#Chromatica Storyline according to @ladygaga; a thread.

Every journey, I believe, begins with an element of triumph.

I win and fail all the time.
They're both meaningful.
They both inform me.
They're equally epic. - @ladygaga on Chromatica I

In order to do hard things, we have to be willing to try. Sometimes trying involves dreaming.

Some of us, I to be certain, must be able to imagine the greatness that's revealed within us when we overcome obstacles. Otherwise, what's the point? - @ladygaga on Alice

(+) When we are sad this is more difficult, but I recall that there's always Wonderland. Remember that old story about Alice? - @ladygaga on Alice

The core issue that's been the driving connective force behind all things I do is love. I've always wanted it, and can never have enough of it. I've been told I'm a love addict. - @ladygaga on Stupid Love

Fine. I'm addicted to love. Is that so bad? Because isn't there freedom in simply acknowledging that my need for love is a bottomless pit? - @ladygaga on Stupid Love

Sometimes I've thought I've cried so many tears that that's all I was anymore - a fountain for misery to cycle through. - @ladygaga on Rain On Me

I'd rather that not be true, but at least I'm alive. I'm greateful for that. Tears can be teachers if we let them. - @ladygaga on Rain On Me

As someone who generally prefers things to be genderless, I ponder often why I chose to declare my womanhood in this song. I've realized that question is futile. Woman could be synonymous with any creative force. - @ladygaga on Free Woman

(+) I'm proud of my womb, proud of yours, and proud of those who were born without wombs and have phantom ones. Every gender has a spirit womb. - @ladygaga on Free Woman

I believe this is hinged on creating w/ 3 things the same way a door has 3 hinges: a steady hand, knowing you can and not needing a relationship to define your power. Before you know it if you r closed, u can open just like a door - @ladygaga on Free Woman

When you listen to this song, imagine you're singing to yourself. - @ladygaga on Fun Tonight

I believe it's in the middle of our voyages as people that things become both terrifying and whimsical at the same time. I felt life was asking the impossible of me, which I think I'm not alone in feeling. - @ladygaga on Chromatica II

So I was scared, but I believe in magic. So, I wrote this interlude as a reminder that my magic was working. I believe that means yours is too. - @ladygaga on Chromatica II

I take an anti-psychotic. I have neuropathic pain and regular trauma responses. In order to keep me safe from addiction I am not permitted to take any pain pills, so I take this instead. - @ladygaga on 911

Do not take anti-psychotics unless directed to do so by your doctor, as I do not wish to glamorize anguish. - @ladygaga on 911

Pop culture objectifies artists by attributing labels and grouping us into categories. As a result of this, society expects us to perform like the archetypes we've created by stealing our narrative from us and attempting to re-write it. - @ladygaga on Plastic Doll

Many of us know what's going on. I am aware, I am a plastic doll. Some people in the world believe I belong to them in a box to play with. It hurts. - @ladygaga on Plastic Doll

I resent that women are often expected to always be sweet or we're called b*tches. This song is an analog for that sentiment, and a polite middle finger. - @ladygaga on Sour Candy

The genesis of Lady Gaga as how I identify is something I've grappled with ever since I was 19. I don't know why I need this transformation to happen other than that the design of Lady Gaga is decidedly rebellious. I can break any stigmas about me + - @ladygaga on Enigma

+ at any time because I will constantly transform to escape them. This process by which I exist is a mystery to me, but I'm starting to understand it. I'm even starting to own it. I will ALWAYS be misunderstood. Because I WANT to be. - @ladygaga on Enigma

I refused to not allow this song to be on the album. Sure, I'm the "boss". But really Chromatica cannot exist without an abstract explanation of what it's like to be triggered if you have PTSD. It's a replay of all my monsters, not the little ones. - @ladygaga on Replay

And the very thing that has plagued my mind for years, trauma, is precisely the thing that now powers my life force to be braver.

i.e. this voice I hear - continue to make music although your brain feels like it's breaking sometimes - @ladygaga on Replay

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