Lady Gaga on how being 'boring' and present made her happiest
Lady Gaga's making a comeback to the musical world. Most recently turning her hand to acting in Joker: Folie à Deux, she's set to launch her eighth solo album – the first in five years.
While the singer is used to dealing with the world's eyes on her, she's processing the pressure differently this time around.
In her Elle cover interview, she said: ‘I used to drink a lot and smoke a lot, and I was always looking for an out. I used to call it the trap door. I used to be like, “I need an escape route.” And I stopped doing that.'
Instead, Lady Gaga - real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta - says she is getting used to processing her emotions.
'I actually started feeling it. Being present. As an artist, it’s hard to go through that and not want to share that with my fans.'
That grounding has also impacted the Disease singer's search for happiness. 'Sometimes, I worry people will say I’m boring these days, but honestly, thank God I’m boring. Thank God! Because I was living on the edge.
'I don’t know what was going to happen to me living that way. So, the fact that I have these answers, on the one hand, I’m like, “Oh man, snooze fest!” But actually, I’m so grateful. Because I found a sense of happiness and joy that is true to me.’
For Lady Gaga, now 38, that happiness also comes from her family, including her fiancé Michael Polansky. ‘Family – it’s like the roots of the tree. They grow long, and sometimes they’re mangled, and sometimes they’re full with water, and sometimes they’re thirsty. Family is what makes you who you are, and it also defines your need for change,’ she told Elle.
The March issue of ELLE UK is on sale from 06 February.
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