Does Taylor Swift secretly appear on Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’? Fans speculate

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Lady Gaga fans are convinced that her latest album has a secret appearance from Taylor Swift.The singer’s highly anticipated seventh album ‘Mayhem‘ arrived today (March 7) after months of speculation.

It follows on from 2020’s ‘Chromatica’ and her Joker: Folie a Deux companion record ‘Harlequin’ which was released last year.While the singer recently broke down how the LP differs from the rest of her back catalogue, it seems like one song in particular has caught people’s eye for its distinctive sound.This comes in the form of the ninth song on the tracklist – an 80s-inspired synth-pop hit called ‘How Bad Do U Want Me?’.

The song seems to have left fans divided, as the vocal melody and structure seem to have a nod to the work of fellow pop icon Taylor Swift.Not only have numerous fans noticed the parallels between the track and Taylor Swift’s songs, but some are even convinced that there is a secret feature from the ‘Bad Blood’ singer on the album.There are no mentions of Swift on the credits for ‘Mayhem’, but that hasn’t stopped some from debating whether or not it could be a hidden easter egg from Gaga.“I’m not a TS fan and I love Lady Gaga.

I honestly did a double take and checked to see if she was on the song,” one fan wrote on Reddit. “Some of the background/echo vocals sound a lot like TS.