It is as complete a statement about who Lady Gaga is in 2025 as anything could be. MAYHEM repositions Gaga as a dance diva heavily indebted to the icons who came before her to an audience as likely to know her for wearing a meat dress as for performing with Tony Bennett.

According to Taran Noah Smith, the decision to change his character's look was made in the break between seasons 6 and 7. Meghan Markle's new Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan,” has finally been released after being postponed due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Her new album is a work of self-citation, rummaging around in Gaga’s own past for inspiration. It’s also, somehow, the freshest collection of songs she has released in years.

Lady Gaga has enlisted a number of talented collaborators in this project, including Andrew Watt, Cirkut, and her fiancé Michael Polansky.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are marveling at the high-wire act Gaga pulled off with her seventh studio album.