What’s up? It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and in a raw, emotional interview,
Lady Gaga revealed just how important her friendship with Ariana Grande is to her.
There’s nothing we love more than women supporting other women,
and it’s clear that Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s bond goes beyond working on their song together.
Obviously we all love Rain On Me and not only did it win three VMAs, but it debuted
at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the music video has over 200 million views on YouTube.
Those are all extremely impressive feats!
But the song meant more to Gaga and Ari than just another collab,
it brought them together and created a friendship when they both needed it most.
During Gaga’s VMA acceptance speech she made that very clear.
“Me and Ariana are truly soul sisters. And you know, girl this is for us, we’ve both been
through some sh*t together but we were willing to share that with each other and Ari I love you.”
But now, in a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Gaga revealed why her friendship
with Ari means so much to her and what she was going through before they met.
Before working on Rain On Me and the rest of the Chromatica album, Gaga explained
that she was in a very dark place and was struggling severely with her mental health.
“I just, I totally gave up on myself. I hated being famous, I hated being a star,
I felt exhausted and used up.”
She even got to the point where she hated being Lady Gaga.
Gaga said that not being able to do the little things like go to the grocery store or go to
dinner with her family without being interrupted made her feel like an object rather than a human.
“I’m looking at this piano and thinking you ruined my life. During this time I was like you made me
Lady Gaga. My biggest enemy is Lady Gaga that’s what I was thinking, my biggest enemy is her.”
But in the interview she discussed how Chromatica was one big therapy session.
The lyrics of all of the songs talk about how she made it out of that darkness and one big
factor in getting her mental health back was the friendships she formed while working on the album.
A major friendship being with Ariana Grande.
In the CBS interview, Gaga revealed how nearly impossible it is to find
strong female friendships in the music industry.
“Ugh I love that girl. You know how hard it is to make a female friend in this business?
I can imagine for both of you. Come on in this business
having a female friend is like watching a pig fly.”
But it wasn’t just Ari that Gaga bonded with while working on Chromatica.
She also said that Elton John, who is also featured Chromatica,
is a dear friend of hers as well.
Gaga revealed that Elton is a member of her support team and he always calls her
when she’s feeling down and makes sure to leave messages even if she doesn’t answer.
And despite the struggles she has faced over the past 2.5 years,
Lady Gaga explained that she is in a much better place now.
She said that this album has helped her love making music again
and helped her stop hating herself.
Gaga said quote, “I found a way to love myself again
even when I thought that was never gonna happen.”
But it wasn’t just Gaga’s life that was changed by Chromatica and Rain On Me.
Ariana Grande has also gushed over Lady Gaga and how getting to work on their collab helped her.
For Gaga’s birthday Ari wrote quote, “Happy birthday to a literal angel that has changed
my life in many ways! I’ll tell u more about it later but … u make my heart feel so
full and happy and understood @ladygaga. Wishing u all the joy in the world today and every day!”
And ever since Gaga’s recent interview,
fans have been flooding Twitter sharing their love for Gaga and Ari’s friendship.
One fan wrote “@ladygaga and @ArianaGrande their friendships/bond >> everyone else’s”
Another person shared the clip of Gaga talking about Ariana and wrote quote,
“omg i love both so much @ArianaGrande @ladygaga a true friendship”
And this fan chimed in saying “Im really happy that they found genuine friendship in each other”
And we couldn’t agree more.
We love that Gaga and Ari have been able to be there for each
other through some difficult times and also create incredible music together.
Here’s to many more years of friendship for these two and hopefully some more collabs!
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I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!