Taking Lady Gaga's The Dead Dance From Disco to ARTPOP
And speaking of ARTPOP - this week I'm ranking every track
We got a surprise Lady Gaga single/music video, so of course I had to jump on it ASAP. This week I’m making a track for her latest Wednesday feature, The Dead Dance. Just based on the title alone, I was immediately thinking dark pop. I started off listening to just the acapella vocals and WOW her performance is unbelievable. It’s something that’s always been a strength of hers, but after listening through MAYHEM and then this track, it felt really next level - she sings with so much conviction.
Here’s the acapella if you want hear what I heard first:
I was initially thinking the original version would lean more electronic in the production, something reminiscent of Disease or Abracadabra, but when I finally listened to it, it wasn’t all that surprising that it ended up pulling more from funk/disco. It felt very in line with several of the other MAYHEM releases.
Haven’t heard the original yet? Check it out here:
The music video was also so fun to watch. With Tim Burton’s direction, it felt very much like Gaga as Helena Bonham Carter a la Sweeney Todd. It was dramatic and creepy, but also still a little bit camp. The way she commits to every moment with her entire being is so impactful, she radiates the essence of this character so dynamically from start to finish.
Listen to ARTPOP with me:
If you want even MORE Gaga, I took a listen back through ARTPOP this week and gave my ultimate track-by-track ranking. I love this album and feel like it was so ahead of it’s time. The production is innovative and genre-bending and some of my favorite moments happen in the fine details of the vocal arranging. Plus it features what I think is probably Gaga’s most off-brand song of all her releases. Take a listen and drop your top 3 tracks in the comments <3
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Stay tuned for next week where I’ll be taking an in-depth look at JADE’s debut album, That’s Showbiz Baby!