A bluesy folk ballad with a wistful nod to Bruce Springsteen era Americana, “Million Reasons” braids Gaga’s newfound artistic self-awareness within the endearing honesty of her lyricism. “I’ve got a hundred million reasons to walk away,” Gaga croons over subtle guitar and piano-drive production, “Baby, I just need one good one to stay.”
After the disappointing reaction to ARTPOP, the “Poker Face” pop titan could have taken the easy route back to the spotlight. Lady Gaga could have called up RedOne (“Bad Romance,” “Just Dance”), pieced together one of those cookie cutter, radio-ready pop songs with a hook big enough to fill the Empire State Building, and watched it soar to the echelons of the Hot 100.
Instead, Gaga unveiled the polarizing Mark Ronson-produced first single “Perfect Illusion,” a counter-radio single with a spiralizing 80s arena rock hook dusted with disco glitz and operatic key changes.
It’s refreshing and invigorating, even if the end result never lives up to the hype. Of course, “Perfect Illusion” is no “Bad Romance,” but it wasn’t meant to be. In the same vein, Joanne is not some musical metempsychosis of The Fame Monster. It’s never going to be.
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