You’ve heard this talk about reheated nachos, haven’t you? The internet slang term came about last year, with “nachos” referring to a person’s style, aesthetically or sonically — the point being that, even if the ingredients are the same, it’s a dish best served fresh. The phrase reached a broader audience after Lady Gaga premiered “Abracadabra,” a single from her new album Mayhem, during the Grammys. “Abracadabra” feels quintessentially Lady Gaga, from its chainsaw synths to the very “Bad Romance” way she flips her name into a devilish tongue: “Abracadabra, morta-oo-ga-ga.” Even the menacing choreography of its music video seemed to hark back to a time when reviews likened her dark eccentricity to a “David Cronenberg creation.” As one fan emphatically proclaimed on X following the video’s premiere: “She really reheated her own nachos!!”
