JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX Star Lady Gaga Covers VOGUE Magazine

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For VOGUE’s October 2024 issue, Lady Gaga sits down with contributor Jonathan Van Meter to discuss her upcoming movie JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX, recording both a surprise music project and a new pop record, and getting engaged to her partner of nearly five years, Michael Polansky.

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On her role as Harley Quinn in the upcoming JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX: “Harley Quinn is a character people know from the ether of pop culture. I had a different experience creating her, namely my experience with mania and chaos inside—for me, it creates a quietness. Sometimes women are labeled as these overly emotional creatures and when we are overwhelmed we are erratic or unhinged. But I wonder if when things become so broken from reality, when we get pushed too far in life, what if it makes you…quiet?”

On fiancé Michael Polansky: “I had never met anyone like Michael. He’s so smart and so kind. And his life and my life are very different. He’s a very private guy and he’s not with me for any other reason than that we are right for each other. But I think what I want my fans to know is that I’m just, like, so happy. I’m healthy. I feel like the last time they heard from me—in this way—was Chromatica, and that album was about an absolutely horrible time for me with my mental health. I was in a really dark place. I struggled for, like, many years before that. But everything started to change. Because I had a real friend who saw the ways in which I was unhappy and why. And he wasn’t afraid to truly hold my hand. And get to know me. On a very deep level

On her career: “For a long time, for most of my career, my life was controlled by this business: what people wanted from me; what they hoped I could achieve; how to keep me going. And that can be a lot of pressure and it’s scary. But I feel like I’m finally coming out on the other side.”

VOGUE’s October 2024 issue is available on newsstands nationwide on September 24.

Writer: Jonathan Van Meter
Photographer: Ethan James Green
Fashion Editor: Alex Harrington
Hair: Frederic Aspiras
Makeup: Sarah Tanno

[Photo Credit: Ethan James Green for Vogue Magazine]

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