Lady Gaga is opening up about one of her biggest mental health struggles. “I had psychosis,” the “Abracadabra” singer revealed in a candid sit-down with the New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast, released on Saturday.

Lady Gaga is on one monster of a media blitz. Fresh off the release of her acclaimed new album, Mayhem, and hosting Saturday Night Live, the pop legend appeared on The New York Times’ podcast The Interview for a candid moment of introspection.

Pop icon Lady Gaga has once again captured global attention — but this time, it's not just her music making headlines. In a recent podcast appearance on The Interview by The New York Times, the award-winning singer and actress opened up about her ongoing battle with mental health,

It is as complete a statement about who Lady Gaga is in 2025 as anything could be. MAYHEM repositions Gaga as a dance diva heavily indebted to the icons who came before her to an audience as likely to know her for wearing a meat dress as for performing with Tony Bennett.

The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard 200 dated Mar. 22, we look at whether the latest album from one of the century's greatest pop stars will return her to the top of the chart for the first time in five years.

She dances on the line between clever self-referentiality and less inspired rehashing on her new LP, committing to the over-the-top excess that first made her a star.