“I generally loathe reality, but I don’t believe that this moment between the two of us is real. I believe this is a performance. There’s 7 lights and I’m mic’d, there’s a camera. But through all the mediums of my work, I am now (even working on my next record) pushing further and further (in my mind): How can I more intensely and more perversely challenge myself to honor what is a real stage and what isn’t.”

— Lady Gaga