Lady Gaga Announces First Solo Album In 5 Years: 'A Labour Of Total Love'
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“The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,” she said about the upcoming project.
Lady Gaga has finally announced her long-anticipated seventh studio album: “Mayhem.”
After dropping various teasers on her website, the pop star on Monday confirmed the news in an Instagram video, which features photos of Gaga and a rising hum that culminates in a title card.
“Mayhem” is scheduled to hit stores March 7.
“The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,” Gaga told multiple media outlets in a statement Monday, describing the creative process for “Mayhem” as “reassembling a shattered mirror.”
“Even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something beautiful and whole in its own new way,” Gaga said ― an idea reminiscent of the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken glass or pottery is reassembled in a way that highlights the fractures rather than trying to disguise them.