“I’ve been cured, mama!”: Little Monsters react to Lady Gaga’s dark-pop banger Disease
Lady Gaga has unleashed an infectious slice of dark, dance-pop perfection with her massive new single, ‘Disease’. Reminiscent of the EDM and industrial sounds of Born This Way (2011), the banger serves as the lead from her upcoming seventh studio album, dubbed by Little Monsters as ‘LG7’.
Produced by Gaga with Andrew Watt and Cirkut, ‘Disease’ feels like a spiritual sequel, lyrically, to her seminal 2009 smash ‘Bad Romance’ and standalone 2017 bop ‘The Cure’. “I can play the doctor, I can cure your disease / If you were a sinner, I could make you believe,” she belts on the chorus. “Lay you down like one, two, three, eyes roll back in ecstasy / I can smell your sickness, I can cure your disease.” ‘Disease’ marks the start of Gaga’s first major music era since Chromatica (2020), which included fan-favourite singles such as ‘Stupid Love’, ‘911’ and the Ariana Grande-assisted chart-topper ‘Rain On Me’.
She has since released the Oscar-nominated ballad ‘Hold My Hand’ for the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack (2022) and the Bruno Mars collaboration, ‘Die With A Smile’.
The soft-rock anthem is currently smashing the charts, serving as the longest-running number-one of 2024 on the Billboard Global 200.
