Lady Gaga

But I remember him saying to me like pretty early on, you know, I know you could be a lot happier than you are. And I just, it was really hard for me to hear him say that because I didn't want him to think that of me. You know, I wanted him to think I was like this happy, just totally together person and I wasn't really yet. So I guess...

But I remember him saying to me like pretty early on, you know, I know you could be a lot happier than you are. And I just, it was really hard for me to hear him say that because I didn't want him to think that of me. You know, I wanted him to think I was like this happy, just totally together person and I wasn't really yet. So I guess...

I mean to share that as a way of saying that I do think it can get better if you are going through a hard mental health time. But it's also something that I have found increasingly harder to talk about. I think I hate feeling defined by it. it's like a ghost of yourself. That's what, that's what it felt like to me. Like, like something I felt ashamed of.

I mean to share that as a way of saying that I do think it can get better if you are going through a hard mental health time. But it's also something that I have found increasingly harder to talk about. I think I hate feeling defined by it. it's like a ghost of yourself. That's what, that's what it felt like to me. Like, like something I felt ashamed of.

But I don't think that we should feel ashamed if we go through times like that. And I mostly just wish to say like, if you have been through something like that or you are, it like, it can get better. And it, and it did for me. And I'm, I'm really grateful for that.

But I don't think that we should feel ashamed if we go through times like that. And I mostly just wish to say like, if you have been through something like that or you are, it like, it can get better. And it, and it did for me. And I'm, I'm really grateful for that.

I mean, it, it sort of goes back to what you were saying about like playing characters earlier in my career. I had to figure out a way to integrate myself fully with my stage persona and like, kind of like inhabit Lady Gaga's boss energy in my everyday life. But, you know, in an empowered way, um, and make sense of like maybe two things that don't make a ton of sense.

I mean, it, it sort of goes back to what you were saying about like playing characters earlier in my career. I had to figure out a way to integrate myself fully with my stage persona and like, kind of like inhabit Lady Gaga's boss energy in my everyday life. But, you know, in an empowered way, um, and make sense of like maybe two things that don't make a ton of sense.

You know, I'd like to think that I'm a kind person, but there's like a ferociousness and a hardness and an intensity that I have on stage as a performer. So I think I had to learn how to hold those two things and have them not be at war with each other. And that's actually one of the reasons I named my album Mayhem because to me that tension is chaotic.

You know, I'd like to think that I'm a kind person, but there's like a ferociousness and a hardness and an intensity that I have on stage as a performer. So I think I had to learn how to hold those two things and have them not be at war with each other. And that's actually one of the reasons I named my album Mayhem because to me that tension is chaotic.

feeling to visit but not one you want to live in 100 that's it that is a great way of saying it and and yet i live in it so i mean that's still well it's part of my truth yeah it is like always a part of me it's just i've learned to hold it and um not like pour gasoline on it you know I used to like just like the more chaos, the better all the time, just living life on the edge constantly.

feeling to visit but not one you want to live in 100 that's it that is a great way of saying it and and yet i live in it so i mean that's still well it's part of my truth yeah it is like always a part of me it's just i've learned to hold it and um not like pour gasoline on it you know I used to like just like the more chaos, the better all the time, just living life on the edge constantly.

And I'm now proud to be like much more boring.

And I'm now proud to be like much more boring.

No, I don't. I'm really excited to be a mom. I used to have a lot of apprehension about it. I mean, I think the thing that's the most important to me is to not force my children to live a life that they are not choosing. Because when they're kids, you know, there's no way for me, there's no way for them to understand what fame is and how it will change their lives.

No, I don't. I'm really excited to be a mom. I used to have a lot of apprehension about it. I mean, I think the thing that's the most important to me is to not force my children to live a life that they are not choosing. Because when they're kids, you know, there's no way for me, there's no way for them to understand what fame is and how it will change their lives.

So I think the more that we can kind of give them space to discover who they are on their own, I think that's the thing that I believe in the most. I sort of feel as though if our children only understand mommy's job, that's like a very narrow view of life. But then, you know, I also kind of am at war with myself sometimes as I get ready to hopefully become a mom soon. That like...

So I think the more that we can kind of give them space to discover who they are on their own, I think that's the thing that I believe in the most. I sort of feel as though if our children only understand mommy's job, that's like a very narrow view of life. But then, you know, I also kind of am at war with myself sometimes as I get ready to hopefully become a mom soon. That like...

you know, today's wonderful, but like the whole day has revolved around me. You know, like I've been in interviews, like talking about myself all day and like, there's an incredible amount of narcissism in this. And I think as I grow up, I'm kind of like more and more self-aware of that and figuring out how to, like, how do you

you know, today's wonderful, but like the whole day has revolved around me. You know, like I've been in interviews, like talking about myself all day and like, there's an incredible amount of narcissism in this. And I think as I grow up, I'm kind of like more and more self-aware of that and figuring out how to, like, how do you