Lady Gaga Reveals the Wholesome Quality She 'Cared About the Most' Upon Meeting Fiancé Michael Polansky

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky in September 2024.Photo:Franco Origlia/Getty Franco Origlia/Getty ForLady Gaga, there was a certain green flag that came from her first moment with fiancéMichael Polansky.In a conversation withThe Interviewpodcast fromThe New York Timeson March 8, the “Abracadabra” hitmaker revealed the wholesome quality that drew her to the businessman, 46.“From the moment that I met Michael, he had the most warm and kind disposition of maybe anyone that I had met in my whole life,” Gaga, 38, said.

Lady Gaga Reveals Whether She Plans to Drop Her Stage Name

Lady Gaga for the February 2025 cover of ‘ELLE’.Photo:Gray Sorrenti Gray Sorrenti What’s in a name? AskLady Gaga.In a new cover story forELLEpublished on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the"Disease"singer, 38, spoke about her upcoming albumMayhemalong with her famous moniker.When asked if Gaga — whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta — would ever change her stage name, she expressed her admiration for it.“No! I love being Lady Gaga. I love being me,” she said.

Lady Gaga Says Drag Persona Jo Calderone Was How She 'Explored' What She Was Looking for in Men

Lady Gaga in February 2025; Lady Gaga as Jo Calderone in August 2011.Photo:Arturo Holmes/Getty; Jason Merritt/Getty Arturo Holmes/Getty; Jason Merritt/Getty Lady Gagais retiring her drag persona Jo Calderone, but she appreciates what he taught her. In an interview withThem, the pop megastar revealed how Jo — the edgy chain-smoking alter ego that was part of herBorn This Wayera — helped her process how she was feeling about men at the time.

Lady Gaga Says Fiancé Michael Polansky Talked Her Out of MakingMayhema Grunge Album

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky in Venice in September 2024.Photo:Franco Origlia/Getty Franco Origlia/Getty Lady Gaga’sMayhemalmost sounded very different.During her interview withThe New York Timespublished on March 8, the"Rain on Me"singer revealed that herfiancé Michael Polanskytalked her out of makingMayhema “grunge” album.“Michael was in the studio every day with me. He oversaw the whole process of making the record, completing it, helping me to shape the sound of the record creatively,” Gaga, 38, said.

Lady Gaga Says Her Upcoming Seventh Album 'Leaps Around Genre in a Way That's Almost Corrupt'

Lady Gaga in Santa Monica in February 2022.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Gilbert Flores/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Buckle up, Little Monsters. MoreLady Gagamusic is on the way!In an interview withLos Angeles Timespublished on Thursday, Dec. 19, theA Star Is Bornactress teased her upcoming album, which fans have been callingLG7— and revealed that her Bruno Mars duet"Die with a Smile"has made the tracklist.Gaga, 38, called the collab “a huge part” of her forthcoming record, and said it “was like this missing piece” of the puzzle.