An interviewer recently asked Lady Gaga to reply to the accusation that she was doing just that with “Abracadabra,” her new single that conjures many of her older songs. “My nachos are mine,” she replied.

Lady Gaga released Mayhem on Friday and the pop star discussed how getting back to her early sounds, an amalgamation of "the music that helped me fall in love with music," felt right despite her having some "fear" about doing so in a new interview with The New York Times.

In true return to form, Lady Gaga continues to create the experimental, edgy and endlessly catchy music that has garnered her icon status since the beginning of her career. Featuring 14 songs, “Mayhem” enters a maximalist space of dark pop and disco beats,