Lady Gaga reveals she considered “walking away” from music

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Lady Gaga has revealed that she once considered “walking away” from music, saying she was “tested” in the past.The pop star appeared on the latest episode of the Hot Ones podcast, where host Sean Evans interviews celebrities as they eat increasingly spicy chicken wings.Towards the end of the conversation, Evans asked Gaga: “What’s the closest you’ve ever come to walking away?” This came after he put one of the singer’s past quotes to her, about how she’d “created this beautiful disco ball that’s somehow refracted and fractured”.The presenter continued, asking whether “a specific project or something more existential, or just the experience of being an artist” had led Gaga to rethink her career choice at any point.“That is an incredibly deep question to ask me in this panic mode,” she replied. “I missed the community that I had in New York [when she made it], and that was really hard.

So there were definitely times where I felt like maybe I should walk away.“I know for sure that I never would. I would definitely say that I was tested, and I always didn’t give up.

And I’m still doing it, so it must mean I want to do it.”Earlier, Evans had talked to Gaga about her journey from being a struggling club performer in New York City to being a global pop icon.

She discussed being given a residency at Manhattan venue The Slipper Room.“I was so excited,” the singer recalled. “It was such an honour to be asked to perform there.