According to some, Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra saved her pop career. After releasing a string of projects that did not particularly excite her fan base, Abracadabra worked its magic and quickly rose to the top of the charts. To many, the song is a throwback to Gaga’s “golden age” – the early 2010 – when she released smash hits such as Bad Romance, Alejandro, and Born This Way.
There’s another element Abracadabra shares with the videos named above: It is full of occult references. In fact, the song is made to sound like an incantation, while the video is a full-on occult ritual. I’m not making this up to sound interesting; Gaga herself stated that the song has a “spell in it.”
ELLE: We love the bit where the music cuts out and the dancers are almost attacking you with...
