Lady Gaga talks for the first time about a historic show in Copacabana

Lady Gaga sat with Stephen Colbert for a deep conversation about your career in The Late Showrecorded in a special place: the End Bitterthe famous New York Night Club where she started performing at 14. For the occasion, Gaga brought leaflets from his first performances, while still using his real name, Stefani Germanotta, In addition to other relics, such as a clipboard where interested fans noted names and emails, and a photo of just before signing their first phonographic contract.

It was at this time that she adopted her stage name, describing the persona as a kind of “creative armor.” The artist of Mayhem explained:

To create Lady Gaga It was a way of becoming something I felt not inside me. Like the star I always wanted to be. I knew I had musical talent and things I wanted to say, but I was deeply insecure throughout my childhood. So I created this other thing to give me wings. And it was born after some really difficult experiences… professional and personal. It was so difficult that I changed my name.

Despite the protection that this persona provided him with, Gaga He said the early days of his career as a pop star and sailing the rigors of the music industry were still extremely difficult. “I endured firmly for a very long period of my career,” she said. “I just kept my head down and worked, worked and worked.”

And although finding out how to deal with fame was difficult, Gaga admitted that the most complicated conflict turned out to be that between Gaga and Stefani. “Finding out how to integrate these two things psychologically to me, this was my great eternal job,” he said.

During the interview, the singer also recalled one of the most exciting moments of her career: the historic show in Copacabana. “That was a special moment. I could never have prepared for that feeling,” he said Gagavisibly thrilled to talk about the presentation for more than 2 million people on Rio beach.

The artist said that the nervousness in Rio was comparable to that of the first career shows, when I begged for friends to crowd the audience. “I’ll tell you something: I remember being as nervous for the show in Brazil as I was the first time I sat on that piano of End Bitter. In the minute I took the stage and saw all those people, it’s over. I thought I would pass out. I was completely dominated by emotion. ”

“Whether twenty people or millions, the work is the same: singing to the heart of those who are there,” he said, remembering that the night in Rio de Janeiro was one of the most special of his trajectory. “That’s why I always wanted to make music to connect with people.”

In other moments of the conversation, Gaga praised the efforts of Colbert By digitally placing yourself in some of your most famous looks, including the dark bangs and the “Lady in Red” “Abracadabra”. She also talked about growing at Manhattan’s Upper West side and then moving to Lower East Side, chose her favorite New York institutions, categorically refused the challenge of Colbert To rank the districts of the city (“not even think, this is a trap”), and shared his Bagel request: “So there are two requests for Bagel. There is TBB – Toasted Butter Bagel. Type, easy, walking, tbb.

Near the end of the interview, Gaga talked about receiving his fianceMichael Polanskyin its creative process. Colbert He also asked what kind of projects she was interested in taking over, like Broadway, leading her to reveal: “I would like to do many things. But what I really want is to be a mother. This is my next lead role, I hope.”

Check out this chat below:

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