MacBook Pro keeps hanging at blue screen when starting up. How do I get around this?

My Macbook has been working just fine for a while, but recently today, it just started crashing on me a lot. This is NOT a kernel panic, but the screen suddenly goes blue and hangs. Then I am forced to restart it.
When I restart it normally, it stops going on the gray screen. I try Safe Mode, but it then suddenly goes to said blue screen again.
I can't even get back onto my computer. How do I solve this issue?

Bump. Really need help on this.

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