Sounds that throw us back: the same sounds that throw mainstream chart successes off.

Lady Gaga & Ariana’s Rain on Me: A Throwback to the Heyday of EDM-infused Pop Tracks

Besides ‘Shallow’ in 2018, Lady Gaga has not had a single peak the US Billboard Hot 100 charts since ‘Born This Way’ in 2011. Will Ariana Grande, fresh off her #1 hit with Justin Bieber in ‘Stuck with U’ just a week prior to this release, pave Gaga’s way back to the top? It just might, with all the right ingredients – nostalgia and non-specificity to help the ultra malleable lyrics easily interpretable for multiple ongoing social messages.

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