Lady Gaga released a new music video for her single Joanne.
The star shared the impassioned short film on Thursday to honor her late aunt Joanne, who was just 19 when she died – 12 years before the 31-year-old pop star was born.
In the video she breaks down in tears while belting out the heart-aching ballad.
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Hitting an authentic note: Lady Gaga released a new music video for her single Joanne
‘Joanne was my father’s sister who died at the age of 19 from the auto-immune disease Lupus,’ a note at the beginning of the clip revealed. ‘My father was only 15 when she passed away.’
Late last year Gaga wrote on Twitter: ‘Today is the anniversary of my father’s sister Joanne’s passing. 12-18-1974…
‘It also happens to be our last #JoanneWorldTour date playing North America. I’m Try sentimental @MarkRonson , who I wrote Joanne with will be here, in the audience and on stage. #Joanne #LupusAwareness (sic)’.
Feeling it: In the video she breaks down in tears while belting out the heart-aching ballad
‘Joanne was my father’s sister who died at the age of 19 from the auto-immune disease Lupus,’ a note at the beginning of the clip revealed. ‘My father was only 15 when she passed away.’
Gaga suffers from fibromyalgia syndrome and was tested borderline positive for the disease that claimed her aunt’s life.
Gaga released her fifth album Joanne in October 2016—which would later go platinum roughly a year later.
The album—with a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album—is named in honor of her late aunt who died of Lupus in 1974.
Legacy: Gaga suffers from fibromyalgia syndrome and was tested borderline positive for the disease that claimed her aunt’s life
Gaga released her fifth album Joanne in October 2016—which would later go platinum roughly a year later
‘The Lupus Research Alliance is receiving a donation in honor of Joanne Stefani Germanotta. Please consider a donation to this tremendous organization,’ Gaga tweeted on Wednesday afternoon alongside a teaser for the video clip.
Her aunt’s unpublished poetry has lived on to inspire her work as an artist. Gaga even credits her deceased relative for helping her overcome her drug addiction early on in her career.
‘I never met her, but she’s been one of the most important figures in my life,’ she said back in 2011.
The album—with a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album—is named in honor of her late aunt who died of Lupus in 1974