Lady Gaga took to SXSW for “Creative” performances and raw, unedited talk! Gaga gave an insightful speech on the pressures of beauty within society and spoke on never wanting to be compared to those that strive for perfection like…. Katy Perry? Check out her full response below.
“I refuse to compromise and allow my talents to be monetized to the point that I don’t want to be here anymore,” she said. “I will stop, I will quit, I will retire from the commercial market if I have to do something other than be myself because if I can’t be myself in this moment, then everything I have said to my friends since the beginning will be a total lie. Then what? I’ll be myself until I have to make money to sustain a luxurious lifestyle, and then I change, right? No, I’ll be myself till they f*cking close the coffin so that you can all be yourselves.”
Gaga also spoke about the industries obsession with conventional beauty, and says she would never want to be held to that standard or compared to Katy Perry:
“I don’t know what the f*ck I have to do with Katy Perry. My music is so different, and I couldn’t be more different…”
“…”That’s the thing that poisoned me… [People saying] ‘We want you to be beautiful’ over and over and over in my head until I just wanted to look ugly all the time because I’m rebellious… I’ve won Grammys now. I’ve written albums. I’ve toured the world four times… You’re telling me to be beautiful? That’s what this is all about Is it all about tits and a**? That’s so sad.”
