Lady Gaga recently opened up in an interview with CBS’s Lee Cowan about her struggle with mental health and how it influenced her sixth studio album Chromatica. “Honestly, I just totally gave up on myself,” she admitted. “I hated being famous, I hated being a star.
I felt exhausted and used up.” During the video interview, Gaga explained that she began to resent the piano that she once cherished, saying: “I wrote so many songs on this piano.
You ruined my life: you made me Lady Gaga”. All of the tracks on Chromatica, some more obviously than others, allude to Gaga’s own struggles with mental health.
Whilst Chromatica is an electro-pop dance album, the lyrics in the songs explore buried trauma, mental illness and the complexities of fame.