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ByLG7, she meant her upcoming seventh album, using the stan parlance musicians have become fluent in.
Soon after,aVoguecover storycementedLG7in print.
Gaga even committed to the bit by referring to SeptembersJoker: Folie a Deuxcompanion album,Harlequin,asLG6.5.
But was itreallyLady Gagas seventh album?
I used to think this question had a simple answer.
Back in 2019, Gaga first teasedChromaticabytweeting, Rumors Im pregnant?
Yeah, Im pregnant with #LG6.
WhenChromaticaarrived in 2020, I called it Gagas sixth albummultipletimeson this very website, as didmy colleagues.
Last fall, though, while summarizing Gagas careerfor a storyahead ofMayhem,I realizedLG7no longer checked out.
I soonfound myself staring at her discography like theMath Lady meme.
See, afterChromatica, Gaga releasedLove for Sale, her second collaborative album with Tony Bennett.
If I thoughttheir first album,Cheek to Cheek, wasLG4, that would meanLove for Salewas actuallyLG7.
So … wouldnt that makeMayhemLG8?
And if wewerentincluding the Bennett albums, then wasntMayhem LG6?
Unfortunately, the numerical rabbit hole that could clear this up went deeper than I expected.
Wikipedia, typically a good authority on an albums ordinal position, confirmed my initial suspicions.
The site listedJoanneas Gagas fifth studio album, butArtpoponly as her third.
When someoneposted about thediscrepancy on the Gaga sub-Reddit last year, a fan blamed the Bennett projects.
Cause cheek to cheek is her 1st collaborative album butalsoher fourth studio album, the top comment explained.
Just as love for sale is her 2nd collaborative album but her 7th studio album.
You forgot monster her 2nd album bud, another user responded.
Its a new albums worth of material, shetoldRolling Stonein 2009.
But countingTFM, along with the work she did with Bennett, would putMayhematLG9.
Things got even more harebrained further down the Reddit thread.
From now on, we will refer toMayhemasLG6.
