I'm shocked How Bad Do U Want Me doesn't get more love
Fake Gaga fan alert, but I only recently decided to give Mayhem a spin from start to finish - I was never super crazy about Abracadabra (!!!) so I thought the album wouldn't be for me, but holy moly I am so glad I gave it a chance. It may be her best album as a whole (well, that or Born This Way), but the song that stood out to me the most was How Bad Do U Want Me - I fell in love with it the moment I heard it. I love the melody, the production, the lyrics, just everything about it
I was super excited to read people's thoughts about it, but all I could find were people calling it mid or a Taylor Swift knockoff. Now granted I have never been a huge TS fan, but...are we hearing the same song? I feel like HBDUWM has so much depth and subversion behind it. To me, it's a beautifully executed, elevated take on radio pop and a critique of society's expectations of both Gaga as an artist and against women as a whole (down to the double entendre in the song's title). Also, not to be a shady bitch, but just play a track on 1989 and this back to back and tell me they are even in the same LEAGUE when it comes to production...sorry not sorry 💅
People love her other poppy tracks like Summerboy, but seem to really not click with this song. I feel like I'm starting to lose it. It's SO GOOD 😭😭😭 please tell me some of y'all are willing to gush with me here