Lady Gaga Releases New Live Album Mayhem Requiem
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Key Points:
- Lady Gaga has released a new live album, Mayhem Requiem, on Apple Music, recorded during a no-phones-allowed show at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre in January, featuring reimagined arrangements of songs from her 2025 album Mayhem.
- The release includes a concert film that will be shown in one-night-only screenings at select AMC theaters on May 14.
- Mayhem Requiem is described as “the final chapter of the Mayhem era,” with more theatrical and varied arrangements, such as turning the synth-pop track “How Bad Do U Want Me” into a ballad and opening “Abracadabra” with a piano étude.
- Since the release of Mayhem, Gaga has toured extensively worldwide, performed at major events like the VMAs and Super Bowl Halftime Show, and contributed to The Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack.
- Mayhem won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2026 Grammys, where Gaga performed “Abracadabra” with drummer Josh Freese.