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The Grammy-winning songwriter and actor will release her seventh studio album March 7, which press materials say will explore “themes of chaos and transformation.” The 14-track album will be titled “Mayhem.” It will follow last year’s “Harlequin,” a companion album for the film “Joker: Folie à Deux” that stalled at No. 20 on the Billboard 200. Two of the early singles from “Mayhem” have done well, with “Disease” hitting No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Die With a Smile,” a collaboration with Bruno Mars, spending three weeks at No 1. “This is probably the most clear I have felt in about a decade for myself just personally. I feel more on my game with this music than I have in a really long time,” she told The Associated Press last year. “When you're feeling clear and healthy and happy, I feel like that's when your art can really fly.” At Sundance, the hottest ticket in town was a Rose Byrne and Conan O’Brien psychological thriller According to the announcement, “‘Mayhem’ reinvents her early sound with a kaleidoscopic approach that draws from her expansive musical library while embracing a fresh and fearless artistic perspective.” Lady Gaga will debut the third single and accompanying music video from “Mayhem” on Sunday, airing during a commercial break at the Grammy Awards. She also is slated to join artists including Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Stevie Nicks and Joni Mitchell at Thursday's FireAid benefit for the people and communities devastated by the recent Los Angeles wildfires.

At least 20 people including two policemen were injured in a turf battle between two local Awami League (AL) factions Thursday in Kushtia's Khoksa upazila. Over 50 houses were also ransacked at village Komorbhog of the upazila during the hour-long mayhem, following a factional clash on Wednesday.  There had been a long-running feud between local AL leader and Osmanpur Union Parishad Member Jabed Ali and AL activist Noyon, Kamruzzaman Talukdar, officer-in-charge of Khoksa Police Station, said. Also read: 1 killed in Sathia AL infighting A chase and counter chase took place on Wednesday between the supporters of the two groups following an altercation. Next, supporters of the two groups swooped down on each other with sharp weapons on early Thursday, the OC said. Locals rescued the injured and sent them to Khoksa Upazila Health Complex where the doctors referred critically wounded Shahjahan Ali, 45, to Kushtia General Hospital, Kamruzzaman said. Also read: 15 injured in AL infighting in Kushtia An uneasy calm is prevailing in the village now after the clash.   "Three cases were filed with the police station in connection with the incidents and 19 have been arrested. Additional policemen have been deployed at the area," Kamruzzaman said.