Lady Gaga is finally opening up about her long-lost alter ego: Jo Calderone. Jo's debut to the world was on the September 2010 cover of Japanese Men's Vogue and then was also featured in the "Yoü and I" music video. Gaga then made a notable appearance as the alter ego, who is described as "a mechanic from Sicily" at the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards. Now the 'Born This Way' singer is revealing to Them that the persona helped her come to terms with how she viewed men at the time.
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
00:00Lady Gaga is finally opening up about her long-lost alter-ego, Joe Calderone.
00:07Joe's debut to the world was on the September 2010 cover of Japanese Men's Vogue,
00:12and then was also featured in the You & I music video.
00:19Gaga then made a notable appearance as the alter-ego,
00:22who's described as a mechanic from Sicily, at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
00:27There, Joe pulled off a memorable performance of Gaga's song,
00:30You & I, and presented Britney Spears with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award,
00:35where the two almost recreated Spears and Madonna's kiss at the same award show in 2003.
00:41Now, the Born This Way singer is revealing to them that the persona helped her come to terms
00:46with how she viewed men at the time.
00:48That was actually kind of a big moment for me as a woman,
00:51to put all the pent-up fear or anger I had about relationships into one character."
00:56Gaga continued,
00:58"'You & I' was actually, I think, the first video that I ever did where I played multiple mes,
01:02and I brought that back on Mayhem. But Joe was an important character for me.
01:06It's the way I explored what I was looking for in men, and also what I was maybe lacking in myself."
01:12Last month, Gaga told Vanity Fair's Polygraph Test that Joe was no longer with us.
01:16But when asked by them what she meant, Gaga said, was,
01:19"'The character is no longer with me, but I wish Joe all the best.'"
01:23The Oscar winner also spoke about her upcoming seventh studio album, Mayhem, and its themes.
01:29"'I was always kind of fascinated with some kind of inner torture since the beginning of my career.
01:33I think I've always felt a little bit at war with myself. Like there was a soft side of me,
01:38but then also this really intense side and a desire to be heard.
01:41On this album, I was taking a really long, hard look at the last 20 years,
01:46and I think it's interesting that I ended up calling my album Mayhem.'"
01:49The album will be released March 7.
01:52For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:55And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.