Overview
- In a Rolling Stone cover story published Nov. 13, Gaga says she was on lithium during filming and later sought psychiatric care, canceling the final 10 dates of her 2018 Joanne tour.
- She describes a hospitalization and a complete crash, saying there was a period when she feared she would not get better and now feels lucky to be alive.
- Reports note lithium is a mood stabilizer used to treat mania, and Gaga has not publicly disclosed a psychiatric diagnosis.
- Coverage recalls that the tour cancellations were attributed at the time to fibromyalgia, as the new interview reframes that stretch as a severe mental-health crisis.
- Gaga says backlash to 2024’s Joker: Folie à Deux fueled her 'Disease' video and Mayhem era; she now calls herself a healthy, whole person and credits fiancé Michael Polansky while touring behind Mayhem.