Lady Gaga's Mayhem

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Lady Gaga has kept busy as a singer and actor, but it's been five years since she's released a full-blown pop album. Now, she's back with Mayhem, which has already produced three hits — including the chart-topping Bruno Mars duet "Die With A Smile." It's got bangers, it's got ballads, it's Lady Gaga through and through.

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0:22.4	Lady Gaga has kept busy as a singer and actor, but it's been five years since she's
0:28.1	released a full-blown pop album. Now she's back with Mayhem, which has already produced three
0:33.8	hits, including the chart-topping Bruno Mars duet, Die With a Smile.
0:38.5	I'm Stephen Thompson, and today we're talking about Lady Gaga's new album, Mayhem,
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