chromatica review

But hey, a new Gaga record is better than no Gaga record, and Chromatica is a collection of infectious and joyful dance tracks that’ll have you grooving all night long (alone in your bedroom, but still). I would agree 6 or 7 out of 10. “I live on Chromatica.” Coronavirus temporarily put a halt to the world-building begun in the Star Trek-flavoured video for lead single Stupid Love, forcing her to delay the album (she curated the One World: Together at Home concerts in the meantime) and leaving her summer tour up in the air. From “1000 Doves” (“I am human, invisibly bleeding,” “each time / your love seems to save the day”) to the random and uninspired Elton John duet “Sine From Above” (“When I was young, I felt immortal / And not a day went by without a struggle”), too many of the lyrics are generic and don’t get at the kind of distinctiveness we know Gaga can provide. Gaga has always brought up important issues in her music, like LGBTQ+ rights and gun violence, and ‘Free Woman’ is no different. Violins and strings swirl together against ambient sounds that introduce you to Gaga’s futuristic fantasy. “Stupid Love” succeeded as a lead single in setting up the tone and world of Chromatica. For a while, it looked like pop’s high priestess of serious silliness was being sucked into the Slough of Authenticity – first with her supposedly stripped-back, country-inspired 2016 album Joanne (in truth, about as stripped back as Universal Studios is when compared with Disney World), then with her garlanded turn in A Star Is Born and its painfully earnest soundtrack album. The album could use more of Gaga’s originality, but it’s a testament to the unique lane she carved for herself that it feels like such a big event to have her back. i just don’t hear anything wonderful or groundbreaking. But that’s a hard lane to inhabit for a long time. “Free Woman,” for instance, adds nothing to the endless theme of letting loose on the dance floor. Alessa Dominguez is a culture writer for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Learn how your comment data is processed. Share Tweet. Contact Alessa Dominguez at alessa.dominguez@buzzfeed.com. It was as if they were trying to recapture the idea of craving toxicity from “Bad Romance,” but in an upbeat “Born This Way” mode. Throughout her 12-year career, Lady Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta), has used her unbounded creativity to carve music in every way imaginable. But, more than a decade into her career, Gaga is beyond comparisons. 7/10? Gaga got off the top 40 hamster wheel with the Tony Bennett duets project Cheek to Cheek, and with 2016’s Joanne, she attempted to do a stripped-down personal record with a Gaga twist. Me,” it has enough intentional camp appeal to stand proudly in the house/dance pop rain canon alongside “It’s Raining Men.”. Chromatica also gives us glimpses of new aspects of Gaga’s songwriting. With 'Chromatica,' Lady Gaga has offered that elixir -- a summer dance-pop escape -- at a time when we could use as many shots of it as possible. Caso não concorde com o uso cookies dessa forma, você deverá ajustar as configurações de seu navegador ou deixar de acessar o nosso site e serviços. Gaga has spoken about how making the album helped her begin to deal with the post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted from being raped repeatedly at 19, and also with the dissociative, objectifying double-edged sword of celebrity (“your monsters torture me”, she wails on Replay – hard not to read that as an allusion to her most fervent fans, the Little Monsters, much as she undoubtedly loves them). From the cathartic, French House-inspired ‘Rain On Me’ with pop superstar Ariana Grande, to even the rocketman himself, Sir Elton John, who lent his vocals to explore the healing power of music on ‘Sine From Above,’ there’s no shortage of star power on Chromatica. Esses Cookies nos permitem coletar alguns dados pessoais sobre você, como sua ID exclusiva atribuída ao seu dispositivo, endereço de IP, tipo de dispositivo e navegador, conteúdos visualizados ou outras ações realizadas usando nossos serviços, país e idioma selecionados, entre outros. The instrumental introduction swiftly switches to back-to-back pop bangers. The upbeat joyful rhythms continue with the infectious pre-released single, ‘Stupid Love.’ The disco track brings amplified synths against techno glitches as Gaga tries to “break out” from the walls she’s built around herself, attempting to be more vulnerable and foolish in love. lol. Where that album was all glossy black, blood red and chrome, Chromatica is rainbow-bright, its colours lovingly painted with US producer BloodPop and a host of bit players. When everything seems dark and unnerving, finding your own wonderland is a saving grace. The newest record is more cinematic than Gaga fans are used to. She almost had to start de-escalating her stardom. I would easily give this album at least a 9/10, very well produced, cohesive and well written. Though it can easily go very wrong — or even worse, end up just bleh — Gaga has an amazing talent for diva collaborations, from “Telephone,” with Beyoncé, to the Christina Aguilera duet for “Do What U Want.” The song highlights Ariana’s delicate vocal melodies, punctuated by Gaga’s distorted vocals as butch-goddess demanding “Rain. Become a BuzzFeed News member. Looks like your browser doesn't support JavaScript. Chromatica, her sixth album, brings back the spectacle, manifesting a parallel reality she’s had one foot in since childhood, centred on colour, kindness and connection. Gaga is definitely a visual artist, and that's evident by the dystopic world she created for the "Stupid Love" video. The record is Back To The Future-meets-Mad Max-meets-Barbarella, creating an interesting dichotomy of sounds that’s both futuristic and retro. Para saber mais sobre nossa política de cookies, acesse link. As she sings “Take me home,” you want to follow her down the rabbit hole. On Chromatica, Gaga painfully details the battles endured throughout her career, finding resolution in the very place her project was born: the dance floor. “Fun Tonight,” a song about a relationship the narrator is ambivalent about, feels moody and intimate in a different way than the rest of the album. The very woman who dared to wear a meat dress and produced feel-good anthems like ‘Born This Way.’ Thankfully, she’s created a record filled with electro-pop deliciousness. I would give this album 9/10 very cohesive and guess what, amazingly produced. “Earth is cancelled,” she declared. Then came A Star Is Born, which revitalized Gaga’s stardom; she made room for the retro rock earnestness of Joanne, but was able to bring back the pop audience along with her. Gaga’s talent for performance, whimsy, and great choruses saves some of the songs, like “Enigma,” and “Plastic Doll,” of which the latter has enough lyrical cleverness and drama (“Who's that girl, Malibu Gaga? Splitting the album into three distinctive sections, with each introduced by an instrumental sci-fi interlude, Chromatica tells a narrative about mental illness, fame, objectification, and self-love. Sure, there’s still some of Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ influence on the record, especially on ‘Babylon,’ but Gaga gives a middle finger to all the gossip and comparisons on the closing track. The record is Back To The Future-meets-Mad Max-meets-Barbarella, creating an interesting dichotomy of sounds that’s both futuristic and retro. The opening track, Alice, takes her down a new rabbit hole, recalling the best of 90s chart house – Ken Doh’s Nakasaki, Ultra Naté’s Free – as she promises: “I’ll keep looking, keep looking for Wonderland.” In the past, she’s generally gravitated more towards techno, beats rigid and clunking; her surrender to the exhilarating, erotic pulse of funky and handbag house feels like a delicious release. She’s probably well aware of that: the song insouciantly dismisses celebrity gossip, “something that used to run my life and make me feel so small”. Lady Gaga returns to her dance-pop roots on her highly anticipated sixth studio album, ‘Chromatica’ — read Us Weekly’s review Whatever you think about her, Lady Gaga makes pop music feel exciting, like something is at stake. But it gets at the same girlish teen pop insolence she channeled so effectively on “Boys Boys Boys.” From the slinky verses (“So sweet, then I get a little angry”) by Blackpink’s Jennie & Lisa, to Gaga’s chorusing about being hard on the outside, the song feels fresh and is a perfect pop confection. “Stupid Love,” the first single and video of the Chromatica era, released last month, announced the return of big pop concept queen Gaga. Chromatica’s burst of light is set off all the more vividly by a darker backdrop. Chromatica revives the Lady Gaga the world fell in love with. Rather than crafting a slow build, Gaga broke out by being too much — the gender rumors, the meat dress, the multilayered videos. Lady Gaga: Chromatica review – colour, kindness and connection (Interscope) After a po-faced stab at country, Lady Gaga returns to the land of make-believe on a … Collaboration can sometimes feel forced, but here it’s well-fitted and a welcomed addition to the record. Gaga’s falsetto introduces the next track, ‘Alice,’ a bouncy club track filled with hooks against pumping bass and heavy synths. It’s always exciting — not to mention rare — when two indisputable pop titans come together. The echoey synths put to mind Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams” as the song soothingly invites you in, but then Gaga’s “Shallow”-like vocal volcanic eruption captures a distinct kind of sad euphoria. There was 80’s inspired Born This Way, campy and experimental ARTPOP, jazzy duet record Cheek to Cheek with Tony Bennett, and 2016’s refined and stripped-back Joanne. The songs, though, are more than vivid enough to conjure Planet Chromatica by themselves: Gaga’s always tended to overstuff her records, but the hit rate on these 16 tracks is her highest since the gothic techno cabaret of 2011’s Born This Way. At the start of her career, Gaga was constantly compared to pop legend Madonna. Being real is a look every artist has to try on at least once, but it was never going to become Gaga’s signature style. Utilizamos cookies, próprios e de terceiros, que o reconhecem e identificam como um usuário único, para garantir a melhor experiência de navegação, personalizar conteúdo e anúncios, e melhorar o desempenho do nosso site e serviços. It was ultimately a piano ballad from Joanne, “Million Reasons,” that became her big streaming hit. Where Alice’s opening lines saw her pleading “could you pull me out of this alive?”, here she urges: “Battle for your life!” It’s a triumphant closing note to a return to form whose reviving power feels very real indeed. I'm stuck in my mind”), all complemented by Gaga’s vocal theatrics, delivered with operatic flair.

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