Lady Gaga is now going to conquer Netflix with new documentary
Lady Gaga is getting another feather in her cap of world-conquering with the debut of a documentary about the singer, Gaga: Five Foot Two, on Netflix on September 22.
The singer teased the film on her social media accounts with mysterious clips on Thursday but mid-morning she dropped another clip in which she discusses Madonna, and which revealed the Netflix connection and the premiere date as September 22.
Gaga had teased the title of the documentary, referring to her height (though we all know her stature is much, much larger), in a tweet on Thursday morning.
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She also revealed the poster artwork for the film.
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Eagle-eyed fans may have noticed that Gaga's latest series of Instagram posts also formed the poster when you're looking at her account.
Based on the clips Gaga has already shared, the documentary will be an incredibly intimate, personal film giving fans a very close view of the pop super-duper-star. Though you can expect some spectacle as one scene appears to show the rehearsal for her big Super Bowl halftime show.
One scene has a tearful Gaga detailing the loneliness she feels every night after her shows, when the crowds and backup dancers have all departed while another has her visiting a doctor's office for some medical work.
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It seems to be so intimate, in fact, that Gaga has said she hasn't watched the whole thing. According to E!, the singer said, "I have seen a few short clips of the documentary but I decided not to watch it all the way through—or most of it, for that matter—because I can't be objective about myself."
While Netflix has certainly gained attention for their original documentaries, Gaga's film will be one of the few music docs the company has produced, standing alongside docs about Keith Richards and Tony Bennett.
Gaga's Joanne World Tour is ongoing in the U.S. and Europe throughout the fall and, again, Gaga: Five Foot Two hits Netflix on September 22.
Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
