Lady Gaga Writes Tributes To Tony Bennett: I Will Miss Forever

Lady Gaga - Tony Bennett (Instagram @ldygaga)

JAKARTA - Lady Gaga wrote a message for collaborator and musician Tony Bennett. The legendary musician is known to have died on July 21 in New York at the age of 96.

Various artists and musicians paid tribute right after the news circulated, but Lady Gaga has just written a tribute today, Monday, July 31.

In the uploaded photo, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett get close to each other. Lady Gaga started her message with, 'I'll miss my friends forever.'

"I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking to him, being on stage together," Lady Gaga said.

'With Tony, I can live as I can in setting time. Tony and I have this magical power. We are transporting ourselves to another era, modernizing music together and making him a new life as a duo," he said of Tony and Gaga's duet project.

"But it's not all acting. Our relationship is very real. True, he taught me music, the world of entertainment, but he also showed me how to have high spirits and keep thinking ahead. He is an optimistic person, he believes in quality work and and quality life."

"There is gratitude... Tony is always grateful. He went through the 2nd world war, marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and sang jaz with the best singer in the world," said Gaga.

The Joker star admitted that he had continued to feel sad since the news was shared. According to him, a duet with Tony Bennett is something he always wants.

"I mourn Tony all the time. Even though there is a five-decade gap between us, he is my friend. Really friends. The age distance is meaningless - in fact, it gives us something we don't get from other people. We were born on two different stages, "continued Lady Gaga.

"Everything I want is for Tony to remember how much I love him and be grateful I was able to have him in my life," he said.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett formed their first project as a duo in 2012. Then they released a duet album titled Cheek to Cheek in 2014 and 2014 Love For Sale.

Not just a duet, this collaborative album earned both of them nominations at the Grammys including making Tony Bennett the oldest musician to compete in nominations.

Then Tony Bennett appeared for the last time with Lady Gaga in 2021. In the concert, the family announced that Bennett had an alzhaimer, so that he began to have difficulties in his activities, including making music.

Even so, towards the end of his life, Bennett has consistently practiced music three times a week.