The Guardian published "best music discovered this year" and...

 

Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, like many pop culture landmarks released in the long year that was 2020, initially passed me and my state of hermetic isolation by. Then came my birthday party this year, the first social event I had hosted since the pandemic. My early nerves were dissipated as the drinks began flowing, the dance floor filled up, and my laptop, perched next to a set of speakers, was quickly taken over by friends putting their favourites in the queue. I had prepared a playlist but quickly (re)learned that the secret to being a good host was knowing when to relinquish control. At 11pm, after a series of generationally beloved garage tracks that, apparently, defined British teen parties in the late 2000s – I didn’t grow up here, I wouldn’t know – came the sound: Gaga’s voice, brash, loud, sexy, set to ecstatic dance-pop beats. It was the perfect crescendo to an evening that made me remember why it felt so good to forget yourself in a sweaty crowd, filled with love, buoyed by the rhythm. Having missed out on cheaper tickets, I didn’t make it to the Chromatica Ball this year – instead, I danced to it alone in my iamspamspamami It was magnificent. Rebecca Liu

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/...vered-this-year

 

Unseen image of Gaga and Boys Noize on the day they apparently recorded Free Woman!

 

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She played at least Replay and Babylon last night at the Dom Perignon event.

A bit of Babylon being played here:

 

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Is Replay coming???

It continues: Replay increased by 23% from Tuesday last week on Spotify, gaining 53,482 streams.

Replay had its biggest day on Spotify in weeks with 56,523 streams on Friday

Ahhh another missed single opportunity with this one. There’s so many songs she has that could’ve been hits, but boy what I would’ve done for a video to this. I imagine something similar to Pink’s ‘U + Ur Hand’ weirdly enough meets Mad Max: Fury Road.

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Chromatica reprasentz

Free Woman so high up on it! Deserved for a liberating new year anthem :clap:

This has sold 190.700 units in the UK to date. 200k fairly soon!

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The way this is so spot on :lol:

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This is fake, but with the Barbie movie, we need to make it happen. Stream Plastic Doll!

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Coming for 2.5 billion

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Lol good times

It’s been a good while since I’ve listened to this fully. It was soo good during a bleak long lockdown three years ago.

 

 

 

 

I listened to this so much last year when celebrating the tour so I'm having a pause now (but loving some Replay now and then)

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