In this episode of The Track Record, we dive deep into the wild, weird, and wounded world of Mayhem. In the last one, we had my bestie Aryan Mahajan help us set the stage: who Gaga is and how she shapeshifts through the culture.

Today, we walk through the album song by song. No skips.

Part two of our Mayhem breakdown takes us from glitter-stained ballads to glitchy breakdowns, through Eden-like clubs, conversations and graveyards. Gaga pulls us through grief, lust, fame, fantasy, performance, persona, and whatever’s left of the self once the curtain falls.

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In this episode of The Track Record, we welcome Aryan Mahajan, one of the most passionate and perceptive Lady Gaga fans out there.

Together, we unpack the chaos, control, and catharsis of Mayhem and explore Gaga as more than just a provocateur or pop icon. What does it mean to live as both Gaga and Stefani? How does she hold space for trans queer fans through more than just the songs? And where was she, emotionally and politically, when Mayhem stormed into the world?

This is a conversation full of grudges and gratitude, joy and judgment. For the fans who found healing in the Mayhem and the ones still figuring it out, this one’s for you. <3

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In this episode of The Track Record, we unpack the mythic, mournful, magnificent world of BTS’ You Never Walk Alone, not just as a K-pop milestone, but as a coming-of-age novel in motion.

From piano lullabies and mother-son tributes to crime confessions and cyphers of self-love, You Never Walk Alone dares to be both biblical and boyish, both a diary and a manual. We read each solo track as a chapter in a larger emotional syllabus, one that wrestles with shame, identity, masculinity, fame, and forgiveness.

This is not a casual listen. It’s a love letter to the album that taught us wings hurt when they grow, that pain deserves poetry, and that no one, truly no one, walks alone.

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