Every week, Consequence'yes The Songs of the Week column looks at great new songs from the last seven days and discusses notable releases. Find our new favorites and more in our Spotify best songs playlist and to see other great songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify new sounds playlist. This week, Lady Gag's powerful new pop song will remind fans of her explosive hits from the 2010s..
Stefani Germanotta, known to the masses as the one and only Lady Gaga, can create a tearjerker and deliver music that demands Broadway standards. She approaches a jazz standard with the enthusiasm of a plucky '40s showgirl, and she also totally nailed it when she did the Super Bowl halftime show. 2018 a star is bornhis first major film performance, he offered a devastating and totally three-dimensional turn. She can act, sing, write, dance, and produce… but at the end of the day, Lady Gaga is a pop star through and through.
It's the most immediate conclusion to her new single, “Disease,” a dark, throbbing, desperate pop song that feels like a return to form after years of Gaga expanding her performance repertoire. When he arrived on the scene in 2008 with “Just Dance,” it felt exciting; when he immediately followed up with “Poker Face,” “Bad Romance,” and “Telephone,” it was clear that something serious was going on.
For dedicated Little Monsters, it's probably 2011's “Judas” that comes to mind as the primary reference point, and if you hear ghostly “ra-ras” here, you're not alone. There is a hint of determination in her vocal performance through the growling verses and hymn chorus. Heading towards the bridge, an eerie falsetto begins to run through the song, which only grows louder over the layered harmonies until it feels all-encompassing. “If you were a sinner, I could make you believe,” Gaga intones with a touch of anguish, unearthing the kind of religious imagery that characterized her early work.
It's an interesting time for this kind of return to form for someone who has been a major cultural force since 2008. This is an artist who always commits to the task at hand, whether considering one of her jazz collections with the late Tony Bennett or acting. alongside Adam Driver in House of Gucci. All that to say, their efforts between the 2020s. chromatic And today certainly hasn't felt like a half-baked side quest, but “Disease” is a four-minute reminder that pop music is where so many elements of performance have the opportunity to coalesce.
In Gaga's approach to music creation, she invokes drama and theatricality through song structure and vocal expression. A music video hasn't arrived yet, but “Disease” is choreographed. For her, pop music has never been superficial or easy; there is a lot at stake. And if we can count on anyone to take advantage of the vast opportunities that this genre offers, it is Lady Gaga. Welcome home, Mother Monster.
—Maria Siroky
Associate Editor
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