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True to its title, Gaga delivers chaotic front-to-back bangers! The album itself starts very industrial pop and macabre, but as it goes on it softens up to more playful tracks like “Zombieboy” and “Shadow of A Man” — inspired to '70s disco. I can say this is her strongest pop effort since ARTPOP though, and I can see myself coming back to the whole album over and over again.

Back in 2022, I quietly observed the reception to this album and to my surprise people were very polarized on this project; some thought it was a decent follow-up to the Dedicated era while others were not quite sure it's up to par with Carly's cult-classic E•MO•TION album.

This album released at a time where I was fighting loneliness myself. The pandemic was fortunately a way for me to reflect on myself, to dig really deep within and answer questions I didn't know I ... read more