Lady Gaga's Monster Return

EPISODE 409

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. 

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