Lady Gaga really made a sonically cohesive dance record about pain, introspection and finding yourself. She rises triumphantly and heals by dominating the dance floor even if she’s crying whilst doing so. This is the album. This is the moment. #Chromatica
Chromatica I opens the record and introduces you to the portal of #Chromatica . The elegant orchestration is similar to that of a movie soundtrack or Disney ride. It soars and prepares you for the journey you’re about to go on.
#Alice is a pained soul scrambling for help. It explores the state of panic and how the mind can make situations worse. All she is looking for is an escape, a place which is better than the one she is in. Like all Gaga’s opening tracks it is vulnerable yet powerful.
#StupidLove is the realisation that the only road to love is to accept the chains that you have around you. Accept them radically and then love hard. It serves as a first step onto the dance floor, it is the song that you can dance to with a full drink in your hand.
#RainOnMe is the realisation that there will be hardships but you have been weak before and you have overcome them. Ariana and Gaga have face trauma publically and they hold hands and walk united through the crowd knowing their strength and resilience.
#FreeWoman is the reclamation of the dance floor. It is the realisation that being alone is fine, you can still thrive without an attachment to someone else. It is the realisation after Rain On Me that “this is who the fuck I am, this is mine and I earned it”.
#FunTonight is a heartbreaking moment that hits you in the middle of the nightclub. It is the feeling of rushing to the club toilets to be alone and have that moment of solitude amongst the drama. Despite the sadness, she dusts herself off and heads back to the dance floor.
#ChromaticaII grumbles into the next phase of the album and the violin is a beautiful transition from the heartbreak and the pace quickens into a furied, hurried beat which transitions perfectly into...
#911 an explosion of a record which is psychedelic and self aware. Gaga identifies that she is more harmful towards herself than anyone else. The voices she hears don’t listen to the one in her soul and it causes conflict that is consuming. The electro beat is transfixing.
#PlasticDoll is Gaga’s exploration of fame as a prison. The expectations and manufacturing of the pop star has taken its toll. She is rebelling. It also explores the confines of love and how she has finally realised her worth and won’t be played with anymore.
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