Believe it or not, it’s been 17 years since Lady Gaga first entered our musical lives with her instant-classic pop hit “Just Dance.” Over the years, the 38 year-old has worn many hats — most recently,

Lady Gaga shook up the music landscape with her brash, uncompromising brand of maximalist pop – heavy on anthems and attitude. Now, with the release of Mayhem, her first solo album since 2020's Chromatica,

It is as complete a statement about who Lady Gaga is in 2025 as anything could be. MAYHEM repositions Gaga as a dance diva heavily indebted to the icons who came before her to an audience as likely to know her for wearing a meat dress as for performing with Tony Bennett.