Lady Gaga on Taking Time Off Before New Album 'Joanne'

Lady Gaga took a much-needed break from the spotlight before her latest album "Joanne," and in a new essay, the 30-year-old singer explains why.

"Before I made Joanne, I took some time off," the "Just an Illusion" singer wrote in an essay for Harper's Bazaar. "I was able to get off the train of endless work I’d been on, which was quite abusive to my body and my mind, and have some silence and some space around me. I wanted to experience music again the way I did when I was younger, when I just had to make it, instead of worrying what everybody thinks or being obsessed with things that aren’t important."

That time off allowed Gaga to see what she really wants from life.   Continue ►