Lady Gaga says her “unhinged” next album is “nothing like ‘Chromatica’”

Lady Gaga has revealed that her next album will be nothing like her 2020 studio album ‘Chromatica‘, and will instead “feel unhinged”.

Gaga released her surprise Joker 2 companion album ‘Harlequin‘ today (Friday September 27), but is set to release her next “pop” album – currently dubbed ‘LG7’ – in February 2025. Speaking to Rolling Stone, she gave an update on the record and said it will represent a “time in [her] life” and “feels unhinged”.

She said she wasn’t “even ready to talk about [the album] yet”, but promised to share more details soon. However, the New Yorker did reveal: “The pop album is nothing like ‘Chromatica. It’s a completely different record […] What I would say is, it’s all for me.

“It’s meant to be ingested as a time in my life,” she continued. “And I’m also really excited about this idea that I don’t have to adhere to an era if I don’t want to. I can have a few going at once. That feels unhinged [laughs] and more like me or Harley. Or whoever.”

Gaga referred to her most recent film role as Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the musical psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux. The film will be released next week (October 4) in the United States and is the sequel to the 2019 Oscar award-winning film Joker.

Earlier this month, Gaga announced that the lead single from ‘LG7’ would be arriving in October following the release of Joker: Folie à Deux.

NME gave Joker: Folie à Deux a four-star review, saying that Gaga “shines in a provocative prison musical” and: “[director Todd] Phillips and [co-writer Scott] Silver have delivered the last thing anyone expected: a socially responsible Joker movie that finds an intriguing way to explore the consequences (both on and offscreen) of the first film. Joker fans shouldn’t cry too hard though – Warner Bros. have cleverly found a way to leave the door open a little for the franchise to continue, should the need arise.“

Last month, however, Phillips suggested that Folie à Deux is likely to be the final film in the Joker franchise: “It was fun to play in this sort of sandbox for two movies, but I think we’ve said what we wanted to say in this world.”

NME described Gaga’s last solo album, 2020’s ‘Chromatica‘, as a “pure pop celebration” and a “fictional utopia where anything goes and everyone is accepted” in a four-star review.

This week, also saw Gaga host a secret intimate ‘Harlequin’ listening party in London.