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“I will do whatever it takes to make the world dance and smile,” she told Paper magazine in March. “I want to put out a record that forces people to rejoice even in their saddest moments. And by the way, I’m not standing over here with a flag going, ‘I’m all healed, everything’s perfect.’ It’s not; it’s a fight all the time. I still work on myself constantly. I have bad days, I have good days. Yeah, I live in Chromatica, it took a minute to get here, but that doesn’t mean I don’t remember what happened. So if you’re in pain and listening to this music, just know that I know what it’s like to be in pain. And I know what it’s like to also not let it ruin your life.” … [Read more...] about Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ Drops With a Track List Full of Heavy-Hitting Collaborators

In retrospect, it feels wild that it’s taken over a decade for Lady Gaga and Elton John to team up on an original duet again. John has long been Gaga’s biggest advocate, performing a medley of their hits (“Poker Face”/”Your Song”/”Speechless”) at the 2010 Grammy Awards. She joined him for the Gnomeo & Juliet soundtrack single “Hello Hello” in 2011 and the pair have had their personal lives intertwined ever since, with Gaga being a godmother to John’s son Elijah. “Sine From Above” is the result of a decade of mutual admiration. It’s delightful to hear the result of that decade turn into a celebratory slice of electro-pop heaven.  … [Read more...] about Song You Need to Know: Lady Gaga feat. Elton John, ‘Sine From Above’

Gaga, of course, couldn’t give her full attention to her sixth album until the following year. A Star Is Born would be released in late 2018 and she launched a pair of Las Vegas residencies just two months later: a full pop show called Enigma and the lounge-y Jazz & Piano show. In January 2019, she began working with producer Burns (Charli XCX, Little Mix, PartyNextDoor), who would become integral to the album-making process as well, producing almost every song alongside Gaga and BloodPop. Burns brought some ideas for “Enigma,” the piano house number on Chromatica. At the time, Gaga and Tucker had “so many spinning plates,” as he describes it, with just-budding tracks beginning to come alive. They decided to solidify an album once five songs were completed: “Stupid Love,” “Enigma,” “Rain on Me,” “Alice” and “Free Woman.” … [Read more...] about Welcome to ‘Chromatica’: Inside Lady Gaga’s Triumphant Dance Floor Return