Everything We Know About Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ So Far
From the release date to how it'll sound, here's the lowdown on the star's seventh studio LP.
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After keeping fans waiting for years and giving months of buildup before finally making an announcement, Lady Gaga has finally unveiled the title of her highly anticipated seventh studio album: Mayhem.
The project is the long-awaited followup to the superstar’s Billboard 200-topping LP Chromatica, which last saw Gaga embracing her pop star persona at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In the years since, she’s been focused on her Enigma and Jazz & Piano residencies in Las Vegas as well as her acting career, taking on roles in Ridley Scott’s 2021 film House of Gucci and Todd Phillips’ 2024 supervillain epic Joker: Folie à Deux.
In September last year, Gaga faked fans out by teasing Harlequin, which Little Monsters initially thought might be her seventh LP but turned out to be a companion album to Joker — or “LG 6.5,” as the 13-time Grammy winner herself nicknamed it. The jazzy, theatrical project featured both covers of standards and originals, and it reached No. 20 on the Billboard 200.
At long last, however, 2024 finally gave way to the LG7 era in the fall, when Gaga finally started doling out hints about the direction of her next project in various interviews. In October, fans finally got their first proper taste of Mayhem with the release of single “Disease,” a dark-pop dance anthem accompanied by a gothic music video.
Everything culminated at the beginning of 2025, however, with Gaga’s official album announcement on Jan. 27. And as its rollout has taken shape, Mayhem has already proven to be one of Gaga’s most exciting projects yet. From the release date to what’s on the album itself, keep reading to see everything Billboard knows about the LP below — and check back for updates as Mother Monster gives them out.
