"Cheek to Cheek" sees Gaga dancing to a different tune.

In 2014, one year after the release of her now infamous album "ARTPOP", Lady Gaga decided to collaborate on a Jazz album with Jazz legend Tony Benet, this came after the smash collaboration between the two in 2011 with the track "The Lady Is a Tramp" for Bennett's album "Duets II". "Cheek to Cheek" shows Gaga's versatility and adaptability to any and every genre she comes to, ... read more

"ARTPOP" is a misunderstood puzzle.

Lady Gaga has always been someone who has shaken the world with her musical journey and way of creating moments in pop culture, so it couldn't have come as a shock when she tried to combine her prowl for kitsch and camp aesthetics with her music at a grander and more excentric scale than she has ever done before. Lady Gaga has expressed that the sentiment for this album was mixing the world of pop music and art, stating: "So the album ... read more

"Born This Way" is a cultural reset.

Three years after the realse of the pop culture-shifting moment that was her EP, or her second album and era to be honest, "The Fame Monster", Lady gaga came back to cash in all the cards and gimmicks she previously laid down and deliver one of the most important albums and eras in pop culture of the 2010s.

"Born This Way" is a fusion of mostly electropop and Dance-pop with operatic, synth, rock, disco, and house elements ... read more

"The Fame Monster" is a pop culture staple.

Lady Gaga's debut album, "The Fame," was a huge success, showing that she was forced to be reckoned with as the next huge name and mastermind in pop music. Delivering quality tracks, lyrics, vocals, catchy hooks, and production, a concept to be delivered and packaged with electro-pop music and avant-garde, over-the-top aesthetics Gaga had all eyes on her looking forward to what she would deliver, and of course also her label. ... read more

"The Fame" is Lady Gaga winding her engine up.

Lady Gaga blasted onto the scene in 2008 with her sleeper hit single "Just Dance" which captured and captivated the eyes of the public at the time, due to the Synth/Electro/Dance-pop elements that the song introduced and also Gaga's different and camp aesthetics that was not much of the norm at the time could start peeking out through her lyrics and visuals for the songs. It wasn't until "Poker Face" that ... read more

"Eusexua" is an experience.

When Fka Twigs announced that her new album was inspired by the raves and light life that she had been visiting in her recent point of life and that it translated into her creative process to make blissful tecno club music I was, to say the least, excited. Twigs also accompanied the announcement with the creation of a new word that explained all of the album sentiment and serves as the title of the album: "Eusexua" —which Twigs has ... read more

"Tension II" is a Side-B project.

A little more than a year later, in her 17th studio album project, Kylie decides to continue down the House, Dance-pop route that worked so well for her on her previous album and follow it up with a sequel "Tension II". It is understandable why Kylie decided to stay in this lane for the time being as the shiny and glossy colors that she experimented with on "Tension" gave her one of the biggest hits in her recent ... read more

"Tension" is Kylie flexing her muscles.

After her pure disco-infused album "Disco" was met with great critic reviews and debuted at number one in the UK—making her the first and only female artist to top the charts with an album in five decades consecutively— Kylie had multiple avenues to go down, especially after her album rollout for "Disco" suffered due to the pandemic and her not being able to tour the project. What we arrive at is ... read more

"Disco" gives you a dance fever!

After her brief delve into the country genre, Kylie comes back in full force with a rich and grand soundscape that makes you want to dance your ass off with "DISCO." Kylie has said that she needed to write and create "Golden" to find "terra firma" and be able to come back stronger than ever, and boy did she find it.
"Disco" explores this rich, luxurious, and elegant soundscape of pure fun, joyous, and danceable ... read more

"Golden" is a forgettable venture into a more country route.

In 2018, after thirty years of a massively successful career and multiple hit singles, the Dance-pop star turned to her beloved gay fan base and told them, "I'm going country, and there's nothing you could do about it." For the most part, she delivered.

"Golden" is precisely what you think it is: a dance-pop album with country elements arranged as the main starting point. We get Kylie's ... read more

"Slut Pop Miami" is Kim doubling down on making trash music.

There are things in life that you can toss as a joke or say: "You guys hate fun" and try to find an excuse for something and label it as misunderstood, but not this.

Mama, this...is garbage.

"Problématique" highlights the decline of Kim's projects.

Not a complete three months later, Kim—or her team—decided to release the scrapped originally intended debut album "Problématique", after the disastrous rollout and reception of her album "Feed The Beast" had. The project spans over ten tracks—it should've been 11 if we count the original lead single "Future Starts Now" which is nowhere to be found on the ... read more

"Feed The Beast" is a mediocre debut.

Kim Petras found niche success in the LGBT+ internet community under the realse of multiple singles and mixtapes that catapulted her into an almost cult following due to her pop-star aesthetics. In 2023, all this changed when she found mainstream relevance due to her collaboration with Sam Smith on the track "Unholy"—the fourth single for his album "Gloria" and is now tacked on at the end of this album to inflate ... read more

"Slut Pop" is certainly that, in a bad way.

Three years after the release of the now cult classic Halloween-themed mixtape "Turn Of The Lights," Kim ventures to try and work the same gimmick, now on Valentine's Day, and give us an EP centered around just one thing: SEX. "Slut Pop" spans over seven tracks that delve into Electropop, Dance-Pop, and House elements to deliver raunchy 8-bit-almost production that accompanies, you guessed it, Kim talking ... read more

"Clarity" is Kim's first attempt at a cohesive project, and she delivered.

After her droplet era that began in 2017 and culminated in February of 2019—which spanned multiple hit singles like "I Don't Want It At All" and "Heart To Break"— Kim dropped her first mixtape "Clarity".

"Clarity" spans over 12 tracks that continue the Dance-pop aesthetics that Kim laid down in her "Era 1", but now less Bubblegum-pop and ... read more

"The Summer I Couldn't Do Better" or "ERA 1" is Kim at one of her peaks.

From 2017 to 2019 Kim Petras released 11 singles to begin teasing her "debut" mixtape—whatever that means... As a result, we get a collection of some of the best tracks that Kim has created with her long-side collaborator Dr. Luke...

Most of the tracks include Kim's characteristic production of the time—a Bubblegum-pop Dance mix that's effervescent and grand, ... read more

"American Teen" captures a period in time.

Khalid's debut album offers a mix badge of Alt-Pop and Contemporary R&B that reflects the life of a typical teen—love, heartbreak, not knowing your place in the world, and having youth coursing through your veins all while through this melancholic lense put on to make everything a little more cinematic.
There's not much to say about the album other than, for the most part, it is enjoyable and you feel a sense of ... read more

"Rainbow" is a cathartic experience.

Being not much of a previous fan of Kesha's music and only knowing of her for her party-girl persona, I was shocked when I first listened to this album. Kesha, after her continued battles with the complete and utter bullshit that she went through a couple of years ago decided to do a total and natural reinvention of her image, her lyrics, and her sound to express in the best way possible how she overcame this struggle; It's not only ... read more

"Raven" pulls you into the depths.

I can't say I've heard Kelela's name over the past few years, but as I stumbled on my recommended album on Apple Music, this album popped up, and the cover artwork just pulled me in. There's something so alluring about it: a B&W minimalistic portrait of this face coming out of or being pulled into the water with the blankest expression, no emotion, just looking directly into you. It's a masterpiece.

An alluring ... read more

"143" is Katy grasping at straws.

After two failed album cycles, 7 years of being a judge on American Idol, a Vegas residency, a footwear line, and a baby, Katy Perry comes back in "full pop star force" to try and rejuvenate her career with a full Dance/House/Pop album that also brings back previous collaborators Max Martin (only one song) and...Dr Luke...

The album got off to a bad start since the release of the lead single "Woman's World" whose empty ... read more