Lady Gaga opened up about the inspiration behind her latest album Mayhem.

In an interview with Good Morning America, the global pop start described her new record as a reflection of both personal struggles and the world’s turmoil.

"I think I felt I was playing multiple different people throughout my whole career and kind of having to hold the duality of that," she shared. "And that personal mayhem I think is echoed also in how I feel about the world sometimes, that the world is in a chaotic place."

"So I tried to use my artistry and my lyrics and songwriting to create something that was like indicative of personal chaos but also how we can still celebrate and dance through it while that's happening."  

Despite her dominance in the music industry, Lady Gaga admitted she initially had reservations about returning to pop music.

"I think so as a woman in music there was a lot of people that were like. 'Oh, like this is who made her or this is what made her,' and I think that returning to pop music for me was a little bit something I was afraid of because I wondered if I was believing what those people were saying," she confessed.

"So I went into the studio and I went in with the confidence and I was like, no, I made me, me."

For Lady Gaga, Mayhem represents more than just an album as it marks a new chapter in her career where she fully embraces her artistry and authority.

"I think that I am really feeling like confident in myself as a musician and as a songwriter and a producer, as an artist. I know that might sound silly but it actually took me two decades to become the boss in a way," she relayed.

She opened up about the challenges of navigating the music industry as a woman.

"Being a woman in music, I was almost the only woman in the room all the time and I really had to really work hard to maintain my sense of stability and my purpose. And I always stuck to my guns when it came to my music and my artistry but it was a real challenge and I like made it through that mayhem," she stated.

Mayhem was released on March 7, containing 14 tracks including "Disease," Abracadabra," "Garden of Eden," "Perfect Celebrity," and "Vanish into You," among others.