With ‘Gaga: Five Foot Two’, I found myself witnessing myself in a way I am unable to see on my own. I felt proud, I felt sadness, I felt empowered, I felt vulnerable...but what struck me the most was the film's authenticity in the way Chris, the director, chose to show my lowest lows, my highest highs, and the close relationship with my family that I clung to fiercely while writing my album 'Joanne.' I wrote ‘Joanne’ to help understand my physical and emotional pain through my family's history of the death of my aunt at a young age in 1974 of the autoimmune disease Lupus. I wrote ‘Joanne’ to heal me and find the strength to power through everything, with the determination I learned from my Italian immigrant family. Although surreal, happy, and also hard, I'm most touched that the veil behind the aura of my fame reveals that fame is not all it's cracked up to be. It is lonely, it is isolating, and it is very psychologically challenging because fame changes the way you're viewed by people. For me, it feels very unnatural, but complicated because I know it is my destiny to be a performer. Yet I am so humbled by the side of fame that breeds love from the world, the voice I've been given by my fans to spread messages of empowerment and equality, the fortunate life it's brought to me and my family and how we can now give to others in need. I'm just a girl trying to become a woman, who loves to write music, to sing, to play piano, guitar, dance, perform, and act. A girl who loves her fans and wants them to grow with her, as we symbiotically empower one another to be braver and kinder. I saw this film for the first time with everyone in the Princess of Wales Theatre at the Toronto International Film Festival. And I am happy I trusted the creative process with Chris in this way. I could not possibly be objective about myself. This is a collaboration where I blindly went "all in" because I trusted his talent and he believed in mine. Thank you Chris. Thank you Bobby my manager, Live Nation, and Netflix. And thank you little monsters. I might not always give the world exactly what they expect of me. But make no mistake, it is always the true me. Love & Art, Lady Gaga