Review: Lady Gaga releases 'Venus', new 'Artpop' track blends bizarre otherworldly lyrics with strong EDM beat [LISTEN]

As promised, Lady Gaga's highly anticipated Artpop track "Venus" has made its official iTunes debut. Two weeks ahead of the release of Gaga's third studio album, "Venus" came into the world as the second of three promotional Artpop previews.

Gaga actually debuted "Venus" one day early on VEVO. The full audio for the song was released yesterday morning (Oct. 27) following a series of low quality leaks online.

Unlike "Applause" and "Do What U Want," the new track "Venues" seems to better reflect the forward thinking oeuvre of Artpop that many Little Monsters and critics expected. Sounding more similar to "Aura" -- which made its debut in a lyric video/trailer for the Robert Rodriguez film Machete Kills -- "Venus" blends together bizarrely fascinating electronic elements, layered Gaga vocals and a fair amount of talk-singing with a sassy attitude.

Lyrically, "Venus" blends together otherworldly influences with classic Greek mythology about the goddess Venus, whom Gaga emulated during her 2013 MTV VMAs performance. At one wonderful point, Gaga begins dissing other planets, giving the world this sure-to-be classic line: "Uranus? Don't you know my ass is famous?"

Listen to "Venus" below.

"Venus" was due to become the second official single from Artpop, set to follow "Applause." However, the goddess was moved aside in favor of Gaga's slow-burning R&B tune "Do What U Want," which was released last week to universal critical and fan acclaim. Following the excitement around the R. Kelly collaboration, Gaga and her label Interscope changed the roll out plan for her new music.

Luckily for "Venus," though, the song is still due to receive its own music video.