Lady Gaga stopped by the BBC studios on Friday morning to co-host BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show and premiere her brand new single "Perfect Illusion." During the hour-long segment, Gaga spoke about writing her upcoming album, detailed the meaning behind her new song, and even helped listeners solve their problems. Check out excerpts from Gaga's interview or listen to the full show below!
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On creating "Perfect Illusion":
Kevin flew to us from Australia and he came with this idea, that was the beginning of a song called "Illusion." I work on a typewriter and we would bounce new lyrics back and forth. We stripped everything away. Changed the melody, shifted it. I sat at piano, Kevin was on guitar, Mark was on the bass.
How incredible was @LadyGaga on @R1Breakfast? Here's the moment she sang along to #PerfectIllusion 💜 #GagaOnGrimmy pic.twitter.com/HalIOEr3Kt
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) September 9, 2016
On the meaning behind "Perfect Illusion":
How do we navigate through social media? How do we look through these images that we know are filtered and altered, and decipher what is reality and what is a perfect illusion? There are also a lot of things on the internet that are not reality. And I think people are pressured to keep that personal illusion going on in their real lives. So this song is about raging against it and letting it go. It's about wanting people to re-establish that human connection.
On the upcoming album:
The album is pretty finished. We're finalizing the mixes and some of the vocals here and there. I'm always charging each song with as many hooks as possible until Mark starts shouting at me and is like "That's enough!" But we have a great relationship and yeah, we're almost there. It's amazing to be there finally.