Chris Moukarbel talks Gaga and the documentary in a new interview

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Why is it some people still think of Lady Gaga as the woman in the meat dress, and not a six-time Grammy award winner and Golden Globe-earning actress?

In her new Netflix documentary, Five Foot Two, the 31-year-old pop star takes us behind the scenes of her creative process as she begins working on her fifth studio album, Joanne, and later prepares for her 2017 Super Bowl halftime performance. The film offers a raw, emotional glimpse at the always “on” entertainer we’ve grown to love. She discusses her breakup with ex fiancé Taylor Kinney, shows us her chronic pain and battle with fibromyalgia, and even addresses her feelings about Madonna, who’s previously called her “reductive” in the media.

You got to see her turn on her Lady Gaga persona while filming. What’s the difference between her “on” and “off”?

“One is softer and one is harder. I guess that’s the only way I can describe it. Her energy gets harder. Her body gets harder. Like everything that is required of her, physically and mentally, in order to be able to sustain being Lady Gaga, she kind of has learned how to make that transformation for herself. So it was a physical and energetic shift that slowly started to happen.”

Why’d you choose not to conduct any interviews with her or her team for the film?

“I didn’t want to interview her manager and have him tell me how hard she works. I wanted to see it. It means shooting a lot more and really committing to this verite-style of filmmaking where I was just shooting a lot and then hoping that the story would kind of emerge from what we saw rather than have someone tell me about it. And I think it worked for the most part…She talks to the camera a lot, so there’s definitely these kind of on-the-fly interviews… She was gonna treat the camera as casually as if I was a person standing in the room, so for her to pretend like it wasn’t there wasn’t realistic because she was just being herself.”

What do you think separates her from other artists?

“This is the biggest distinction for me: When you think of her as a pop star, it’s that she writes her own music and she’s really good at it. It’s not like she has these songs handed down to her. A lot of pop stars do and that’s fine and they’re great performers and singers. But there’s a really big difference between writing your own music and not...She really does have this artistry that she brings to it. And so watching her work was cool because she was building this house from the ground up.”

Read the full interview here

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"It’s not like she has these songs handed down to her. A lot of pop stars do and that’s fine and they’re great performers and singers"

 

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[AndrewGr 6,022]

Why is it some people still think of Lady Gaga as the woman in the meat dress, and not a six-time Grammy award winner and Golden Globe-earning actress?

Why is this so  and    at the same time

[Juvi 1,639]

1 hour ago, AndrewGr said:

Why is it some people still think of Lady Gaga as the woman in the meat dress, and not a six-time Grammy award winner and Golden Globe-earning actress?

Why is this so  and    at the same time

Girl...... the struggle is really!!! that's why!

Nobody wants to admit that this girl who started very pop was able to be such a camellion and showcase real talent! So they mad and we are just  and 

[MonsterMum 2,532]

I'm glad they did it this way and not have a sit down interview with rehearsed questions or something but just let her life speak for itself. 

[Guest]

People see the meat dress as a negative thing, I think it's a good thing, you don't have to be normal all the ****ing time, we see normal everyday, what we ask out of artists is to entertain us, and then with singers, pop stars to give us a show. All Gaga has been doing since her peak of fame, is to entertain all of us, even people who hated her, at least she gave them something to look at, to talk about, create a debate, shock people, amuse others, but overall she created reactions worldwide, how is it something to be ashamed of? That's what Ive always loved about her

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11 hours ago, yASSsss said:

"It’s not like she has these songs handed down to her. A lot of pop stars do and that’s fine and they’re great performers and singers"

 

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But Beyoncé does write her songs 

Edit: No she doesn’t. Take those excuse me nos back, not the lmaos. 

[Ziggy 11,840]

I like his opinions. They're laudatory without sounding like he was payed to gush about her. This interviewer also asked some good questions that would prompt interesting answers. If only Gaga's interviewers consistently did this and we didn't have to wait for something like a Show Studio-type interview to come up from time to time 

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Great interview! It seems like his answers come from a very genuine place. I think they have a good friendship. And so watching her work was cool because she was building this house from the ground up. 

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4 hours ago, Ziggy said:

I like his opinions. They're laudatory without sounding like he was payed to gush about her. This interviewer also asked some good questions that would prompt interesting answers. If only Gaga's interviewers consistently did this and we didn't have to wait for something like a Show Studio-type interview to come up from time to time 

I swear, some company should just organize an interview done completely (or at least all the questions) by little monsters, without them selecting questions that push the company's agenda/promo too much.

The selection should go this way:
- GGD members post questions in a special topic
- GGD members vote for which questions to be asked.

That way we would really get another interview that's more in the line of ShowStudio, Howard Stern, Reddit AMA's etc., instead of those interviews where the radio/company/... tweets "send us your questions for Gaga now!", and they end up just picking 2 like "What's your favorite dish, Gaga?" and "When will we get new music?" ...
 

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6 hours ago, Stefani Gaga said:

But Beyoncé does write her songs 

sure joanne 

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Just now, yASSsss said:

sure joanne 

She does

look it up 

Search for Knowles (It’s her last name)

[yASSsss 35,510]

Just now, Stefani Gaga said:

She does

look it up 

Search for Knowles (It’s her last name)

she buys the writing credits and she's been exposed several times in the past.

-"To be a songwriter on a song all you have to do is contribute one word. By the time the “R.I.P.” record I did with Drake was finished, six writers including myself and him touched that song. That wasn’t the plan, but that's what happens: Somebody comes in and says, "instead of saying 'boy' say 'you.’" Now they’re a writer on the song, but that's access. For the longest time Beyoncé didn’t write any of her records. I personally still don’t believe she's written any of her records."

-"A lot of these artists claim to be songwriters, but don’t always write a thing. Some, like Beyonce, serve as vocal arrangements, which points to part of the song’s composition, and thus, receive a songwriting and production credit. Others, like Beyonce, can demand credit based on their name alone. I myself have heard of new song writers looking for placement with Beyonce’s last album being told Beyonce demands a certain amount of publishing upfront (and it’s substantial) or they could “be paid handsomely” to politely remove their name from the song altogether. Fact is, Beyonce didn’t write one song on “I Am…Sasha Fierce.” Beyonce and her team have bought the rights from the songwriters and then Beyonce took credit for it. I have no idea about previous albums but it’s obvious that Beyonce never had a pen in her hand, which is a shame because Beyonce claims something she isn’t."

-Beyonce Takes Credit for 'Writing' Songs

-Oscars won't 'Listen' to Beyonce; she's disqualified in song race

[Stefani Gaga 3,359]

4 minutes ago, yASSsss said:

she buys the writing credits and she's been exposed several times in the past.

-"To be a songwriter on a song all you have to do is contribute one word. By the time the “R.I.P.” record I did with Drake was finished, six writers including myself and him touched that song. That wasn’t the plan, but that's what happens: Somebody comes in and says, "instead of saying 'boy' say 'you.’" Now they’re a writer on the song, but that's access. For the longest time Beyoncé didn’t write any of her records. I personally still don’t believe she's written any of her records."

-"A lot of these artists claim to be songwriters, but don’t always write a thing. Some, like Beyonce, serve as vocal arrangements, which points to part of the song’s composition, and thus, receive a songwriting and production credit. Others, like Beyonce, can demand credit based on their name alone. I myself have heard of new song writers looking for placement with Beyonce’s last album being told Beyonce demands a certain amount of publishing upfront (and it’s substantial) or they could “be paid handsomely” to politely remove their name from the song altogether. Fact is, Beyonce didn’t write one song on “I Am…Sasha Fierce.” Beyonce and her team have bought the rights from the songwriters and then Beyonce took credit for it. I have no idea about previous albums but it’s obvious that Beyonce never had a pen in her hand, which is a shame because Beyonce claims something she isn’t."

-Beyonce Takes Credit for 'Writing' Songs

-Oscars won't 'Listen' to Beyonce; she's disqualified in song race

Well how do you know that all these are true tho?

[yASSsss 35,510]

Just now, Stefani Gaga said:

Well how do you know that all these are true tho?

the first two quotes are from the songwriters who work in the music industry