The American pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga's 'Judas', the second single from her anticipated album Born This Way, was supposed to be released on April 19, but the track has just leaked online and is now available via iTunes, Youtube, Hear it below.
Lady Gaga delivers a rowdy, industrial-disco banger, and her performance is insanely over the top, true to form. She alternates between rapping, a robotic monotone, and a crow-like squawk, before gliding into a more conventional chorus that hews closer to 'Bad Romance'.
This is one of the fastest songs Lady Gaga has recorded, tempo-wise, and her dense lyrics, which compare her damaged relationship with a cad to that of the infamous Catholic apostle Judas, don't always jibe with the frantic pulse.
Here, Lady Gaga stretches a simple phrase like 'How could I love a man so purely' into a multi-syllabic twister. How could I love-ah man so pure-ah-lay!
There's no denying the primal energy of 'Judas', still, and the awesomely dark, bass-heavy breakdown, where Lady Gaga shrieks like some sort horny futuristic droid, is one of the weirdest moments to hit the pop landscape this year.
Listen: Lady Gaga,s - 'Judas'
