Chromatica by Lady Gaga - ALBUM REVIEW

Lady Gaga is back! And... better than ever? Well, maybe not, but as far as a Lady Gaga album goes, this one still works pretty well.

Man, what a time to release an album full of dance tracks, a time when no one is going to the club or partying (or at the very least shouldn't be, lookin' at you, Chainsmokers). I feel like this album became under-appreciated as a result in favour of more lowkey releases like Charli XCX's how i'm feeling now. But it still did the numbers. Big numbers, in fact. so maybe it also works as an escapist album. The two lead singles, "Stupid Love" and "Rain on Me" with Ariana Grande, certainly evoke feelings of joy and excitement in an era where that's hard to come by. But those are just the singles. Does the rest of the album shake out?

Well, for the most part, it's perfectly great pop music. Some songs are better than others, and I'm not sure I agree with the grandiose tone this album tries to strike with three different musical interludes. But as a pop album, it works. I'd say the only song that really doesn't fit is "Sour Candy", which scans more as a BLACKPINK song featuring Lady Gaga than the other way around. But it's still a decent BLACKPINK song. I wouldn't say any of these songs fall flat, and the singles certainly soar. It's not Lady Gaga's best album by any stretch, but it's far from disappointing.

8/10

Best Tracks: "Stupid Love", "Rain on Me" (with Ariana Grande), "Free Woman", "Fun Tonight", "Plastic Doll", "Replay"