Next album: One or Many Genres?

[Controversiaga 16,103]

for the next album, would you rather Gaga commit to one genre, delivering a sonically/musically cohesive album? or do you want another Mayhem where there is no signature/defining sound and various genres are showcased?

[LOVEDRUG 11,269]

Genre isn't as important to me as theme (my one criticism of Mayhem is that there are multiple, somewhat unrelated thematic threads running through it) but I do love when she picks a single genre and shows us what it looks like through the 'Gaga lens'. I don't think it's a coincidence that Born This Way and ARTPOP are arguably the fan favourite albums, and both of them do this.

[zebrastripes 976]

I picked many genres because I think it's awesome to see how far one can go with music taste and self-expression. However, this is Gaga, and she can do whatever she wants musically and it will always sound great.

[Stylor 204]

more songs like Abracadabra and Garden of Eden, and less disco/funky stuff. That’s all I want.

[Duella Dvil 11,574]

1 hour ago, LOVEDRUG said:

Genre isn't as important to me as theme (my one criticism of Mayhem is that there are multiple, somewhat unrelated thematic threads running through it) but I do love when she picks a single genre and shows us what it looks like through the 'Gaga lens'. I don't think it's a coincidence that Born This Way and ARTPOP are arguably the fan favourite albums, and both of them do this.

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[Head Empty 26,986]

Born This Way remains the blueprint for me in its approach to genre.

It's cohesive yet diverse. If I were to classify it into one category, it would simply be 'pop', but that would be doing the album a disservice. It has this industrial, gritty, relentless throughline that ties every song together, but still gives each song enough breathing room to create a world of their own.

Heck, she managed to get mariachi, german techno and classic rock 'n roll to sound cohesive on one album.

Edited Thursday at 01:26 PM by Head Empty

[Freud 5,989]

I want her to experiment with 80's Synth-Pop & Jazz music, but not stay in any lane sonically.

No other Artist could do it as masterfully as her. 

 

[Omegahedron 356]

5 hours ago, LOVEDRUG said:

Genre isn't as important to me as theme (my one criticism of Mayhem is that there are multiple, somewhat unrelated thematic threads running through it) but I do love when she picks a single genre and shows us what it looks like through the 'Gaga lens'. I don't think it's a coincidence that Born This Way and ARTPOP are arguably the fan favourite albums, and both of them do this.

Tbh I would say that most of her albums are fairly genre consistent, no? 

I'm thinking in particular of Chromatica and to a lesser extent Joanne. The jazz ones extremely so (although I'd say Harlequin is not exclusively jazz).

 

[Controversiaga 16,103]

6 hours ago, Head Empty said:

Born This Way remains the blueprint for me in its approach to genre.

It's cohesive yet diverse. If I were to classify into one category, it would simply be 'pop', but that would be doing the album a disservice. It has this industrial, gritty, relentless throughline that ties every song together, but still gives each song enough breathing room to create a world of their own.

Heck, she managed to get mariachi, german techno and classic rock 'n roll to sound cohesive on one album.

Amen to this