Lady Gaga forges ahead with ‘dark’ new album despite disappointing reception to lead single Disease

Lady Gaga is set to release her seventh studio album in February.

Despite lead single Disease stalling on the H๏τ 100 at No. 27, the 38-year-old is forging ahead with her next album, which she described as both ‘fun’ and ‘darker.’

Speaking to Vogue magazine about the project, Gaga said that she’s been focused on the production side of her new songs. 

‘I love producing — I always have — and something that was really important to me making my seventh studio album was blending live instrumentation with programming,’ she explained.

‘The album is chaotic from a genre perspective — it is genre-bending, and I think in that way is a deeply personal look into my mind as a producer and the way I think about music.’

She also said that the album has a ‘darker pop’ sound that’s more in line with her iconic 2009 album, The Fame Monster. 

However, fans need not be worried that Gaga is going too somber with her sound. 

‘The album is not extremely serious in that it’s very fun and meant to be enjoyed at a party, in a club, or at home having personal fun time — to be free of your worries at home or walking through life,’ she insisted. 

Lady Gaga is focused on releasing her seventh studio album this February following the disappointing reception to lead single Disease

Lady Gaga is focused on releasing her seventh studio album this February following the disappointing reception to lead single Disease

Gaga released the album’s lead single Disease last month to rave reviews from music critics, who lauded it as a return to the star’s roots.

Unfortunately, the acclaim failed to translate to the charts, with Disease debuting at No. 27 on the H๏τ 100 – her worst entry for a lead single in 16 years.

On the bright side, Gaga is currently enjoying one of her biggest hits in years thanks to her Bruno Mars duet, Die With a Smile. 

The ballad has so far reached No. 2 on the H๏τ 100 and No. 1 on the Pop Airplay Chart.

It comes after Gaga’s leading role in the disastrous Joker: Folie à Deux. 

The follow-up to the Oscar-winning 2019 film, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck (Joker) and Gaga as Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn), faced negative reviews from critics before its October 4 release and flopped at the box office.

Tim, 39, who played a guard at Arkham Asylum in the movie, said Todd Philips’s new film has ‘no plot’ and admitted he knew it was ‘going to bomb’ while filming. 

Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Tim said: ‘It’s the worst film ever made.

Gaga told Vogue magazine that she's been focused on the production side of her new songs

Gaga told Vogue magazine that she’s been focused on the production side of her new songs

Gaga released the album's lead single Disease last month to rave reviews from music critics, but the song flopped on the H๏τ 100

Gaga released the album’s lead single Disease last month to rave reviews from music critics, but the song flopped on the H๏τ 100

‘I think what happened, after the first Joker, there was a lot of talk like, “Oh, this was loved by incels. This was loved by the wrong kinds of people. This sent the wrong kind of message. Male rage! Nihilism!” All these think pieces.

‘And then I think, “What if we went the other way,” and now they have Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga tap dancing to a point where it’s insane,’ he continued.

‘It has no plot. We would sit there, me and these other guys were all dressed in these security outfits because we’re working at the Arkham Asylum, and I would turn to one of them and we’d hear this crap and I’d go, “What the f*** is this?” And they’d go, “This is going to bomb, man.” I go, “This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen.”

‘We were talking about it at lunch, and we’d go, “What is the plot? Is there a plot? I don’t know, I think he falls in love with her in the prison?” It’s not even hate-watchable. That’s how terrible it is.’

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