I had such a deep relationship with Lee, she tellsRolling Stone.
And when I was done filming the movie, I wasnt done with her.
Thats how I see this album, too.
Lady Gaga at the London Premiere of ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ on September 25Samir Hussein/WireImage
Jazz is at the forefront, but theres so many different sounds.Thank you.
I would say that that meta-modernism actually played a real role in how we approached this in the studio.
I co-produced this album with Ben Rice.
Michael also had a very heavy hand in the music.
And no matter what you want from me, I will be myself.
Love, Harlequin [laughs].
You basically had to unlearn singing and tone down your technique while shooting the film.
Were you just being Gaga and not holding back?I did both on this record.
Theres moments where I definitely tap into Lees voice and her childlike immaturity with song.
She has this naivete.
That made it in there.
For example, the opening of Thats Entertainment almost sounds like a 13-year-old at a school play.
In the context of a 38-year-old woman, its kind of unsettling.
But then, Thats Entertainment launches into a much softer vocal that is extremely nostalgic.
And I worked on that as well.
Vocally, I played with using my voice in a way that I also didnt use ever with Tony.
And then exploring how would I sing over surf punk?
How would I sing over a waltz?
How could we create a version of Smile that feels inherent to the film?
So I would say that for as genre-defying as the album is, the vocal is, too.
The vocals kind of schizophrenic, but that makes sense for Harley Quinn.
And that was part of the joy of making it the freedom of it all.
This your first time recording standards without Tony.
Was he in your mind at all?
Im sure it was emotional.Yeah.
This was my first time without Tony, and it wasnt emotional probably in the way youre thinking.
It was actually like he was with us all the time.
Tony didnt love rock & roll.
But he wouldve said, Wow, thats amazing.
People that would be like, Why is she dressed that way?
Why is she singing that way?
Why is her stage performance so theatrical?
Tony, he just never even flinched.
He was just a really compassionate, inclusive person.
So he was definitely with us [in the studio], but he was mostly inside of me.
Your pop album arrives in February.
Its a completely different record.
What I would say is, its all for me.
Its meant to be ingested as a time in my life.
I can have a few going at once.
That feels unhinged [laughs] and more like me or Harley.
