During “Mayhem Ball,” Lady Gaga performs “Bad Romance” in the costume and persona of a white goblin, with long twisty fingers, and a sinister stare. “Bad,” yes, “Romance,” maybe not. But you watch this spectacle and it seems impossible that the last time we saw Gaga,

Lady Gaga has been varying degrees of “so back” since the Mayhem era began. From the opening dark pop synths on "Disease," to the "Abracadabra" music video hard-coded into the 2025 Grammys broadcast,