In 2022, Lady Gaga embarked on The Chromatica Ball – a stadium tour featuring a stage that Gaga herself referred to as her "museum of brutality." Three years later, this idea of a brutalist enshrining of all things Monster can come to represent her new studio album MAYHEM.

Over the course of fourteen tracks, Gaga is "unafraid to reference or not reference," invoking not just the pop weirdos of a past era like Prince and Bowie, but also her contemporaries, in this gothic and chaotic web of a record. This episode of Switched On Pop, Little Monster-in-residence Reanna takes Charlie and Nate on a tour through the Gaga-seum, showcasing Gaga's ability to pay tribute to her inspirations, her imitators, and her biggest icon: herself.

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SONGS DISCUSSED

Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande – Rain On Me
Lady Gaga – Disease
Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein – Killah
David Bowie – Watch That Man
David Bowie – Fame
Queen – Killer Queen
Prince – Kiss
Prince – Sign O' The Times
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
Nile Rodgers, CHIC, Lady Gaga – I Want Your Love
Lady Gaga – Perfect Celebrity
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Lady Gaga – The Fame
Lady Gaga – Applause
Nine Inch Nails – Closer
Depeche Mode – Mercy in You
Lady Gaga – Vanish Into You
Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe!
The Weeknd – In Your Eyes
Lady Gaga – How Bad Do U Want Me
Taylor Swift – Style
Taylor Swift – Gorgeous
Yaz – Only You
Lady Gaga – Zombieboy
Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
Lady Gaga – Summerboy
Lady Gaga – Beautiful, Dirty Rich
Lady Gaga – Shadow Of A Man
Lady Gaga – Nothing On But the Radio
Lady Gaga – Garden of Eden
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Lady Gaga – Abracadabra
Lady Gaga – Government Hooker
Lady Gaga – Bloody Mary
Lady Gaga – Swine

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