Tuesday, April 1, 2025

I by no means forgot what he stood for

Woman Gaga has revealed that the late John Lennon could be her dream collaborator.

To have fun the discharge of her new album ‘Mayhem’, the pop icon hosted her personal fan-led ‘Mayhem’ press convention. One of many questions requested by a fan was about her dream collaborator, useless or alive.

“I feel it could have been John Lennon. I feel he had such an attractive coronary heart and I feel that’s certainly one of my favorite issues in just like the historical past of music is whenever you don’t simply bear in mind an artist for his or her music however you bear in mind them for his or her coronary heart,” she mentioned.

She additionally confirmed her peace signal tattoo that she has on her wrist and shared: “This peace signal was proper outdoors 72nd road by the Dakota, the place he was sadly taken from the world, however the peace signal was there on daily basis and Yoko would put flowers outdoors, I obtained this tattoo due to that. I by no means forgot what he stood for and it’s what I stand for too.”

Gaga beforehand in contrast herself to the ‘Think about’ hitmaker in an NME cowl story again in 2011 by saying that she struggles to ever be fully blissful along with her songs.

“I’m perpetually sad with what I create,” she mentioned. “Though I would let you know that ‘Edge Of Glory’ is a pop masterpiece, when it’s all mentioned and completed there will likely be issues I dread, and each time I take heed to it I’ll hear them.”

Gaga added: “In John Lennon‘s [1980] Playboy interview he talked about how he hated sure songs due to the best way they had been completed. They usually may be my favorite songs, however Lennon couldn’t take heed to them.”

In 2012, the ‘Born This Means’ hitmaker was awarded the Lennonono Grant For Peace by Yoko Ono. She additionally carried out a canopy of ‘Think about’ on the opening of the inaugural European Video games in Baku, Azerbaijan again in 2015.

That very same yr, she was linked to Lennon’s former Beatles bandmate Sir Paul McCartney as the 2 had been engaged on a track for the movie Excessive within the Clouds which is predicated on Macca’s 2005 kids’s guide of the identical title.

She had beforehand revealed that that they had been working collectively when she posted an Instagram image of the pair – together with Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready – within the studio collectively.

Gaga additionally posted a solo image of her and McCartney and recalled how the pair ended up collaborating. “At all times time with my buddy,” she wrote. “I’ll always remember when he referred to as me final yr to work and I hung up the telephone cuz I assumed it was a prank!”

Elsewhere, Gaga’s extremely anticipated seventh album ‘Mayhem‘ arrived at present (March 7) after months of hypothesis. It follows on from 2020’s ‘Chromatica’ and her Joker: Folie a Deux companion file ‘Harlequin’ which was launched final yr.

‘Mayhem’ was given a four-star evaluation from NME, and described as a file that sees the pop icon “dial every little thing as much as 11”.

Yoko Ono and Lady Gaga attend 2014 MusiCares Person Of The Year Honoring Carole King at Los Angeles Convention Center on January 24, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Yoko Ono and Woman Gaga attend 2014 MusiCares Particular person Of The Yr Honoring Carole King at Los Angeles Conference Middle on January 24, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

“There’s a nonchalant confidence in the best way Gaga sticks to her maximalist imaginative and prescient with out pandering to modern pop traits. Most ‘Mayhem’ tracks run near or over 4 minutes, making them mini-epics within the TikTok period,” it learn.

“In the end, ‘Mayhem’ appears like an amazing Gaga album as a result of it’s simply a lot enjoyable. At occasions, it’s a bit like reconnecting with an previous pal who is sensible even once they appear to be chatting nonsense,” it added. “Seventeen years after she broke by means of with ‘Simply Dance’, Woman Gaga stays pop’s foremost agent of impeccably crafted chaos.”

In different information, followers have been speculating that Gaga’s track ‘How Unhealthy Do U Need Me?’ from her new album might presumably have a secret look from Taylor Swift.

Woman Gaga has additionally delighted followers in Mexico by saying that she will likely be performing within the nation for the primary time in 13 years. The pop icon will likely be taking on the Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico Metropolis on April 26, and it’s anticipated to see a number of songs carried out from the ‘Mayhem’ tracklist.

The information of that present arrived shortly after the ‘Paparazzi’ hitmaker introduced that she could be performing a monumental free present to over 1,000,000 followers at Copacabana Seashore in Rio.


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