Lady Gaga discussed her mental health struggles and how they influenced her portrayal of the iconic character Harley Quinn.
The Grammy-winning artist gave an interview to Vogue and revealed how her fictional character was personal to her.
“Harley Quinn is a character people know from the ether of pop culture,” she said.
However, the character had a different meaning for Gaga. The actress-singer shared, “I had a different experience creating her, namely my experience with mania and chaos inside — for me, it creates a quietness.”
On stigmatising women’s mental health, the Joker actress added, “Sometimes women are labelled as these overly emotional creatures and when we are overwhelmed we are erratic or unhinged. But I wonder if when things become so broken from reality, when we get pushed too far in life, what if it makes you…quiet?”
She continued, “I would say that I worked from a sense-memory perspective: What does it feel like to walk through the world and be…braced, in an intense way? And what happens when you cover up all of the complexities beneath the surface?”
