I am still wrapping my mind around this cause I honestly didn’t think she still had it in her! This whole package has made me SO happy about new Gaga in a way I haven’t been since I heard Venus. The last ten years saw her doing sidequests and so much downright awful music that I was so close to signing her off. This is not just good, it’s fantastic! You can see it in her eyes that she means it!
The fact that the song starts with its post-chorus because it’s setting you up for something bigger (Bad Romance playbook!), and has this progression where every new element outdones what you previously heard, all the way to the GLORIOUS bridge that takes you back to the chorus so you can hear it one more time…. that’s how you build a progression and climax. And that is something that her abysmal previous record lacked in its endless screaming and undercooked flat beats! Girls we were RIGHT to expect more because she is apparently CAPABLE! What a victory this is for pop music. What a joy it is I’m feeling on this morning.