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Could LG7 be an evolution of the original LG5? Here’s why I think it might be: LG5 was originally inspired by Gaga’s role in AHS. She said herself that The Countess inspired her to return to the Art of Darkness. At the time, the album was said to include a song titled “Vampire” and we also have confirmation that “Frankenstein(ed)” was produced by RedOne and was a continuation and elevation of their classic sound. We know that LG7 is very likely to be inspired by dark themes, as well as her role as Harley Quinn, which feels very familiar to how LG5 was originally conceived. From the rumoured titles alone, we can see a clear theme forming: Notorious Being: monsters are notorious, otherworldly beings (like vampires) Abracadabra: ties into magic potions and witches Garden of Eden: continues a mythological focus Dance In The Shadow: clearly a dark theme Whilst I’m not saying that “Vampire” or “Frankensteined” will be on LG7, it’s clear how these song titles could all fit together and come from the same place as those listed above. There’s also the fact that the only trusted description of any LG7 track we have (from the Vogue interview) described it as “intense and ominous—an old-school Gaga banger, unsettling but also buoyant.” This is akin to how RedOne described “Frankensteined”, which suggests again that Gaga may be taking some inspiration from those early LG5 sessions. The only ‘original LG5’ song that saw the light of day was “Angel Down”, a song about innocent people getting caught up in the world’s chaos. What’s reminded me of the original LG5 this week is Gaga’s referencing of “chaos” again, which is something she referred a lot to during 2014-15, so much so that many thought she was hinting at her next album title. In Gaga’s recent Vogue interview, she said: “I had a different experience creating her, namely my experience with mania and chaos inside—for me, it creates a quietness.” She also briefly mentioned it in this clip too. Now, I’m not saying that LG7 will be titled “Chaos” but I think it’s interesting for her to talk about this again when the last time she did so was in the run up to what we thought would be the dark-inspired LG5, just as she had finished filming AHS. So the parallels are there. As a reminder, the idea at the time was that LG5 would address the darkness within Gaga’s life and how she had to rebuild herself after the chaos of the storm that was ARTPOP. We theorised that the album could be inspired by chaos theory, which is more commonly known as the butterfly effect: the idea that actions will always have unintended consequences. We have recently watched Gaga rebuild her own life after lots of actions and decisions took her down a very unintended path. Could LG7 therefore maybe be linked to chaos theory, in the same way LG5 was? And whilst it may seem odd for Gaga to revisit a concept from over ten years ago, I think it’s worth noting that for the past decade, she’s wanted to escape “Gaga” as much as possible. This is why we had Joanne and it’s also why Chromatica was so hard for her to make. But now she’s feeling inspired again and seems to have been able to reconcile herself with this “being” she’s created, maybe she felt that now was the right time to revisit a theme, concept and maybe even some songs from the past that she really only turned her back on because they were too “Gaga”, not because she didn’t love them. After all, according to RedOne, the songs they first produced for LG5 were ‘old-school’ Gaga. Just like LG7’s lead has been described. I think there’s definitely something in this. It also just occurred to me that if Gaga really did ‘open up the vault’ for LG7, perhaps her secret project really could be an album dedicated to unreleased tracks she now feels able to release? That wouldn’t be so unprecedented nowadays, after what Taylor has done (who Gaga has expressed admiration and fondness of more than once in the past year).