Lady Gaga Mayhem review: ‘Bold, versatile and never boring, Mayhem is a return to form’

Lady Gaga is back with her seventh studio album Mayhem, out now.

When Lady Gaga arrived in 2008 blood-smattered and strewn with raw meat, she was a confusing, polarising force. Fans of maximalist pop were fascinated, middle America clutched its collective pearls.

Yet she had the talent of an all-time great to back herself up: a rip-roaring voice, a knack for kooky song-writing and catchy hooks, theatrical prowess and an artistic vision. She arrived in Hollywood aged 23 and went straight to waiting in the wings for EGOT status.

While this sort of cultural superconnector status would be a blessing for most in the industry, it started to seem like her shortcoming. Between 2013 and 2018 particularly, her career hit a fork in the road, and

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