The corona crisis forced Lady Gaga to postpone the release of her sixth album Chromatica from the beginning of April to the end of May 2020. And that while we could all have used some Gaga during our quarantine. After the singer on albums like (2014) with , (2016) and the soundtrack for (2018) seemed to have lost her wild hair, she's going all out for extravagance on Chromatica again. 'Take me
… to wonderland', she sings in the song Alice. Once again Gaga has created her own world, which is colorful in all its simplicity. This time Gaga dives into electronic music, so deep that every song actually fits in the club. There is house, eurodance, nu-disco, a lot of camp and, as icing on the cake, some instrumental orchestral interludes. To be honest, the thumping rhythms often look alike, but the amount of irresistible moments on Chromatica are numerous. Just listen to the transition from Chromatica II to 911, her strangest song in times that wouldn't have been out of place on (2013). Or how about the last 30 seconds (drum & bass anyone?) Of the Eurovision Song Contest-worthy duet Sine From Above with none other than . And then there is the last song Babylon, a very successful homage to Vogue. (JvQ)more
