{{Short description|2026 live album by Lady Gaga}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox album | name = Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem | type = Live album | artist = Lady Gaga | cover = Apple Music Live Mayhem Requiem.jpg | alt = Gaga dressed in black and singing into a microphone | released = {{start date|2026|05|14}} | recorded = {{start date|2026|01|14}} | venue = Wiltern Theatre (Los Angeles) | length = 66:58 | label = Interscope | producer = * Lady Gaga * Johnny Natural * Tim Stewart * Brockett Parsons * Kris Pooley | prev_title = Mayhem | prev_year = 2025 }} '''''Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem''''' is a concert film and live album by American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga. It was released on May 14, 2026, through Interscope Records, as part of the promotion for her sixth solo studio album ''Mayhem'' (2025). It was recorded during a one-night-only concert held at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, United States, on January 14, 2026. Produced in collaboration with Apple Music, the project was teased during the final show of the Mayhem Ball tour at Madison Square Garden on April 13, 2026.
During the show, Gaga performed the full track list of ''Mayhem''{{'s}} standard edition in order, presenting a darker and more stripped-back interpretation of the album. Conceived as an encore to the Mayhem Ball, the concert used a destroyed version of the tour's opera-house set. Gaga said the concept reflected the idea of rebuilding from life's "broken pieces" while musically reimagining ''Mayhem''. The project received particular praise from critics for its stripped-down presentation, Gaga's creative approach, and the album's reworked arrangements. Commercially, the live album reached number two in album downloads in the United Kingdom and also charted in Australia, Belgium, France, Japan, and Switzerland.
== Background and development == On March 7, 2025, Lady Gaga released ''Mayhem'', her sixth solo studio album, through Interscope and Streamline Records.<ref>{{cite web |author=Lady Gaga |title=Mayhem |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/mayhem/1792666546 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514005902/https://music.apple.com/us/album/mayhem/1792666546 |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |publisher=Apple Music}}</ref> She wrote and produced the album alongside Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Gesaffelstein, among others.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Mayhem / Lady Gaga |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/421850005/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514012146/https://tidal.com/album/421850005/credits |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |publisher=Tidal |at=Credits}}</ref> ''Mayhem'' was characterized by a mix of synth-pop, industrial dance, electro, disco, funk and rock influences,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga Brings Anarchy to Pop Music With Chaotic New Album 'Mayhem': Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-mayhem-stream-it-now-1235917087/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309173549/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-mayhem-stream-it-now-1235917087/ |archive-date=March 9, 2025 |access-date=March 8, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Camp |first=Alexa |date=March 6, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga ''Mayhem'' Review: A Pop Comeback That Fails to Live Up to Its Title's Promise |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514010344/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |magazine=Slant Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Eede |first=Christian |date=December 30, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga's new album is inspired by industrial dance music, features Gesaffelstein |url=https://djmag.com/news/lady-gagas-new-album-inspired-industrial-dance-music-features-gesaffelstein |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114224815/https://djmag.com/news/lady-gagas-new-album-inspired-industrial-dance-music-features-gesaffelstein |archive-date=January 14, 2025 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |magazine=DJ Mag}}</ref> and explored themes of love, chaos, fame, identity and desire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |date=March 10, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga: MAYHEM |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-mayhem/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514011009/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-mayhem/ |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Siroky |first1=Mary |date=March 7, 2025 |title=In Mayhem, Lady Gaga Is Refracted and Reborn: Review |url=https://consequence.net/2025/03/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514011213/https://consequence.net/2025/03/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |website=Consequence}}</ref> It received critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite news |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga Praised by Critics for Returning to Her Freaky Dance Roots with ''Mayhem'' |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24989891.lady-gaga-praised-critics-returning-freaky-dance-roots-mayhem/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514020154/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24989891.lady-gaga-praised-critics-returning-freaky-dance-roots-mayhem/ |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |newspaper=The Herald}}</ref> with reviewers praising its production, stylistic diversity and cohesive concept.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Mayhem'' by Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/mayhem/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250307084309/https://www.metacritic.com/music/mayhem/lady-gaga |archive-date=March 7, 2025 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |publisher=Metacritic}}</ref><ref name="rsreview">{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga's ''Mayhem'' Is More Than Just a Return to Her Pop Roots |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lady-gaga-mayhem-review-1235291651/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309015400/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lady-gaga-mayhem-review-1235291651/ |archive-date=March 9, 2025 |access-date=May 13, 2026 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> It was commercially successful, topping the charts in several countries,{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga's 'MAYHEM' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-mayhem-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235923158/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316191025/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-mayhem-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235923158/ |archive-date=March 16, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ainsley |first1=Helen |title=Lady Gaga makes MAYHEM with fifth solo Official UK Number 1 album |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-mayhem-uk-number-1-album/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314173614/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-mayhem-uk-number-1-album/ |archive-date=March 14, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A monstrous debut for Lady Gaga - ARIA |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/a-monstrous-debut-for-lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314091411/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/a-monstrous-debut-for-lady-gaga |archive-date=March 14, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Canadian Albums - Week of March 22, 2025 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/2025-03-22/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319101128/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/2025-03-22/ |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 14, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga nach 14 Jahren zurück auf Platz eins der Album-Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts |trans-title=Lady Gaga returns to number one in the album charts after 14 years – Official German Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/1526-lady-gaga-nach-14-jahren-zurueck-auf-platz-eins-der-album-charts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314144435/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/1526-lady-gaga-nach-14-jahren-zurueck-auf-platz-eins-der-album-charts |archive-date=March 14, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |language=de-de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Italiancharts.com – Lady Gaga – Mayhem |url=https://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Mayhem&cat=a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251009060521/https://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?cat=a&interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Mayhem |archive-date=October 9, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Spanish Charts - Lady Gaga's Album History |url=https://spanishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Lady+Gaga&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Austriancharts.at – Lady Gaga – Mayhem |url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Mayhem&cat=a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422032934/https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Mayhem&cat=a |archive-date=April 22, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ČNS IFPI – CZ Albums – Top 100 – 11. týden 2025 |url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/14?weekId=2954 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=ČNS IFPI |language=Czech}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Irish Albums Chart on 14/3/2025 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-albums-chart/20250314/ie7502/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319005030/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-albums-chart/20250314/ie7502/ |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charts.nz – Lady Gaga – Mayhem |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Mayhem&cat=a |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Scottish Albums Chart on 14/3/2025 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20250314/40/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317165216/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20250314/40/ |archive-date=March 17, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swisscharts.com – Lady Gaga – Mayhem |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Mayhem&cat=a |access-date=May 15, 2026 |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>}} and ranking as the ninth best-selling album globally of 2025.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 20, 2026 |title=Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl named IFPI's Official Biggest-Selling Global Album of the Year 2025 |url=https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-named-ifpis-official-biggest-selling-global-album-of-the-year-2025/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260220152926/https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-named-ifpis-official-biggest-selling-global-album-of-the-year-2025/ |archive-date=February 20, 2026 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry}}</ref> To support the album, Gaga staged several promotional concerts and embarked on the Mayhem Ball, her eighth concert tour; the combined shows grossed $419.5 million, placing the overall concert run among the ten highest-grossing concert tours by a female artist in history.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Frankenberg |first1=Eric |date=April 16, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga's The Mayhem Ball Was One of the Biggest Pop Tours Ever: By the Numbers |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-mayhem-biggest-tour-career-400-million/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514022755/https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-mayhem-biggest-tour-career-400-million/ |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
On January 14, 2026, between the tour's stadium dates in Australia and Japan, Gaga held ''Mayhem Requiem'', a private performance organized with Apple Music at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, a venue with an approximate capacity of 2,300 people.<ref name="Horowitz">{{Cite magazine |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=May 12, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem Requiem' Filmed Performance to Premiere on Apple Music and Show for One Night Only in Select AMC Theaters |url=https://variety.com/2026/music/news/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-film-apple-music-amc-theaters-1236745440/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260512170615/https://variety.com/2026/music/news/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-film-apple-music-amc-theaters-1236745440/ |archive-date=May 12, 2026 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |magazine=Variety}}</ref><ref name="LAmag">{{Cite magazine |last=Edelman |first=Samantha |date=January 13, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga Invites Fans to a One Night Only Intimate Concert in LA |url=https://lamag.com/arts-and-entertainment/lady-gaga-invites-fans-to-a-one-night-only-intimate-concert-in-la/ |access-date=May 14, 2026 |magazine=Los Angeles}}</ref> Separate from the larger-scale Mayhem Ball tour, the concert was conceived as a one-night-only, intimate event for a limited audience. Tickets were made available through a lottery for fans who had signed up for Gaga's updates, rather than through regular ticketing platforms.<ref name="LAmag" /> They were priced between $225 and $450, and the event sold out.<ref name="LAmag" /><ref name="Madden" /> Attendees were required to place recording devices in locked pouches at the venue, while Apple Music recorded the performance for its ''Apple Music Live'' series.<ref name="LAmag" />
== Production == [[File:Mayhem Ball Manchester 104 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Mayhem Ball featured an opera-house set that appeared to burn during the finale (pictured). ''Mayhem Requiem'' later presented the same setting in ruins.]]
''Mayhem Requiem'' was billed as the culmination of Gaga's ''Mayhem'' era.<ref name="Horowitz" /> It served as an encore to The Mayhem Ball, with the tour's opera-house set presented as if reduced to rubble, with crumbled stone, shattered stained glass and pipe organs rising from the debris, as Gaga performed among cracked columns and scattered ruins.<ref name="Horowitz" /><ref name="Billboard-release" /><ref name="Madden" /> Gaga said the concept came from imagining the opera-house setting of the album's visual world as having fallen apart, allowing the album to be torn down, reconstructed and musically reimagined. She linked the idea to the album's themes, saying it reflected taking "the broken pieces" of life and putting them back together.<ref name="Out" /> According to Apple Music's release notes, she appears as "the phantom of her own gothic opera".<ref name="Horowitz" /> The staging remained largely static, with lasers, smoke, neon lighting and shifting colors used as the main visual effects.<ref name="Madden">{{cite magazine |last1=Madden |first1=Emma |date=May 15, 2026 |title=No Phones, Just Fans: Inside The Night Lady Gaga Took Over Los Angeles |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/lady-gaga-mayhem-apple-music-concert/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0516-1959-15/https://www.highsnobiety.com:443/p/lady-gaga-mayhem-apple-music-concert/ |archive-date=May 16, 2026 |access-date=May 16, 2026 |magazine=Highsnobiety}}</ref>
Gaga produced all of the songs and the opening interlude, with Johnny Natural, Tim Stewart, Brockett Parsons and Kris Pooley also credited as producers across the album's tracks and interludes.<ref name="AppleMusic" /> In an Instagram post, Gaga said she built ''Mayhem Requiem'' around influences from musicians and artists she had admired throughout her career, naming Kavinsky as a major influence on several albums.<ref name="Gagapost">{{Cite Instagram |postid=DY5J7PBvtDk |user=ladygaga |author-link=Lady Gaga |title=Building ''MAYHEM: Requiem'' was such an experience — I wanted to infuse it with influence from musicians and artists I really have admired and been inspired by my whole career.|first=Lady |last=Gaga|date=May 28, 2026 |url-status=live}}</ref> Discussing "Die with a Smile", she said she wanted to bring "French electronic energy" and a "relentless arpeggio" to the song, creating a dystopian contrast with its original melody and themes of love and hope. On the performance, she added:
{{blockquote|I tried to perform how it would feel to me to say goodbye to my record, my loved one, or my fans if the world around me was changing.<ref name="Gagapost" />}}
The concert film was directed and produced by Morningview, while Gaga and Michael Polansky served as executive producers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharpe |first1=Josh |date=May 12, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga to Release 'MAYHEM Requiem' Filmed Live Performance on Apple Music |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Lady-Gaga-to-Release-MAYHEM-Requiem-Live-Concert-Film-on-Apple-Music-20260512 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |publisher=BroadwayWorld}}</ref> The show's costumes, curated by stylist Sandra Amador, incorporated designs by Iris van Herpen, Robert Wun, Elsa Schiaparelli, Maison Margiela, and further 1990s archival Givenchy pieces by Alexander McQueen.<ref name="Bravo" />
== Release == On April 13, 2026, at the final show of the Mayhem Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Gaga teased the upcoming concert film ''Mayhem Requiem''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nelson |first1=Jeff |date=April 14, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga Dedicates Surprise Song to Fiancé Michael Polansky at Emotional Final Show of Mayhem Ball Tour |url=https://people.com/lady-gaga-dedicates-song-to-fiance-at-emotional-final-mayhem-ball-tour-show-11949979 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514003810/https://people.com/lady-gaga-dedicates-song-to-fiance-at-emotional-final-mayhem-ball-tour-show-11949979 |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |magazine=People}}</ref> A trailer for the project premiered on May 12, 2026,<ref name="Billboard-release">{{cite magazine |last1=Bain |first1=Katie |date=May 12, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga's 'MAYHEM Requiem' Film Is Coming: Here's How to See It |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/lady-gaga-mayhem-concert-film-release-date-how-to-watch-1236245498/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260514003422/https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/lady-gaga-mayhem-concert-film-release-date-how-to-watch-1236245498/ |archive-date=May 14, 2026 |access-date=May 14, 2026 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> alongside Gaga's performance of "Shadow of a Man".<ref name="Lomax" /> The film debuted globally on Apple Music and Apple TV on May 14, 2026, with simultaneous one-night screenings at 15 AMC Theaters across the United States.<ref name="Billboard-release" /><ref name="Bravo" /> The premiere was available to watch on Apple Music without a subscription.<ref name="Billboard-release" /> The platform also released a 15-minute video featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the concert's production.<ref name="Harrigan" />
To promote the release, Gaga appeared at The Grove in Los Angeles on the day of the film's debut, leading a funeral-style procession from the Apple Store to the AMC theater hosting one of the screenings. The procession featured a New Orleans-style marching band playing songs from ''Mayhem'', alongside 40 performers dressed in the red, black and white palette associated with the ''Mayhem'' era. The performers threw roses and petals before forming a ''tableau vivant'' outside the theater, where they remained as a photo backdrop for fans after Gaga's departure.<ref name="Out">{{cite magazine |last1=Reynolds |first1=Daniel |date=May 15, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga surprises Mayhem Requiem screening with funeral procession |url=https://www.out.com/film/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-funeral-procession#toggle-gdpr |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=Out}}</ref> Gaga wore an archival red-and-black Givenchy haute couture dress from Alexander McQueen's Fall/Winter 1997–98 collection, which ''Vogue Adria'' linked to the funeral-procession theme of the event.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lončar |first1=Tina |date=May 15, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga closed the Mayhem era in archival McQueen for Givenchy |url=https://vogueadria.com/lady-gaga-mcqueen/ |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=Vogue Adria}}</ref> At the screening, attendees received a ''Mayhem''-inspired zine designed by Apple Music senior art director Rose Zhang, who said its art direction followed the Gothic tone of Gaga's stage design and was inspired by Gaga's idea of the tour's set being discovered centuries after the final show.<ref name="Adler">{{cite magazine |last1=Adler |first1=Maxwell |date=May 15, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga Surprised Her Little Monsters With a Funeral for Mayhem at The Grove |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/lady-gaga-surprised-her-little-monsters-with-a-pop-music-funeral-at-the-grove |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8LYtw |archive-date=May 15, 2026 |access-date=May 20, 2026 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> Zhang also designed the album's cover artwork.<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=DYSP598gCIt |user=babyrollz |title=''Mayhem Requiem'' visual campaign art direction & design for @ladygaga @applemusic |first=Rose |last=Zhang |date=May 13, 2026 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shazam users could also unlock special content related to the project, including themed wallpapers and Apple Watch faces.<ref name="LuzLucia" /> Additional cinema screenings were held in Brazil, the only country outside the United States to show the film theatrically. The special screened on May 25, 2026, with free tickets made available through Vivo's app to customers with an active Apple Music subscription.<ref name="LuzLucia">{{cite magazine |last1=Luz |first1=Lucia |date=May 19, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga traz 'MAYHEM: Requiem' para cinemas do Brasil; confira onde assistir |trans-title=Lady Gaga brings 'MAYHEM: Requiem' to Brazilian cinemas; find out where to watch it. |url=https://billboard.com.br/lady-gaga-traz-mayhem-requiem-para-cinemas-do-brasil/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260522205857/https://billboard.com.br/lady-gaga-traz-mayhem-requiem-para-cinemas-do-brasil/ |archive-date=May 22, 2026 |access-date=May 22, 2026 |magazine=Billboard Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
== Synopsis == For the show, Gaga performs all songs from ''Mayhem''{{'s}} standard edition in sequence, presenting a "rawer, moodier" version of the album.<ref name="OCC-Smith">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Carl |date=May 13, 2026 |title=Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem premieres this week |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-apple-music/ |access-date=May 14, 2026 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref><ref name="Lomax" /> The concert opens with the epigraph "Stranger, Remember Me" before Gaga emerging dressed in black, wearing a chain-mail veil. She begins the main sequence with "Disease", with an arrangement remaining relatively close to the studio version,<ref name="Lomax">{{cite magazine |last1=Lomax |first1=Taylor |date=May 15, 2026 |title=We Infiltrated Lady Gaga's Funeral for 'MAYHEM' at the Grove |url=https://www.papermag.com/mayhem-requiem-the-grove |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260516012423/https://www.papermag.com/mayhem-requiem-the-grove#rebelltitem7 |archive-date=May 16, 2026 |access-date=May 16, 2026 |magazine=Paper}}</ref> followed by a darker techno-pop reinterpretation of "Abracadabra",<ref name="Bardaji" /> which Gaga starts at the piano before a sharper beat enters after the first chorus.<ref name="Harrigan">{{cite magazine |last1=Harrigan |first1=Annie |date=May 15, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga Gives 'MAYHEM' a Funeral at Film Premiere, Then Reimagines Album in 'MAYHEM Requiem' |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/lady-gaga-mayhem-funeral-film-premiere-requiem-reimagine-album-1236248838/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515180636/https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/lady-gaga-mayhem-funeral-film-premiere-requiem-reimagine-album-1236248838/ |archive-date=May 15, 2026 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> "Garden of Eden" features more prominent guitarplay in the mix.<ref name="Lomax" /> "Perfect Celebrity" is performed in a piano-led arrangement that emphasizes the song's grunge elements and includes a countermelody during the second pre-chorus.<ref name="Lomax" /> For "Vanish into You", Gaga uses an arrangement between the song's standard version and a more stripped-back rendition, while crawling around the stage.<ref name="Lomax" />
After an interlude, Gaga returns with a new veil that exposes her white-blonde hair. "Killah" is presented in a heavier industrial arrangement, incorporating portions of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" (1994).<ref name="Lomax" /> "Zombieboy" is reworked with a more prominent synthesizer-driven arrangement and a synthwave style,<ref name="Harrigan" /><ref name="Bardaji" /> while "LoveDrug" incorporates electronica elements and vocodered vocals.<ref name="Bravo" /><ref name="Bardaji" /> After another interlude, Gaga returns with a new headpiece for "How Bad Do U Want Me", which began with a synth-driven arrangement before shifting into a rock-oriented version.<ref name="Harrigan" /><ref name="Lomax" /> "Don't Call Tonight" stays close to the album version, followed by "Shadow of a Man".<ref name="Lomax" />
After the fourth interlude, Gaga sings "The Beast" from the remains of the balcony in a piano-heavy arrangement, laying on the floor for a large portion of the performance. "Blade of Grass" follows after another interlude, expanding on the piano-based versions Gaga previously performed with a fuller arrangement.<ref name="Lomax" /> For the finale, Gaga reappears in a cyberpunk-inspired armor-like outfit with a helmet and ruffled skirt. She performs "Die with a Smile", which is substantially reworked around elements of Kavinsky's "Nightcall" (2010) and includes processed vocals. The version alters the song's arrangement, tempo and instrumentation,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Escobar Rivas |first1=Ana |date=May 16, 2026 |title='Lady Gaga: Mayhem Requiem' deja una versión de 'Die with a Smile' que nada tiene que ver con la original... y nos encanta |trans-title='Lady Gaga: Mayhem Requiem' delivers a version of 'Die with a Smile' that's nothing like the original... and we love it |url=https://los40.com/2026/05/16/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-deja-una-version-de-die-with-a-smile-que-nada-tiene-que-ver-con-la-original-y-nos-encanta/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260517164840/https://los40.com/2026/05/16/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-deja-una-version-de-die-with-a-smile-que-nada-tiene-que-ver-con-la-original-y-nos-encanta/ |archive-date=May 17, 2026 |access-date=May 17, 2026 |website=Los 40 |language=es-ES}}</ref> moving it toward an electro-funk sound and making it one of the concert's largest departures from the studio recording.<ref>{{cite news |last1=de Souza |first1=Alison |date=May 19, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga's Mayhem Requiem concert film |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/you-can-rewrite-your-history-lady-gaga-says-of-mayhem-requiem-concert-film?ref=latest-headlines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260519170840/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/taiwanese-singer-landy-wen-in-icu-due-to-septic-shock/context.json |archive-date=May 19, 2026 |access-date=May 19, 2026 |newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref name="Lomax" />
== Critical reception == Steven J. Horowitz of ''Variety'' described ''Mayhem Requiem'' as "the other side of the Mayhem Ball coin", noting that it removed the tour's arena-scale spectacle in favor of a more static, music-centered performance. He compared its stripped-down approach to ''Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only'' and her Jazz & Piano residency in Las Vegas, and wrote that the concert brought Gaga's larger artistic ambitions back to the music, where she "thrives as a showwoman". Horowitz concluded that the special centered on the "malleability of her songwriting" and served as a testament to her creative power.<ref name="Horowitz-review">{{cite magazine |last1=Horowitz |first1=Steven J. |date=May 15, 2026 |title=Lady Gaga Reinvents Herself, Yet Again, With 'Mayhem Requiem' Performance: Review |url=https://variety.com/2026/music/concert-reviews/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-review-1236749156/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515032226/https://variety.com/2026/music/concert-reviews/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-review-1236749156/ |archive-date=May 15, 2026 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> Tony Bravo of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' described both the concert film and live album as imaginative reinventions of the ''Mayhem'' material, saying the project would appeal to live-music audiences and viewers nostalgic for ''MTV Unplugged''-style performances and HBO concert specials. He described the costumes as a "masterclass" in dark glamour that avoided resembling a Tim Burton film character.<ref name="Bravo">{{cite magazine |last1=Bravo |first1=Tony |date=May 15, 2026 |title='Mayhem Requiem' review: Lady Gaga turns pop melodrama into high art |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-review-22260984.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515223342/https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/lady-gaga-mayhem-requiem-review-22260984.php |archive-date=May 15, 2026 |access-date=May 15, 2026 |magazine=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
Taylor Lomax of ''Paper'' said the piano-led version of "Abracadabra" reflected what he saw as a broader theme of the ''Mayhem'' era: Gaga's strength as a vocalist and musician. He also singled out "Killah" for its industrial reworking and "Die with a Smile" for its vocoder-heavy reinvention.<ref name="Lomax" /> Emma Madden of ''Highsnobiety'' remarked that it is rare to see "a pop star of this magnitude scaled down like this", noting the absence of dancers and the use of only a small group of musicians. She described the slightly gated sound as "imperfect in a way that felt human and charming", and compared the show's mechanical, industrious and self-contained quality to a Broadway production.<ref name="Madden" /> Jordi Bardají of Jenesaispop wrote that ''Mayhem Requiem'' "did not simply replicate" the tour, but reworked the songs through new staging and costumes. The publication called the remixes "a real gift", highlighting the reinterpretations of "Abracadabra", "LoveDrug", "Zombieboy", "Killah" and "Die with a Smile", while finding "Don't Call Tonight" less effective.<ref name="Bardaji">{{cite web |last1=Bardají |first1=Jordi |date=May 15, 2026 |title=Mayhem Requiem: Lady Gaga despide era con un funeral pop oscuro |trans-title=Mayhem Requiem: Lady Gaga bids farewell to an era with a dark pop funeral |url=https://jenesaispop.com/2026/05/15/523233/mayhem-requiem-el-funeral-con-el-que-lady-gaga-entierra-su-gran-era/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260516151310/https://jenesaispop.com/2026/05/15/523233/mayhem-requiem-el-funeral-con-el-que-lady-gaga-entierra-su-gran-era/ |archive-date=May 16, 2026 |access-date=May 16, 2026 |publisher=Jenesaispop |language=es}}</ref>
== Commercial performance == In the United States, ''Mayhem Requiem'' debuted at number 12 on the Top Dance Albums chart for the week of May 30, 2026, marking Gaga's tenth entry on the chart.<ref name="BillboardDance" /> In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number 2 on the UK Album Downloads Chart and at number 50 on the UK Albums Sales Chart for the week of May 28, 2026.<ref name="UKpeaks" /> Elsewhere in Europe, the live album reached number 42 in Switzerland,<ref name="Hitparade" /> number 172 in France,<ref name="SNEP" /> and in Belgium, number 186 in Flanders and number 142 in Wallonia.<ref name="Flanders" /><ref name="Wallonia" /> In Australia, it debuted at number 65 on the ARIA Albums Chart.<ref name="ARIA" /> In Japan, it debuted at number 62 on ''Billboard Japan''{{'s}} Download Albums Chart for the week of May 20, 2026, after six days of availability.<ref name="JPDownload" />
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem''<ref name="AppleMusic" /> | extra_column = | total_length = 66:58 | all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music = | width = | title_width = | writing_width = | music_width = | lyrics_width = | extra_width = | title1 = Intro | note1 = | writer1 = {{hlist|Lady Gaga|Kris Pooley}} | lyrics1 = | music1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 0:50 | title2 = Disease | note2 = | writer2 = {{hlist|Gaga|Andrew Watt|Henry Walter|Michael Polansky}} | lyrics2 = | music2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 3:51 | title3 = Abracadabra | note3 = | writer3 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Susan Janet Ballion|Peter Edward Clarke|Steven Severin|John McGeoch}} | lyrics3 = | music3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 4:04 | title4 = Garden of Eden | note4 = | writer4 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Mike Lévy}} | lyrics4 = | music4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 4:42 | title5 = Perfect Celebrity | note5 = | writer5 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Lévy}} | lyrics5 = | music5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 3:37 | title6 = Vanish into You | note6 = | writer6 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Polansky}} | lyrics6 = | music6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 4:33 | title7 = Interlude I | note7 = | writer7 = Brockett Parsons | lyrics7 = | music7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 1:13 | title8 = Killah | note8 = | writer8 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Lévy|Trent Reznor}} | lyrics8 = | music8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 3:38 | title9 = Zombieboy | note9 = | writer9 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|James Fauntleroy}} | lyrics9 = | music9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 3:40 | title10 = Interlude II | note10 = | writer10 = Parsons | lyrics10 = | music10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 0:37 | title11 = LoveDrug | note11 = | writer11 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Polansky}} | lyrics11 = | music11 = | extra11 = | length11 = 3:31 | title12 = Interlude III | note12 = | writer12 = Parsons | lyrics12 = | music12 = | extra12 = | length12 = 1:51 | title13 = How Bad Do U Want Me | note13 = | writer13 = {{hlist|Gaga|Polansky|Watt|Walter}} | lyrics13 = | music13 = | extra13 = | length13 = 4:38 | title14 = Don't Call Tonight | note14 = | writer14 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Polansky}} | lyrics14 = | music14 = | extra14 = | length14 = 3:51 | title15 = Shadow of a Man | note15 = | writer15 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter}} | lyrics15 = | music15 = | extra15 = | length15 = 3:36 | title16 = Interlude IV | note16 = | writer16 = Parsons | lyrics16 = | music16 = | extra16 = | length16 = 0:34 | title17 = The Beast | note17 = | writer17 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Walter|Polansky}} | lyrics17 = | music17 = | extra17 = | length17 = 4:09 | title18 = Interlude V | note18 = | writer18 = Parsons | lyrics18 = | music18 = | extra18 = | length18 = 2:03 | title19 = Blade of Grass | note19 = | writer19 = {{hlist|Gaga|Watt|Lévy|Polansky}} | lyrics19 = | music19 = | extra19 = | length19 = 4:16 | title20 = Interlude VI | note20 = | writer20 = Parsons | lyrics20 = | music20 = | extra20 = | length20 = 1:36 | title21 = Die with a Smile | note21 = | writer21 = {{hlist|Gaga|Bruno Mars|Dernst Emile II|Fauntleroy|Watt|Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo|Vincent Belorgey}} | lyrics21 = | music21 = | extra21 = | length21 = 6:08 }}
=== Notes === * The release also includes video performances of each song and interlude.<ref name="AppleMusic" /> * "Killah" contains elements of "Closer" performed by Nine Inch Nails,<ref name="Lomax" /> adding Trent Reznor to the songwriting credits.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 14, 2026 |title=Killah (Apple Music Live) by Lady Gaga on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/killah-apple-music-live/6768201790 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260519003323/https://music.apple.com/us/song/killah-apple-music-live/6768201790 |archive-date=May 19, 2026 |access-date=May 19, 2026}}</ref> * "Die with a Smile" contains elements of "Nightcall" performed by Kavinsky featuring Lovefoxxx,<ref name="Lomax" /> adding Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Vincent Belorgey to the songwriting credits.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 14, 2026 |title=Die With A Smile (Apple Music Live) by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/die-with-a-smile-apple-music-live/6768201936 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260519003228/https://music.apple.com/us/song/die-with-a-smile-apple-music-live/6768201936 |archive-date=May 19, 2026 |access-date=May 19, 2026}}</ref>
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance ! scope="col"| Chart (2026) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA">{{cite magazine |date=May 25, 2026 |title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 25 May 2026 |magazine=The ARIA Report |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |page=6 |issue=1890}}</ref> | 65 |- {{album chart|Flanders|186|artist=Lady Gaga|album=Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 24, 2026|refname="Flanders"}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|142|artist=Lady Gaga|album=Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 24, 2026|refname="Wallonia"}} |- {{album chart|France|172|M|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=21&annee=2026|title=Top Albums (Semaine du 22 mai 2026)|publisher=Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2026|refname="SNEP"}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Download Albums (''Billboard Japan'')<ref name="JPDownload">{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Japan Top Download Albums – Week of May 20, 2026 |url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlalbums&year=2026&month=05&day=25 |access-date=May 21, 2026 |magazine=Billboard Japan |language=ja}}</ref> | 62 |- {{album chart|Switzerland|42|artist=Lady Gaga|album=Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2026|refname="Hitparade"}} |- {{album chart|UKDigital|2|date=20260528|rowheader=true|access-date=May 22, 2026}} |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums Sales (OCC)<ref name="UKpeaks">{{cite web |title=Chart history of Apple Music Live: Mayhem Requiem |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/lady-gaga-apple-music-live-mayhem-requiem/ |access-date=May 22, 2026 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> | 50 |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|12|artist=Lady Gaga|rowheader=true|access-date=May 30, 2026|refname="BillboardDance"}} |}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{Ref.}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | May 14, 2026 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | {{hlist|Interscope}} | style="text-align:center"|<ref name="AppleMusic">{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2026 |title=Apple Music Live: MAYHEM Requiem |url=https://music.apple.com/album/apple-music-live-mayhem-requiem/6768201775 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260520165756/https://music.apple.com/us/album/apple-music-live-mayhem-requiem/6768201775 |archive-date=May 20, 2026 |access-date=May 12, 2026 |publisher=Apple Music}}</ref> |}
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