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ADRIAN THRILLS reviews: Lady Gaga: Mayhem (Interscope): Lady Gaga promises mayhem but delivers 80s power pop
ADRIAN THRILLS: Despite her reputation as a madcap pop diva, Lady Gaga has (whisper it) been playing it a little safe of late.
The last we heard from her, she was faithfully reworking such vintage jazz standards as Smile and That's Life on Harlequin, a companion album to her big screen role in psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux. Dominated by pulsating electronic beats and 1980s-style power pop, the 14 new tracks here see the singer (born Stefani Germanotta) returning to her early, club-orientated roots — while adding a few surprisingly funky touches, before rounding it all off with three emotional ballads. Unlike 2020's Chromatica, inspired by a fictional planet named after a musical scale, there's no grand concept on an album made with collaborators including Andrew Watt, who produced The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds, and French DJ Gesaffelstein.
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