Overview
- Lady Gaga tells Rolling Stone she was on lithium while filming A Star Is Born and later suffered what she describes as a psychotic break.
- She says she canceled the final 10 dates of the Joanne world tour in February 2018 and sought hospital psychiatric care after family raised concerns.
- At the time, the cancellations were publicly attributed to severe pain linked to fibromyalgia, a narrative the new interview expands with psychiatric context.
- Gaga says she now feels like a healthy, whole person and credits fiancé Michael Polansky, whom she began dating in 2020, with helping stabilize her life.
- She describes channeling backlash to 2024’s Joker: Folie à Deux into the Mayhem era, with the album earning seven Grammy nominations including album of the year.