Lady Gaga’s “Disease”, Addison Rae wades into rocky waters, Halsey has a “Panic Attack”
Place your bets in this week’s edition of “Bop After Bop”…Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Welcome back, Lady Gaga.
We’ve been on the mend with Gaga this year—from a Bruno Mars collab, her jazz album Harlequin, to the unfortunate fluke of Joker: Folie à Deux—but she’s finally returned with the antidote we’ve been needing: her new single, “Disease.” A true return to form, the song is a brooding banger that dives deep into the dense electroclash pop that defined The Fame Monster era.
This time, she blends her best dark-pop moments, with echoes of Heavy Metal Lover, Government Hooker, and Bloody Mary, while giving a dose of heavy-metal “wolf cry” vocals.
Perfect for spooky season, “Disease” is quite the scare at first. Fans have wanted Gaga to go “back to her roots” for a while now, and most of us thought she’d never quite take it there again, but “Disease” proves that her knack for gothic, electro-pop maximalism is something that can never be cured.GIMI’s “I LIKE U” is a hyperpop bop that captures a the feeling of a post-summer crush.
