Lady Gaga Uses Magic To Connect With Her Audience, Whether It’s 20 People Or 2.5 Million

Lady Gaga Uses Magic To Connect With Her Audience, Whether It’s 20 People Or 2.5 Million

>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! AND NOW THE NEXT CHAPTER OF
THE STEPHEN COLBERT-LADY GAGA INTERVIEW. WHICH ONE IS ME AND WHICH
ONE IS HER? KEEP WATCHING TO FIND OUT. YOUR DEBUT ALBUM “THE FAME”
CAME OUT 2008. IT’S HARD TO OVERSTATE WHAT
A SPLASHY DEBUT THAT WAS. DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
YOU ARE GETTING YOURSELF INTO AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF
21? >> Lady Gaga: NO. NO, NO. >> Stephen: WHAT WAS MOST
SHOCKING ABOUT A QUESTION MARK. >> LadyGaga: THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY WAS LIKE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. AND I DON’T MEAN JUST, LIKE,
THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET DISCOVERED. IT WAS THE SYSTEM WAS VERY
DAUNTING. IT FELT REALLY SCARY. > Stephen: AT THIS POINT YOU
ARE ALREADY LADY GAGA. SO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT
LEAD YOU TO CREATE, AS WE SAID, THIS CREATIVE ARMOR
THAT EMPOWERED YOU. >> Lady Gaga: I WAS REALLY
TOUGH. I WHITE KNUCKLE TO MY WAY
THROUGH A VERY LONG PERIOD OF MY CAREER. I JUST HAD MY HEAD DOWN ON
MY WORK. AND WORKED AND WORKED ON
WORK. I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO TO
HAVE MY MUSIC BE HEARD BY AN AUDIENC MY MUSIC BE HEARD BY
AN AUDIE AUDIENCE. I WOULD SAY THAT I SORT OF
HAD THIS RECKONING WITH MYSELF THAT THE REAL BATTLE
THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH WAS WITH ME AND NOT WITH BEING
FAMOUS. >> Stephen: WHO WON? >> Lady Gaga: I MEAN, I
THINK ULTIMATELY I’M OKAY. I’M DOING GOOD NOW. BUT FAME WAS LIKE A HUGE
CHALLENGE FOR ME. BUT I THINK ALSO THE DUALITY
OF BEING STEFANI AND BEING LADY GAGA WAS THE BIGGER
CHALLENGE AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO INTEGRATE THOSE TWO
THINGS PSYCHOLOGICALLY FOR ME WAS, THAT WAS LIKE MY BIG
FOREVER WORK. >> Stephen: YOU ARE
CURRENTLY ON TOUR IN SUPPORT OF YOUR LATEST ALBUM. IN MAY YOU BROKE A RECORD
FOR THE HIGHEST ATTENDED CONCERT IN RIO DE JANEIRO BY
A FEMALE ARTIST OF THE TOP FIVE MOST ATTENDED CONCERTS
OF ALL TIME WITH 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE. WHAT CHANGES OR DOESN’T
CHANGE ABOUT A SHOW OF THIS SIZE VERSUS WHEN YOU PLAY
PLACES LIKE THE BETTER END. WHAT DID YOU LEARN HERE
THAT’S APPLICABLE TO 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE? >> Lady Gaga: WHEN YOU OPEN
YOUR MOUTH TO SAYING A SONG, IT IS YOUR JOB TO REACH
RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THE AUDIENCE. WHETHER THERE’S 20 PEOPLE
THAT YOU BEGGED TO COME SO YOU COULD PLAY THE BETTER
END OR IF IT’S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. MY JOB IS THE SAME. I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT I
THINK. THAT’S ALWAYS WHY I WANTED
TO MAKE MUSIC WAS I THINK TO CONNECT TO PEOPLE. WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT THAT
WAS. NEVER COULD HAVE PREPARED
MYSELF FOR THAT FEELING. BUT I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. I REMEMBER BEING JUST AS
NERVOUS FOR THE PERFORMANCE IN BRAZIL WAS THE FIRST TIME
I SAT AT THE PIANO. I WAS — I USED TWO JUST —
YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT A PERFORMER THAT USUALLY
SAYING FLAT. IF I WAS OFF, I WAS SHARP
BECAUSE I WAS SO ANXIOUS. THE MINUTE I GOT ON STAGE
AND I SAW ALL THOSE PEOPLE, I WAS LIKE — I THOUGHT I
WAS GOING TO PASS OUT. I WAS OVERCOME. >> Stephen: I INTERVIEWED
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ABOUT HIS BIOGRAPHY WHICH WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT AND
WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WHAT HE CALLED THE MAGIC TRICK. THERE’S A MAGIC TRICK THAT
HAPPENS WITH THE AUDIENCE AND THERE’S A MOMENT OF
TRANSCENDENT CONNECTION. HE GOES, YOU CAN HAPPEN AT
BUT IT’S A SUCCESSFUL MOMENT FOR HIM AND THAT’S THE GOAL. DO THE SONGS. BUT THE MAGIC TRICK IS COOL. DO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR MOMENT
OF FEELING WHEN YOU KNOW OKAY, I AM PERFORMING FOR
2.5 MILLION PEOPLE BUT I KNOW THAT I CAN REACH OUT
AND TOUCH THE SHOULDER OF THE PERSON IN THE LAST ROW. >> Lady Gaga: YES. I THINK THAT I’M ALWAYS
STRIVING FOR THAT MOMENT. YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY YOU
BRING UP BRUCE BECAUSE I THINK BRUCE IN A WAY TAUGHT
ME ABOUT THAT MOMENT FROM HIS MUSIC AND FROM MY
FATHER. BECAUSE LISTENING TO BRUCE,
ESPECIALLY HIS LIVE RECORDINGS, YOU KNOW, HE HAD
THIS WAY OF PUTTING HIMSELF AND YOU JUST SO CLOSE
TOGETHER. I FELT LIKE I KNEW HIM. I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
MET HIM, I COULDN’T BELIEVE HE CAME TO MY SHOW. I WAS SO OVERCOME WITH
EMOTION BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I KNEW HIM AND I’VE FELT
LIKE HE HAD NARRATED MY CHILDHOOD, MY LIFE. I FELT LIKE I UNDERSTOOD MY
FATHER BECAUSE OF BRUCE’S MUSIC BECAUSE MY DAD GREW UP
IN JERSEY. THAT MAGIC TRICK THAT HE’S
TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WHAT HE’S TRYING TO SAY IS WE’VE
ALL GOT THIS GOAL OF THE SOUL WHEN WE ARE ON STAGE. IT IS TO TOUCH SOMEBODY. AND HOPEFULLY MOVE THEM AND
MOVE THEM IN WHATEVER WAY THEY NEED. YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT FOR ME TO
DECIDE WHAT SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE NEEDS FROM ME. IT’S JUST I THINK FOR ME TO
TRY TO OFFER IT. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, LADY
GAGA TALKS ABOUT HER RECENT ENGAGEMENT.

Lady Gaga talks to Stephen Colbert about overcoming challenges in the music industry and becoming the kind of artist who can connect with any audience of any size, anywhere in the world. Keep watching for the final segment of Stephen’s interview with the pop superstar and visit her website for information about The Mayhem Ball tour: https://www.ladygaga.com/us-en.

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