SL Feature - Lady Gaga - FINAL_Pages 12 / 27 / 21 5 : 12 PM Page 3 That’s not to say amidst the albums and acting appearances in the likes of “ FAME CAN ACTUALLY American Horror Story , the 35 - BE A VERY LONELY year - old ? Gaga ? didn’t undergo PLACE AND THAT a period of deep personal WAS SOMETHING reflection that saw her open up about the “ horrific things ” I FOUND VERY she experienced while CONFUSING IN THE working her way up in the PAST . IT’S NOT SOME - music business . ? Her revela - THING ANYONE CAN tions of sexual abuse made PREPARE YOU FOR her appearance at the Oscars in 2016 all the more BUT IT’S VERY REAL . poignant when she delivered YOU ARE SURROUN - the most dramatic moment DED BY PRESS of perhaps any awards show . AND PAPARAZZI Little did she foresee the storm YET STILL FEEL that was to follow in a movie world she was only just step - DESPERATELY ping foot into . ALONE . ” Lady ? Gaga , whose real name is Stefani Joanne Do your songs say or reveal more Angelina Germanotta , is cur - about yourself than ever ? rently working on preparations In all my songs I try to be honest and Q & A open . But much of the inspiration for a set of live dates , while still these days comes in me wanting each enjoying the time to be able song to say something autobiographical to work relatively undisturbed Your last album provided a tri - about myself . Each song has a personal umphant return to love — was that connection . that these latter days of semi - intentional ? lockdown still provide . Over Love is always a determining emotion in You’ve used your albums in the past the course of her career , she anything I do . We can be nothing without to pay tribute to various people . love — it is the truth . I guess you’re referring to my late Aunt has earned a colossal 29 Joanne who passed away a few years Grammy nominations and But can love also be deceiving ? ago . It was interesting with her — I grew so collected 11 trophies , the last Love can be such an overpowering emo - much more aware of how losing my Aunt tion that it can prevent us from seeing that Joanne affected my family . It affected my win coming for the A Star is your relationship is not real . It’s a struggle father deeply and it’s been one of the Born soundtrack and track “ I’ll to get past the illusions and see what is most defining experiences that has made real . I believe that relationships are very us stronger as a family . Never Fall in Love Again . ” real and very important and we need to Recognizing how much sadness her Here , she tells us why love focus on that . premature death caused my family has is such an important part of been my way of discovering how that has Do you think that finding out what’s shaped us and made us who we are . Even her music , how the passing of real is becoming harder and harder though she’s someone who is part of my her beloved aunt has brought in today’s world ? past , she’s helped me become a more her family even closer You have to look at things very hard and authentic woman as I head into the future . not be taken in by false appearances and And there are obviously other people together and how she intends images and things people do to present before and since . All these people fall into to change the beauty industry a version of themselves , which may not the mix and are there to be praised with her new makeup brand . be real . because they have left such a lasting 40 | SUBURBAN LIFE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 13 ISSUE 4 | SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM