 Kornhaber and Billy Nilles from "E!News" identified Kylie Minogue's fourteenth studio album "Golden" (2018) as part of a trend of pop singers going through a country phase, which they compared to Gaga's work on "Joanne".Brittany Spanos of "Rolling Stone" observed, "Joanne" served as singer Noah Cyrus's "muse" and songwriting for her debut album "NC-17", incorporating the country-themed musicality of Gaga's endeavor.