Her new album is a work of self-citation, rummaging around in Gaga’s own past for inspiration. It’s also, somehow, the freshest collection of songs she has released in years.

Lady Gaga finally dropped her new album, Mayhem, on March 7. It's her long-awaited solo followup to 2020's Chromatica -- not counting 2024's Harlequin, which was a Joker: Folie à Deux companion album.

Lady Gaga is on course to achieve her fifth UK number one album with Mayhem, the Official Charts Company has said. The 38-year-old, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, is currently beating out Blackpink K-pop star Jennie’s solo album Ruby,