In a year of ill-timing, there have been few pop contretemps as jarring as the release of Lady Gaga's sixth studio LP Chromatica, which was postponed due to the pandemic and eventually dropped on May 29th during the height of civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Since its release, Gaga has kept uncharacteristically quiet, saving her first live performance of the new material for the VMAs a few weeks back.