Lady Gaga is gearing up to unleash her seventh studio album in February, and she’s already setting the tone with its explosive lead single, ‘Disease’. In a candid chat with Rolling Stone, the pop icon shared fresh insights into the project, describing it as an exploration of “true chaos” and the many sides of her identity.
“‘Disease’ felt like a way into the chaos of the album,” Gaga explained. “To me, there’s some kind of chaos in all of the ways we try to analyse ourselves. ‘Disease’ is the beginning of that, and it started with this little voice on my shoulder saying, ‘There’s no more tears to cry, I heard you begging for life’, and that uncomfortable feeling that we can sometimes have when the voice in our head is not pleasant.”
Gaga’s upcoming record promises to be a kaleidoscope of emotions, veering from the darkness of introspection to euphoric moments of love and light. “There’s other moments where it’s all about love, and it’s super dreamy. That, to me, is true chaos. There are times when it’s hard to see the light, but I think sometimes what makes inner chaos harder is when you sometimes get a glimpse of the sun, because you’re like, ‘Man, I wish the sun would shine all the time’, and then it reminds you of what you’re missing. So the album has all of that. It’s like a full experience.”
Sonically, the LP is a bold departure from her Chromatica era, diving into a darker, more chaotic pop landscape. Gaga teased the album as “genre-bending” and “unhinged,” celebrating her love for music history while challenging the boundaries of pop.
“When I write and produce and sing songs, I am always drawing upon my knowledge of the history of music, and so many artists and producers that came before me,” she said. “In that way, this album is a celebration of a lot of the music that made me who I am, because when I returned to a darker pop style of pop, all my early experiences with music came out.”
