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It’s a Mother-Daughter Release Day!
With a mother-daughter release slay: Lady Gaga’s “Disease” and Addison Rae’s “Aquamarine”
The electroclash, spooky “Disease” is a throwback to Gaga of yore: It has the stomping tempo of “Bloody Mary”; the syllable “ah” is prominently used, just like on tracks like “Government Hooker”; and the phrase “Lay you down like one, two, three, eyes roll back in ecstasy” has the same kind of glorious, memorable stupidity that defines her best work, from “Poker Face” through “G.U.Y.” Still, this is only scratching the surface of nonsensicalness for a woman who has made up entire languages in previous pop songs. There’s a lot to come in this era for Gaga (we don’t even have the music video for this yet), but if there’s something we specifically hope for, it’s a doubling down on that sense of serious silliness. And, ultimately, that’s been her biggest strength: Rae, the Charli XCX protégé, is both a cool kid and a populist TikToker, to the point where you’re never quite sure where her allegiance lies.
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