Lady Gaga reveals how she changed her singing voice for her version of Harley Quinn, aka Lee Clown: Folie à Deux.
The Oscar and Grammy winner most recently starred opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the sequel to Todd Phillips’ musical. empire The magazine described her singing in the film as “unlike anything I’ve done before.”
“People know me by my stage name Lady Gaga, right? That’s what I do That performer, but that’s not what this movie is about; I’m playing a character,” she explains. “So I worked a lot on the way I sang, coming from Lee, no Coming from me as a performer.
this a star is born The actress knew that the music in the film needed to be treated with care as it would be integrated into the storyline.
“How do you think about music, making it an extension of the conversation rather than just inserting songs for no reason?” Gaga asked. “It’s unlike anything I’ve done before.”
This prompted the “Shallow” singer to explore another side of herself as a performer — one that fans had never seen before.
“To me, actually, Lee has a lot of wandering notes,” she laughs about her singing in the film. “I’m a trained singer, right? So when I sing Li, even my breathing is different. When I breathe and sing on stage, I have a very controlled way of making sure I’m on pitch, And it lasted in the right rhythm and time, but Lee never knew how to do that, so it was like taking away the technicality of the whole thing, taking away what I perceived to be an art form that was completely within her.
Clown: Folie à Deuxthe follow-up to the 2019 Oscar-winning film clown, failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn (Gaga), while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital. After he is released, the two embark on a romance destined for disaster.
Phillips also explained empire How different is Gaga’s take on the legendary character from previous versions of Harley Quinn.
“Although people may think she is familiar, this is really Gaga’s own interpretation, and Scott [Silver, co-writer] And my interpretation,” the filmmaker added. “How she became [Charles] Manson had girls who adored him. sometimes these ways [imprisoned murderers] There are people who respect them. There yes Things about Harley in the movie were taken from the comic book, but we shaped it the way we wanted it to be.
Clown: Folie à Deux It is scheduled to be released on October 4th.
