I don't want to beat the dead mechanical horse with green hair but

As the era draws nearer, Billboard Magazine has just released a new article on LG7, in the form of a wishlist. Read below or here. "5 Things We Want From Lady Gaga’s Next Studio Album: Critic’s Take From genre influences to potential collaborations, here's Billboard's wishlist for LG7. Four years have passed since Lady Gaga released her 2020 dance-pop symphony, Chromatica, although that gap may feel like a yawning void to some. Between the seismic social shift caused by a global pandemic and a steady, mind-boggling stream of historic events in the intervening months since, the last four years have felt more like decades. It’s fitting, then, that Lady Gaga’s fans have grown more ravenous by the minute for her next studio album. The 38-year-old pop superstar packed her schedule after dropping Chromatica; she embarked on a globe-spanning tour, released a remix album (Dawn of Chromatica), a second set of jazz standards with the late legend Tony Bennett (Love For Sale), filmed a documentary of her tour (Gaga Chromatica Ball), and starred in two blockbuster films (2021’s House of Gucci and the upcoming 2024 film Joker: Folie à Deux). But it appears that, after nearly half-a-decade away, Mother Monster is ready to give fans some new music. At the end of her Chromatica Ball documentary, Gaga slipped in an 8-second clip of an unreleased song as the words “LG7 Gaga RETURNS” flashed across the screen — referencing her fans’ acronym for the singer’s seventh studio album. In a since-removed interview with Drag Race star Sasha Velour for the documentary, Gaga revealed that she’s been spending time in the studio lately “making a lot of music,” adding that she was “excited for Monsters to hear where I am now.” Most recently, Gaga gave her French fans a taste of even more new music following her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, by taking to the streets in a stretch limousine and playing two more snippets from her new album. While Gaga has yet to confirm any specific details about the album — there’s no word yet on a release date, a title or practically anything else about the project — Billboard decided to put together a short wish list for the long-awaited LG7. From genre influences to collaborations, here are just a few things we hope to see on Lady Gaga’s next studio album: 1. Forget About the 'Genre Album' Concept Each time she releases a new album, Gaga proves that she is a master of creating distinct musical eras. ARTPOP incorporated a much heavier EDM sound than her past works; Joanne heralded the singer’s less-beloved country switch-up; she’s even given us two albums’ worth of jazz standards. Thanks to this trend, Little Monsters have grown accustomed to calling for an “[insert genre here] album” for LG7. Some say they want to see the LP embrace a hard rock sound, while others have hoped for a pure disco album from Mother Monster. But why limit Gaga? On her singular masterpiece Born This Way, the genres she employed on each track were entirely dependent on the emotional undercurrent of what she wrote. Sure, let Gaga do rock, and disco, and industrial techno, and anything else that she wants to — as long as the genre fits the overall of the song she’s singing, there should be no limit to the sonic landscape of LG7. 2. Book Another A-List Collaboration Lady Gaga is selective when it comes to featured slots on her projects — since she doesn’t do that many collaborations, the star goes out of her way to make them count when she does. Some of her biggest hits (“Shallow,” “Telephone” and “Rain on Me,” to name a few) came from Gaga’s choice of a proper collaborator. So on LG7, we’re hoping to see Gaga keep up her hot streak with another culture-breaking collaboration. Our pitch? If Gaga continues to lean in the dark-pop direction she teased in Paris, then she should tap Kesha [] for a feature that’s been years in the making. After the release of her criminally underrated 2023 album Gag Order, Kesha is officially an independent artist again. Her latest single “Joyride,” along with the entirety of Gag Order, showed that Kesha is ready to play with her sound and take some creative risks — who better to help facilitate that process than Lady Gaga? 3. Dance in the Dark a Little Longer Part of what made Chromatica stand out so boldly in 2020 was its stark contrast to our lived reality at the time — while the world felt bleak and colorless in the early days of the pandemic, Gaga’s album provided vibrant escapism with its dance-pop fervor. While we love what Gaga accomplished on Chromatica, we’d like to see the “Stupid Love” singer dive deeper into a darker sound []. When you listen back on a project like The Fame Monster, it’s fascinating to hear Gaga blend rich pop melodies with eerie, macabre themes — a feeling we think has been missing for too long from some of Gaga’s latest work. 4. Corral Some New Producers Despite her reputation as pop music’s resident shapeshifter, Gaga has kept a relatively close-knit stable of producers around her since her debut in 2008. Working frequently with artists like RedOne, DJ White Shadow, Mark Ronson and BloodPop, Gaga has found a group of producers who understand her work — and while we don’t think she should abandon that team altogether, it would be nice to hear another producer’s take. There are already rumors swirling that Gaga may have worked with techno artist Gesaffelstein on LG7, which is as fitting a pairing as we can imagine for an industrial-inspired sound []. If she wants to truly shake things up, though, we would love to see Gaga bring in some of the artists behind her Dawn of Chromatica remix album — LSDXOXO, Arca, A.G. Cook and others — and incorporate their experimental flair into LG7. 5. Keep It Weird For all the talk of change here, there is one thing we hope stays universally the same with Gaga’s next album: her love of the eccentric. From the very outset of her career, Gaga got (and stayed) ahead by focusing on the concept of non-conformity itself. She played with meta-narratives about the performance of fame (a feat modern artists would go on to replicate in their own style more than a decade later); she dedicated her work to outcasts, weirdos and “Monsters” alike; and she allowed herself to make music not defined by trends, but by what actually interested her. If there is anything we can hope for in Gaga’s seventh studio album, it’s the simple plea that she stays true to the inherent peculiarity that has made her the singular pop icon that she is."

Katy get up!

Is it just me or is this era shaping up to be an event event? Idk something feels different this time but GOOD different

Say what you want about Katy but at least she never gives up on her album eras

It’s kind of a forgotten song from early in her career, but the lyrics of Ur So Gay are so beyond cringe. It not only is laden with gay slurs and stereotypes, it really contributes to toxic masculinity thinking as well. I just listened to it again for the first time in a long while, and every time I am shocked that this supposed “gay icon” has a song like this in her catalogue. She has tried over the course of her career to correct this perception of her, but she ultimately has always been a panderer to the gay community with her music. Case in point, inserting a gay kiss in the Woman’s World music video, then editing it out in the so called “modesty edit” okay rant done.

Which one of you got a job at billboard, this is on point

Charli just tweeted and like… WHO IS THAT?? Her turning Guess into a queer anthem w Billie taking the masc role would SHOCKINGLY be as gaggy as the Lorde remix - like how is she this SMART??

He's 100% a user here, same mindset

SHAWN ****ING MENDES JUST STOLE OCT 18TH OCT 11TH IS TOO EARLY AND BUDS W JOKER OCT 25TH IS TOO CLICHE AND LATE FOR PLAYLISTING AT LOCAL’S PARTIES LG7 PROB WONT BEAT HIM AND HIS HORNY FANS it’s OVER

Andrew Watt posted a picture with Ozzy Osbourne on Instagram Ozzy said month ago he was waiting Andrew to be done with Lady Gaga to start working on new album. I guess the album is wrapped

Sam Smith has said it was "an honour" to have a painting of them unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in central London. The work, called Gloria, is part of the singer songwriter's own collection and shows them sitting in heavenly surroundings playing a harp, while wearing angel wings designed by JW Anderson. The artwork was created by art duo Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, known as Pierre et Gilles, who have used painting and photography to depict celebrities such as Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Naomi Campbell. It will join pictures of singer Harry Styles, Pride In London co-founder Peter Tatchell and race campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence in the new History Makers gallery. source

I have a feeling LG7 is going to be her magnetic octopus

Local perception of Gaga in 2024 is so weird. I talked to a guy earlier who was like "yeah I like some of her songs, like Bloody Mary and Hold My Hand"

another self titled album, he already has album titled Shawn Mendes

you know it's a flop when LatAm twinks refuse to twerk to your song... oh Katheryn...

It's beyond exciting to think that Gaga is on the cusp of what could potentially be the most exhilarating, divergent and high-energy pop comeback of the year! We've had a lot of pop releases this year and save for the likes of Billie and Beyonce perhaps, most have been pretty bland and dull (except Brat obs), so it's insane that soon Gaga will come crashing in to stomp on everyone's throats with a 10inch heel. She's definitely coming for blood this time and I am living!

Tbh it sounds like their baby to me, not more like one or the other and I am absolutely overjoyed at that fact edit: which in itself makes it not only a new sound, but a new sound that will also invoke everything we loved about Gaga’s older music that we wanted back in recent years, and the cherry on top is that she seems to be loving the process of making/teasing this album more than anything she’s done since 2014-2015

And they got medals! Little Monsters are always talented wbk

I came here expecting it would be a shame thread towards Gaga

That's exactly it and Chromatica is like "LG7 PLEAAAAAAASE watch all that noise it's too much go to your room" and LG7 is like "YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHEEEEEEEEER"

Electric guitars and distortion feel like BTW, harsh synths and thumping 4x4 dancefloor beats feel like ARTPOP. So both.

“Widely considered the most successful” umm first winner Kelly Clarkson would like a word.

Lmfao Shawn Mendes last album debuted on the hot 200 with 89k records sold. Since Born This Way, Gaga never debuted a solo studio album on the hot 200 with less than 200k copies sold. We’re FINE

Considering she did a female empowerment song with Dr Luke, maybe she'll come at us with a gay anthem with lyrics by JK Rowling?

well..

This has been my biggest wish. She's in a unique position where she can pull elements from all kinds of genres that she loves and excels in, but she often slips into more isolated genres and tropes. Born This Way (album) was a true amalgamation of pop, dance, house, rock, metal and a bunch of other niche sounds, making it completely unique. It's her biggest strength, and her previous few releases didn't capitalize on it.

The track lengths ☠️

ARTPOP left to buy weed a couple of years ago and never came back

There are many examples over the time period of her career which she has stated she's queer. Its very possible that Gaga just wanted the focus to be on HoG at the time, but its very obvious that Gaga is queer and literally stated that many times. Many many times. Its quite insane that people just disregard all of that based off of one question that was asked to her. Maybe she doesn't like to shout about it or be loud and in your face about it. And should she be? No. Its completely her choice how she expresses her sexuality both publicly and privately and we shouldn't care how she does so. The main thing is she's queer and has done many many MANY things for our community, and is a queer icon. End of. Also questioning someone about their sexuality is rude, especially when they have stated it in the past. "Vaguely bi"... what does that even mean? If someone identifies as bi then they are bi, no matter where they sit on the spectrum. Its not black and white and honestly its quite surprising to hear some gays not acknowledge bisexuality as a sexuality after all this time, after our main queen came out as bi. My sexuality does exist

The parents are gonna be showing those kids her music videos all night after they get home and they'll be freaking out P.S. I HATE your profile picture

It always reminds me of this

My wishes & expectations:

terrible take

Tickets are on sale now, only on Temu

you can't even say this is her ARTPOP era cus at least applause peaked at no.4 and lasted weeks we need to start saying 143 era

the misinformation in point number 4... she actually regularly cycles through producers, especially the main producer behind each project they make it sound like she's stuck with the same team since 2008

*cries in 911 Charli xcx & A. G. Cook remix*

Guess would be perfect for Billie, she really fits the vibe of the song

https://twitter.com/i/status/1818428400756810034 Why didn't the organizers think of using such effects in Gaga's performance? It looks 100 times more interesting and nicely reflects how Gaga would have found herself in those times. *I don't know how to paste embedded link from twitter sorry

Katy Perry isn't a gay icon because of this song, but simply because she's never really done anything to be one, and I'm not just talking about taking a position, but also about aura. Gays like divas, strong women, and she's not that.

Girl… Katy can barely sell $10 tickets for her Vegas show, and Witness had literally $5 tickets cause it was just not selling… what makes her label think she can go on tour?? Her team is 100% sabotaging her or something cause like, girl….

at least the tickets will be cheap!