In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1, Lady Gaga elaborated on the album's inspiration, explaining that the titular region incorporates a "sine wave" that contains the mathematical symbol for sound, which is what "healed" her throughout her life. "It's about healing and it's about bravery as well.

Producer BloodPop said in an interview with EW that Chromatica was made when Gaga was "slipping down the rabbit hole of sadness." This included grappling with mental illness and subsequent treatment with antipsychotic medication, as she sings about on the album track "911."

The album reached number one on the charts of various overseas markets, including Austria, Finland, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland. Chromatica yielded multi-week number one runs in Australia and Canada and, in France, ascended to the summit of the charts by selling 21,746 units.

Did Chromatica win a Grammy? In 2020, Lady Gaga's sixth album, Chromatica, produced the single "Rain on Me," earning her the second Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. This achievement marked the first time in history that an all-female collaboration won this award.