Lady Gaga says her role in the upcoming season of American Horror Story will influence her new music. "It will inform me from this day forward, everyday more and more," she told Entertainment Weekly.

But Mother Monster adds that her television acting debut is her main priority at the moment. "This is my focus right now," she says. "I don't view this as a side thing that I'm doing in between other things. Cramming things in just to be everywhere all the time is really not what I like. It's not what makes me happy. So it was planned out for me to do one project at a time and give my full attention to each so I can enjoy myself. I can give myself fully to the cast. If I were to saunter in here and not show true value to the work that's already been done, that would be a massive mistake because these actors have been working for years. They're extremely talented.I walked in on my first day and I was like, 'I am going to give all of myself.'"

Photographed by Michael Avedon, Lady Gaga graces the cover of the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands this Friday, as The Countess.