Somewhere in the mists of time Lady Gaga veered off into the well ploughed mainstream. All those visual shock tactics just became passe. Where that slipping point was is unclear but I would have thought, until recently, it was somewhere around the Born This Way I baled. This was such a clichéd and obvious bit of pandering to her gay fan base.
Then, up crops this track, Bloody Mary, from said album. Apparently gone viral because a speeded up version was used in a dance sequence in the Netflix series Wednesday. Since then a whole Tik Tok viral storm erupted of fan videos. The track was released and hit the top forty. Kerching for Gaga.
But a have to admit this is a late period piece of classic pure pop from the queen of shlock fashion. As with all of Lady Gaga's better work it has not one, not two, but at the very least, three musical catch phrases that just keep you forever singing along. As a songwriter she never breaks musical conventions, but god does she play them well. Whilst, nothing ever compares to the sheer visual and aural brilliance that was Bad Romance, Bloody Mary reminds you what peak Gaga could be capable of.
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