Lady Gaga Chromatica 180g LP (Black Vinyl)

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Chromatica is the sixth studio album by Lady Gaga, and features the single "Stupid Love" as well as collaborations with Ariana Grande, Blackpink and Elton John.

On Chromatica, she shows off all the sides of herself that made people fall in love with her in the first place: She's a romantic, a ham, a truth teller, a gossip, a flirt, and, most often, a woman who needs healing after being hurt too many times. Her goal may still be to just dance, but she seems more three-dimensional this time, more human than the 'Fame Monster' title she gave herself all those years ago... Mostly, Gaga has focused Chromatica's spectrum on the kind of body-moving music that comes naturally to her. Dance music will always be her salvation, and her pop renaissance couldn't come at a better time.

Maybe it's the pandemic and how it's made us all feel, well, some type of way, but this might have been the best time in history for Gaga to re-emerge and reclaim her throne as the Pop Queen. The world is burning down, so, in the words of Bowie, let's dance. Lady Gaga proved to us back in 2008 with her debut, The Fame, that she was a force to be reckoned with, and now, more than a decade later she's reminding us that not only is she still that same 5'2" force, but now she can do it on a lengthy concept album that, from start to finish, is just banger after banger with a few dramatic transitions. She uses her resources wisely on Chromatica, between enlisting other pop gurus like Ariana Grande and freakin' Sir Elton John to guest on tracks, highlighting the singles with already-iconic music videos, and even adding some K-pop flair with a BLACKPINK feature. This album toes the line into house music territory, which is new for Gaga, but as with the vast majority of what she does, she does it with extreme success.