Her fans were left devastated when she pulled out of her Rio performance due to her ongoing chronic pain condition.
And a new trailer for Lady Gaga’s soon-to-be-released Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, the star suggests her condition, known as Fibromyalgia Syndrome, has also had a profound psychological effect on the Born This Way hitmaker.
In the clip, released on Tuesday, the singer talks candidly to a radio show host about her ‘Paranoia, fear, body pain, anxiety’.
Fame monster: A new trailer for Lady Gaga’s soon-to-be-released Netflix documentary suggests Fibromyalgia Syndrome has had a profound psychological effect on the singer
The trailer begins with Gaga, who was born Stefani Germanotta, admitting the real reason behind her often beautifully bizarre costumes.
The musician insists her zany looks are all about helping her to maintaining control.
Gaga says: ‘The truth is, when producers wanted me to be sexy I’d always put some absurd spin on it that made me feel like I was still in control.’
The American Horror Story: Hotel actress also reveals her priorities, adding: ‘My family is the most important thing in my life.’
Fashion! The trailer begins with Gaga, 31, admitting the real reason behind her often beautifully bizarre costumes
Out of control: ‘The truth is, when producers wanted me to be sexy I’d always put some absurd spin on it that made me feel like I was still in control’ says Gaga
Following footage of the pop star getting a tattoo on her arm of the name of her deceased Aunt Joanne, the inspiration behind her latest album, Gaga said: ‘I can always bring my past with me, but I can never go back.
‘You’ve got to leave yourself behind.’
This is followed by the Applause singer’s declaration to her entourage that: ‘I want to do the opposite of what everyone thinks I’m going to do.’
The trailer then cuts to footage of Gaga’s exhaustive preparations for the 2016 NFL Superbowl half time show.
‘There really isn’t anything bigger than this,’ she says of the event
Number one: The American Horror Story: Hotel actress also reveals her priorities: ‘My family is the most important thing in my life’
Superbowl: ‘There really isn’t anything bigger than this,’ she says of the sporting event’s half time show, where she performed in 2016
But the seemingly fearless six-time Grammy award winner reveals that she gets scared, too.
‘I go from everyone touching me all day and talking at me all day, to total silence. And all these people will leave and I’ll be alone’, she says while crying.
The revelation seems to be related to her having to quit music because of her debilitating and long term Fybromyaliga Syndrome.
Gaga says: ‘I have chased this pain for five years.’
‘But when I feel the adrenaline of my music and my fans, I can f**king go.’
Pain management: Of her Fybromyaliga Syndrome, the Telephone singer says: ‘I have chased this pain for five years’
Fearful: ‘I go from everyone touching me all day and talking at me all day, to total silence. And all these people will leave and I’ll be alone’ she admits in the documentary
For the fans: Gaga says: ‘But when I feel the adrenaline of my music and my fans, I can f**king go’
However, it seems adrenaline wasn’t enough this time. Last Tuesday, the singer posted a Tweet that she was struggling with her pain condition.
It worsened to the point that on Thursday she had to be hospitalized, a development that led to her cancelling her Rock in Rio performance – and the postponement of the European leg of her Joanne tour.
The Judas singer tweeted: ‘I was taken to the hospital its not simply hip pain or wear & tear from tour, I’m in severe pain. I’m in good hands w/ the very best doctors’
No better: However, it seems adrenaline wasn’t enough this time. Last Tuesday, the singer posted a Tweet that she was struggling with her pain condition
Delayed: Gaga’s condition worsened to the point that on Thursday she had to be hospitalized, a development that led to the postponement of the European leg of her Joanne tour