“MAYHEM,” although uneven in quality, sees the return of Gaga’s signature sound and contains some of her best work in over a decade. The glorious and should-have-been-lead-single “Abracadabra” is a genuine return to original form, with a melodic, thumping, and ecstatic headbanger aesthetic reminiscent of “Judas” or “Bad Romance.”

On my first listen of Tate McRae’s new album, “So Close To What,” a seemingly very important question formed in my mind: Why is Tate McRae famous?

Sure, Sabrina Carpenter’s lyrics are not for everyone. They’re flippant and rather “horny on main,” as the author said, performing a kind of tongue-in-cheek reclamation of hyper-sexualization. Yes, many of her lyrics are entirely unserious. But that is the point.

When I heard that Carly Rae Jepsen would be headlining WILD my first response was, “Good job, SPB.” When I heard that Vic Mensa and Wrabel would be opening for Jepsen, my response was, “Great job, SPB.”

I thought she’d done it, I really did. I thought, after 10 months devoid of blockbuster albums and full of disappointment, Taylor Swift would finally give us a world-conquering record we could all get behind. See, I’d briefly reached pop nirvana after my 50th run through “Shake It Off,” and I wanted more—12 songs more, to be exact. Heck, I’d take two as effortlessly life-affirming as my retroactive songs of the summer.

No, I am not a 15-year-old girl, and yes, I went to the Katy Perry concert on Sunday at the Scottrade Center.

In July, Britney Spears promised fans that her newest album would be her “most personal album ever.” Upon the release of the album’s title, “Britney Jean,” fans were convinced it would be her most personal as the title is the name her family and closest friends call her.

Like most students coming to campus for their first college semester, freshman Kathy Young felt fairly anonymous—but unlike her peers, she already carried a bit of fame. During her junior year in high school, Young became a renowned singer in South Korea following her performances in the inaugural season of the show “K-pop Star.

On the title track of “ARTPOP,” Lady Gaga croons, “My ARTPOP could mean anything.

Besides looking like a cross between the orange monster that is The Situation and a younger and creepier Enrique Iglesias, Joe Jonas falls short of differentiating himself as both an artist and as a single Jonas. His first solo album, “Fastlife,” is uninspired and unoriginal.