Heartbreak, Loss, Lust and Illusion: Decoding Lady Gaga’s Emotional Lyrics From Joanne

It isn’t necessarily country, it doesn’t feel like rock, it doesn’t lean towards traditional pop; Gaga has always been reinventing and redefining her style since we were first introduced to her eight years ago, and Joanne represents the next iteration of Lady Gaga As We Know Her.

That was all before the high-concept persona of Lady Gaga burst forth onto the pop stage.

“This is a tremendous anxiety”, she then said, continuing, “This is something I care about”. The singer has never been afraid to try new things and on “Joanne”, Lady Gaga shows off her next form of evolution.

“What I know of Joanne is what she left behind, which was a lot of loss and a lot of tragedy in my family”, she told Yahoo Music, adding when she turned 19, her life changed for the better, for her aunt.

Ronson, who co-wrote and produced a handful of works on the new album, joined the band on guitar for renditions of “A-Yo” and “Joanne”, which Gaga introduced with an emotional account of her aunt’s struggles and death, and the profound impact the loss had on her family.

Speaking of how this translated on the record she told us: “On this record I’m my father’s daughter, I’m my mother’s daughter, I’m my sister’s sister, I’m my friend’s friend”.

This was Lady Gaga’s big chance to erase the memory of 2013’s abysmal last solo outing, Artpop.

Lady Gaga gave another out-of-the-box after-performance on Thursday night at The Bitter End bar in NY for the promotion of her latest album, “Joanne”.

“Joanne stumbles a bit, and will be received with bafflement by everyone other than hardcore Little Monsters, but you can’t help admiring her boldness”.

Lady Gaga’s three-date-long Dive Bar Tour with Mark Ronson is allowing her to introduce her latest music in smaller venues, though fans around the country and the world are getting to see her perform on Facebook. There was this homeless guy, I think he’s still there, and he would decorate the memorial with the flowers that she brought.

Although some songs like “A-Yo” and “John Wayne” beg for a stadium (Gaga is headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show in February), most of the tracks are as devoid of showiness as Gaga is on the cover, clad in a simple hairdo, simple makeup, and a simple pink hat. Dancin’ In Circles is another highlight, and it’s the closest we get to hearing a Lady Gaga we remember from previous albums.