to feel when I listen to it? 

And then it had a kind of a lackluster performance on the tour… usually many songs grow on me when she performs them 

I wish she would perform it right after Babylon and keep the voguing elements in the choreo, that would be fantastic 

[atemybrain 2,154]

On 1/2/2026 at 3:43 AM, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Enigma’s a great song, but I think somewhat lackluster production holds it back from being top tier. KFL, on the other hand, is a smash. 

This! I always remember that mashup someone made with Enigma and a Dua song (I think Hallucinate), and that production elevated the Enigma vocals so much. I wish the beat was a little more complex and punchier.