The meaning of 'Mayhem': the title of Lady Gaga's new album

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The most anticipated news by fans of Lady Gaga has been revealed: We finally know the name and cover of your seventh studio album! The American star has published on Monday, January 27, the title of the album that follows Chromatica (An album that launched in 2020 in full pandemic).

It is Mayhem and will reach all platforms on March 7. A news widely anticipated by the Little Monsters who have been waiting for this announcement since the musical star announced that she was preparing a new album. Now, finally, we have date, cover and title.

Mayhem, a title full of meanings

It is no accident that Gaga has opted for Mayhem's name for this new work. Following the wake of the first single of this work, Disease, It seems that the artist wants to continue exploring this universe full of emotions and complex feelings of the human being. And, as we can see on the cover, Mayhem He completely moves away from that colorful universe from Chromatica

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In fact, the album's own title, Mayhem, It means chaos or uproar, Something that in the same teaser who has accompanied the announcement of the album. In it, we see a kind of visual cryptic in which different overlapping images appear (From letters to the singer's photos with a super punk look), until the name and launch date is revealed.

It is no accident that Gaga has chosen this name. And it is that the American diva already revealed that this new work broke with what he had done in his sixth study album. This is what he said in an interview for Rolling Stone in September: “It is a pop album and does not look anything like Chromatica It is a completely different album. I don't know if I'm ready to talk about it yet, but I recognize that it will come out soon and then I will. What I would say is that (LG7) It's all for me. The album is destined to be tasted as a moment of my life. And I am also very excited about the idea of ​​not having to rely on another era if I don't want

In addition, in the same interview, Lady Gaga gave us a clue about the name of the album when he talked about the advancement of Disease. And it already mentioned the word “chaos” in English (Mayhem):

“For me, there is some chaos in all the ways in which we try to analyze ourselves and discover who we are really. And Disease It is the origin of it and began with that voice on my shoulders telling me: “There are noars to cry / i heard you beggin 'for life (there are no more tears than crying, I hear you beg for your life)”; And that feeling of discomfort that appears sometimes when the voice in your head tells you something that is not pleasant to listen. “

In addition, to compose and produce this album, Gaga said that he listened to the music. And what came out? Well, electronics. Will there be a lot of this genre in this new work? We will have to wait until March 7 to discover it.

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