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Her best photoshoot in years my god

Album cover worthy

Also props to Cynthia. She didn't hesitate to fight

AOTY CAMPAIGN HERE WE GO!

Yep mama is cooking. 2026 will be another ride to live

TOTAL MAYHEM deniers found in a ditch.

i've been waiting for something like this photoshoots for a long time! truly beautiful work and she looks incredibly amazing & gorgeous! its almost totally better than any photos from mayhem the album.

Cynthia Erivo is 100% that bitch. Girl can fight! She was quicker than the bodyguards. Proud of her. Poor Ari though.

Lock them up NOW

Kinda wish this photo was used for album material. It’s stunning

Oh my god the nails (or fingers???), mayhem ball final act gloves turned into her own skin vibes

What’s the point of security? Jesus f-cking Christ imagine if he had a weapon. This guy needs to be stopped. Like I’m actually pissed watching this and how he keeps getting away with it.

We will NOT be disrespecting the good sis Harlequin in this house

Ngl if i was a celeb I'd be packing a weapon at all times to take on these freaks

To be real it make more sense seeing her pushing a TF / TFM situation with MAYHEM than any of her last three albums. There's a BIG demands and this album was a critics / awards nods slay

Hungarian Airplay Top 40: 1. (+3) Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance (NEW PEAK) 3. (+2) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (Peak #2) Gaga scores her 5th airplay number one in Hungary after Bad Romance, Alejandro, Born This Way and Die With a Smile

On her Instagram post of this photoshoot, she speaks a bit more about Harlequin: "And Harlequin…it feels like much more than a year ago. It’s an album about empowerment and refusing to be minimized or left out in the cold. These arrangements are my first new steps since Tony died. I’m so proud of Harlequin and how it prepared me for the most incredible year of MAYHEM. Sometimes I forget this has been just one single year."

The bit where Michael talks about “never seeing someone so talented and gifted feeling so disempowered” and wanting to help give her the space to find herself again

just read the whole thing and no, it doesn’t. it’s a great read though - she talks about her mental health through the years and how it’s been for her touring such an emotionally heavy show https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lady-gaga-mayhem-tour-grammys-cover-story-interview-1235460150/

Overall the Chromatica Ball had less "happy" moments

Amazing interview! “I feel lucky to be alive” is such a powerful statement. It still affects me to think about the internal turmoil she went through and the suffering that could have culminated in a tragedy. And to think that we are now witnessing what may be the best moment in her professional and personal lives so far! She rose from the ashes and brought immense joy to us all. Gaga’s a giant, she’s my superhero. She’s my living proof that life can get better. I will never take that for granted her bravery in not giving up on herself. Love you so much Gaga

MOTHER IS SERVING HARD

Not really, no 😊 I for one still listen to and recommend Harlequin to people

As an aside: I love quoting someone who’s clearly muted me. It’s like talking to myself (something I enjoy immensely)

The shoot is giving

The way this could serve as an album photoshoot...omfg

MY WIG IS MISSING !!! HAS ANYONE SEEN MY WIG ?!?!?!??!????!!! PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY WIG !!!!

The Chromatica Ball is her darkest show, in my opinion. It's not always particularly obvious, when looking at the setlist or promotional materials, but something about it just felt oppressive and cold. The Babylon/Free Woman segment is, in my opinion, the only segment that feels even remotely joyful or celebratory–even Stupid Love and Rain on Me managed to somehow feel bleak and dark (and I mean this as a huge compliment). The Mayhem Ball feels more fantastical to me. It's like stepping into some biblical Renaissance painting. There may be darkness, but it's so exaggerated and indulgent that it feels operatic and awe-inspiring.

Not only that but Gaga is notoriously known to be a little too nice when handing credits. DJWS, Redone and now even Michael himself have mentioned how she tends to give songwriting credits like her life depends on it. Michael apparently wasn't even expecting to be credited at all. Im sure he just helped her arrive at the idea but 75% was still written by her

Hope TOTAL MAYHEM channels this vibe

I fully went to read the interview expecting an announcement of new music and instead came across something much better... God, I'm really glad she's happy and doing better. I wish her nothing but the best

OMG it's been so long since we had a shoot of this calibre. That COVER!! The fingers are so BTW 2.0. Would not have been mad if that was the album cover.

TOTAL MAYHEM

Worldwide iTunes Album Chart #20. MAYHEM (+73)

The Chromatica Ball imo. Imo it's Gaga's most poetic show. It felt claustrophic and the opening emphasised that. I've also never seen any tour use material that resembled concrete for their staging.

Chromatica Ball with the brutalist aesthetic paired with the dance music made it darker I think

Folks, she’s done it again

Made a cover

I know it might not be the right time to say this, but Cynthia is really a great friend. She stopped him even before security got there.

What she says about Chromatica sort of upset me. IMO (!) Chromatica’s lyrics are superior to most of Mayhem. It had more to say than most of Mayhem does.

oh ****, this is the most heartfelt and sincere interview/write-up of her. Put so much perspectives into Mayhem and the last 10 years of her career. She opens up so much and didn't shy away from controversial subjects like ARTPOP, joker, and her father. I've never said it before, but I'm gonna say this one time: thank you Michael! She really needed this levelheaded with Buddha-type enery man in her life.

Cant believe Gaga secretly founded a skin-medical research company for Michael, AND she's in the board as well, while some monsters were out here worried he was invading too much of her career lol. Its nice to see they both take a role in each others work.

Was this your first, second or seventh time attending?

Maybe he tried to save you...