• The song was first described as
about the "highest of highs and lowest of lows" in a relationship which has turned sour.
Later she said it
was a commentary on social media and the problems one face trying to present a perfect
representation of themselves.
Gaga explained:
"How do we navigate through social media? How do we look through these images that we know are filtered
and altered, and decipher what is reality and what is a perfect illusion? There are also a lot of
things on the internet that are not reality.
And I think people are pressured to
keep that personal illusion going on in their real lives. So ['Perfect Illusion']
is about raging against it and letting it go. It's about wanting people to re-establish
that human connection."
•
Media reports alleged that the song was about her breakup from her boyfriend,
actor Taylor Kinney, around July 2016.
Gaga denied this saying:
"I love Taylor so, so much and this song is not a hit out against [him]...
[I]t's a record about all of us. And I would never use my song or want to use
the public to hurt anyone that I love so much."
Performed By:
Lady Gaga
From Album:
Joanne (2016)
Length: 3:02
Written by:
Stefani J Germanotta,
Michael Tucker,
Kevin Richard Parker,
Mark D. Ronson
Produced by:
Lady Gaga,
Parker,
Ronson,
BloodPop
Writer: Stefani J Germanotta, Michael Tucker, Kevin Richard Parker, Mark D. Ronson
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Rights Management, CYPMP