Lady Gaga Feels ‘Grateful’ for This Point in Her Life: ‘I Went Through a Lot’ (Exclusive)

Lady Gaga on March 12, 2023.Photo:Arturo Holmes/Getty Arturo Holmes/Getty Lady Gagais full of gratitude at this time in her life. “I’m in a new place,” the actress-musician, 38, tells PEOPLE as her new movieJoker: Folie à Deuxand itscompanion albumHarlequindebut. “I’ve been in the music industry since I was a teenager. And I’ve been working in the film industry for the last 10 years or so,” says Gaga. “And, you know, I think that I just went through a lot.

Lady Gaga Hints at New Music with Recording Studio Photos: 'Tik Tok Tik Tok'

Lady Gaga.Photo:Lady Gaga/Instagram Lady Gaga/Instagram Lady Gagaseems to have something new up her sleeve. On Thursday night, the “Bad Romance” singer, 37, shared a series of black-and-white photos on Instagram that appeared to signal new music was on the way. Inthe first post, Gaga posted an up close, out-of-focus image of herself clutching her blond ponytail and flaunting her peace sign tattoo with a simple “🖤” as the caption. Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga Is 'Happy' on 38th Birthday and Says She Is Writing Some of Her 'Best Music'

Lady Gaga.Photo:Lady Gaga/InstagramLady Gagahad a very “happy” 38th birthday.On Thursday, the pop superstarshared an Instagram postwhere she spoke about the love she was receiving on her special day and provided an update about new music.“Today has been so special—I can’t remember a time I was so happy on my bday. I am in love with my best friend, my family and friends are loving and kind and healthy. I feel like my heart is bursting with gratitude for my own health and MUSIC—I am writing some of my best music in as long as I can remember our movie Joker 2: Folie à Deux is coming out soon 😍 —AND seeing messages from all over the world from little monsters—artists—publications that love my work it means so much to me,” Gaga wrote alongside a selfie featuring her with bleached blonde hair and eyebrows while holding up a peace sign.

Lady Gaga Recreates Her Everyday Pastel-Hued Beauty Look in First-Ever Makeup Tutorial

Photo: Lady Gaga/Instagram Lady Gagais activating her beauty guru mode. Before getting into the tips, the video started off with outtakes of the"Hold My Hand"singer introducing herself, showing off the star’s quirky side. She then moved onto her beauty look, starting off with theHy-Power Pigment Paintin “Blush Matte,” applying the multi-use product on her cheekbones and temples and dabbing the excess onto her brow bone for “an extra flush.” After filling in her eyebrows with theEdge Precision Brow Pencil, she bronzed her cheeks with thePower Sculpt Velvet Bronzer(moving her brush in circular motions to blend) and topped her lips off with a mauve rose shade and a glossy lip oil.

Lady Gaga Says Her Mom Cynthia Germanotta Told Her She'd Marry Michael Polansky Before They Met: 'I'm Not Ready'

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky attend the “Joker: Folie a Deux” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2024.Photo:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Lady Gaga’s mom moonlit as her matchmaker! In the Octobercover story forVogue, theJoker: Folie à Deuxstar, 38, explained that her momCynthia Germanottamet her fiancéMichael Polanskybefore she did and had a premonition that initially shocked the pop star (born Stefani Germanotta). “My mom met him and she said to me, ‘I think I just met your husband,’ Gaga recalled to the magazine.