JAKARTA - Lady Gaga paid a touching tribute to her mentor and best friend, the late Tony Bennett, who will be featured in her latest concert film "Harlequin Live".
Despite coming with a more "wild" and rebellious jazz music feel, Bennett's figure still feels strong in the project that has just been introduced.
Gaga said that even though she was nominated in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category at the Grammy Awards, she never felt truly alone.
For him, Tony Bennett's spirit always accompanies every step of his music, especially when he re-explores American standards.
"I don't feel like I'm in that category alone, because I feel like I'll always feel Tony with me there - as will all the musicians who have been playing music with me for the last two decades," Gaga said, citing Variety, Wednesday, December 24.
One of the most emotional moments in the concert film was when Gaga performed the song "Smile". While singing on a messy mattress, the camera focused on a small black-and-white television at the foot of the bed that repeatedly played old footage of Tony Bennett.
Gaga said that Bennett's version of "Smile" was her favorite after Nat King Cole's version.
Gaga also shared a story about how her experience with Tony Bennett changed the way she worked. She admitted that she now always studied hundreds of songs before entering the recording room - a discipline she learned after feeling unprepared when she was in the studio with the legend.
Although identical to the character in the film Joker: Folie à Deux, Gaga insists that Harlequin is a reflection of her more honest and emotional self.
He ensures that this is not his last jazz work, because for him music is something that will never satisfy his creative thirst until old age.
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