Lady Gaga has often felt "judged" for trying new things in her career.
The 38-year-old singer launched herself as a pop star in the late 2000s and has since gone on to become an actress with leading roles in films such as 'House of Gucci' and 'Joker: Folie à Deux' but admitted that as she gears up to launch a "doom-jazz" style album, that she has had to embrace her "life force" when others may have raised an eyebrow.
She told the L.A .Times: "There’s surf-punk influence on the album. There’s doom-jazz influence on the album. There’s New Orleans influence on the album. It was through the lens of a woman that wants to be whoever she wants whenever she feels like it — a woman that will light the stage on fire if she feels like it. In a way, it was kind of defiant: When I’ve sung jazz for most of my career, I think that some people really loved it and other people never understood why I deviated to other genres. The beauty of why I make records is I love learning about music. I loved working with Tony [Bennett]. I loved making 'Harlequin.' I loved collaborating with all the DJs and Gesaffelstein on my new album.
" I loved learning about industrial music and about all the different crevices of electronic music, and then I loved working with Bruno [Mars]. One of the things I’ve probably been judged for in my career was not sticking to one thing. But not sticking to one thing is my life force."
The 'Poker Face' hitmaker is due to release her seventh studio album in early 2025, and teased that she will be exploring jazz further later on in the future.
She said: "I’m definitely gonna be singing jazz in the future, for sure. Jazz is just this huge part of my heart. I loved it my whole life, and it was so exciting when I got to do it with Ton And I loved making [soundtrack album] 'Harlequin' — that was really a special, special experience. Arranging that music is a real process. Finding the right sound is a real process."
