The idea of big fun suggests the existence of little fun, and Lady Gaga is now the kind of pop star who can do both. “Just Dance.” Meat dress. Being carried down the red carpet at the Grammys inside an egg.

If Lady Gaga's seventh studio album Mayhem is any indication, the superstar has spent the last five years doing some serious creative self-reflection. We've seen a number of different iterations of the superstar in the last few years: box office darling Gaga and Oscar-winning Gaga with A Star is Born,