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Lady Gaga "Started To Break Down" After 'A Star Is Born' And Her Joanne Tour

She opens up about the difficult time - by Chelsea Tromans
  • 13 Sep 2019

Lady Gaga is the picture of confidence. From her outlandish outfits, dynamic stage presence and otherworldly makeup looks, it’s hard to imagine the superstar in a moment of weakness.

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But that’s exactly what she was going through two years ago. Between filming A Star Is Born, being on the road for her music tour, performing at Coachella, and landing the coveted (and pressure-filled) gig of performing at the Super Bowl, the stress got all too much for the multi-Grammy award-winning singer. 

“When I was doing the Joanne tour [two years ago], I’d been touring since I was 22 years old. I’d just done the Super Bowl show, Coachella, A Star Is Born. I really started to break down,” Lady Gaga said in an interview with Allure. “I was dizzy.”

Her glam squad, which consists of her makeup artist Sarah Tanno and hairstylist Freddie Aspiras, were her pillar of strength during this tough period. 

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From the moment I met you @ladygaga all my dreams have come true. I think of all the people who have dreams. To leave their small town for something bigger. It's scary to leave it all behind and not know what could happen. I've moved so many times to to get here. To fail and get back up. To be broke and have nothing and not give up. Never give up on yourself! Now I look at this photo. I think of everything we have accomplished together. I think of all the amazing moments I've watched you win. Not just all the awards, but in life. Your heart is so pure. You have held my hand and helped me through some of the hardest moments of my life. A true friend and my family. And now we have @hauslabs A true labor of love. Mixing pigments on your floor for countless hours, and now I get to see our hard work in the packaging. I cried the first time I saw them. It represents so much more than makeup for us. I love you friend thank you for asking me to be part of this. I am forever humbled and honored. XOXO 💋
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Still glowing from last night receiving the @dailyfrontrow Hairdresser of the Year Award. And what better way to receive it by having someone you love @ladygaga give a beautiful heartfelt speech about you! I wanted to use this award to inspire a young generation of artist. If someone like me who came from very humble beginnings and raised by a single immigrant hairdresser mother who taught me the value of hard work and dedication can make it, so can you! Failure is not a set back but a stepping stone! Don't give up! Keep fighting for your dreams. I AM THE AMERICAN DREAM. 🙏🏻 ❤️ #fredericaspirashair #ladygaga #dailyfrontrow #FLAs2019

“Sarah would pick me up off the floor, sit me in a chair, dry my tears, and say, ‘I’m going to put on your face now,’ ” she shared. “If I cried while she was putting on my makeup, I would apologize, and she would say, ‘It’s okay. I’ve got you.’”

“Sarah would do my makeup, Freddie would do my hair, and they would hold me and say, ‘Look at yourself. There’s Lady Gaga. You can do this. Now go do it.’ And I would go out there, and the second that spotlight hits me, bam, I’m in the zone,” she says.

“But I can’t do that without them. That is the power of glam for me. Not everybody has a Sarah, but I’m very lucky that I do.”

When Lady Gaga created her beauty brand, Haus Laboratories, in collaboration with her makeup artist and rock, Sarah, the power of makeup was the message she most wanted to share with the world.

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When I was young, I never felt beautiful. And as I struggled to find a sense of both inner and outer beauty, I discovered the power of makeup. I remember watching my mother put her makeup on every morning, basking in the glow of her power to put on her bravest face as the hard working woman she was. I then began to experiment with makeup as a way to make my dreams of being as strong as my mother become true. It was then that I invented Lady Gaga. I found the superhero within me by looking in the mirror and seeing who I wanted to be. Sometimes beauty doesn't come naturally from within. But I'm so grateful that makeup inspired a bravery in me I didn't know I had. I've come to accept that I discovered my beauty by having the ability to invent myself and transform. They said I was just weird, but really, I was just Born This Way. Love, Lady Gaga

“I never felt beautiful, and I still have days that I don’t feel beautiful,” she told Allure. “All of the insecurities that I’ve dealt with my whole life from being bullied when I was younger, they come right back up to bite me. Then I put makeup on, and before I know it I feel this superhero within. It gives me those wings to fly.”

“I want this line to be for the person at home who needs that pick-me-up. If they use it, or don’t use it, they can at least look at it and go, ‘That’s what helps Lady Gaga shine on her bad days. And I want to shine today.’”

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Chelsea Tromans is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor whose words can be found on BEAUTYcrew, marie claire, Women’s Health, WHO, Daily Addict, and The Joye…just to name a few. She’s a night owl who’s trying to train herself to be a morning person (coffee helps!) and she recently traded in her hectic Sydney life for a quieter pace in Brisbane.

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