Lady Gaga's Monster Return

In 2022, Lady Gaga embarked on The Chromatica Ball – a stadium tour featuring a stage that Gaga herself referred to as her "museum of brutality." Three years later, this idea of a brutalist enshrining of all things Monster can come to represent her new studio album MAYHEM. 

Over the course of fourteen tracks, Gaga is "unafraid to reference or not reference," invoking not just the pop weirdos of a past era like Prince and Bowie, but also her contemporaries, in this gothic and chaotic web of a record. This episode of Switched On Pop, Little Monster-in-residence Reanna takes Charlie and Nate on a tour through the Gaga-seum, showcasing Gaga's ability to pay tribute to her inspirations, her imitators, and her biggest icon: herself. 

Songs discussed:

• Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande – Rain On Me
• Lady Gaga – Disease
• Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein – Killah
• David Bowie – Watch That Man
• David Bowie – Fame
• Queen – Killer Queen
• Prince – Kiss
• Prince – Sign O' The Times
• Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
• Nile Rodgers, CHIC, Lady Gaga – I Want Your Love
• Lady Gaga – Perfect Celebrity
• Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
• Lady Gaga – The Fame
• Lady Gaga – Applause
• Nine Inch Nails – Closer
• Depeche Mode – Mercy in You
• Lady Gaga – Vanish Into You
• Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
• The Weeknd – In Your Eyes
• Lady Gaga – How Bad Do U Want Me
• Taylor Swift – Style
• Taylor Swift – Gorgeous
• Yaz – Only You
• Lady Gaga – Zombieboy
• Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
• Lady Gaga – Summerboy
• Lady Gaga – Beautiful, Dirty Rich
• Lady Gaga – Shadow Of A Man
• Lady Gaga – Nothing On But the Radio
• Lady Gaga – Garden of Eden
• Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
• Lady Gaga – Government Hooker
• Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary
• Lady Gaga – Swine

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