Music – Lady Gaga ‘Mayhem’ (2025)

‘Mayhem’ is a studio album by outstanding American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. The album was released on 7 March 2025.

The album was preceded by the release of three singles therefrom, namely ‘Die with a Smile’ (16 August 2024), ‘Disease’ (25 October 2024) and ‘Abracadabra’ (3 February 2025).

‘Die with a Smile’ – a duet with Bruno Mars – won ‘Best Pop Duet/Group Performance’ at the 2025 Grammy Awards. ‘Abracadabra’, on its release day, recorded 4.92 million streams on Spotify, which marked Lady Gaga’s biggest debut on that platform with a solo song.

Released to critical acclaim, the album topped the album charts in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Germany. The critics characterise it as indicating Lady Gaga’s return to her pop roots – ‘The Fame’ (2008).

The album release will be followed by a world tour – including to Australia – going by the title ‘The Mayhem Ball’ Tour. Lady Gaga will perform on tour at Suncorp Stadium, in Brisbane, on 9 December 2025 (Melbourne on 5 December before, and Sydney on 12 December after). Given her artistic attributes – see the two videos below – the concert will be a tour de force.

Below the reader will find links to the official music video release of ‘Abracadabra’ and ‘Die with a Smile’ respectively: