Lady Gaga opens up about depression as she spent days 'chain-smoking and crying'

Lady Gaga. (Courtesy)

Pop icon Lady Gaga has opened up about her battle with depression in a new interview. The Rain On Me singer, 34, has described how she has been feeling in recent months and beyond and how working on her latest album Chromatica has helped shaped her state of mind. In a lengthy profile for Billboard magazine, Lady Gaga has addressed her mental health struggles in recent years.

"I used to wake up every day and remember I was Lady Gaga — and then I would get depressed,” she told the magazine of the period after the Joanne tour.