A faint, mechanical clicking. And a whisper.

The black window of the media player began to glitch. Pixels of static crawled across the screen like ants. The file size on the desktop icon began to grow. 7MB became 70MB. Then 700MB.

Gaga, however, was operating in a different headspace. In her view, the collaboration was a subversive act. She was "writing a song that was essentially about the media and the press, and I was getting them to sing it with me." When Kelly sang, "I'll be the one to break your heart," Gaga heard an ironic commentary on the public's relationship with the press.

, which detailed decades of sexual abuse allegations against Kelly, Gaga issued a public apology on January 10, 2019. Regret and Trauma

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