Lady GaGa has revealed that she still finds it hard to believe that she is an international superstar.
The 'Born This Way' singer was responding to a question posed by a British fan in a video interview for Google.
When asked at what moment in her career she realised that she was going to be a global popstar, she said: "I still don't feel like one. I know that sounds very silly, but even this morning I was getting ready to tweet that I was coming here today, and I got like, 50 freakin' e-mails [saying], 'Don't tweet it! They don't want anyone to know!'
"I guess they were worried for security, but I said, 'You know, I need to market my record! People need to know where I'm gonna be!'"
The star joked that she constantly gets into trouble with her security crew if they lose track of where she is, adding that she feels comfortable in New York because "everybody's so cool".
GaGa further revealed that she never harboured ambitions of fame.
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"I guess even though my first album was called The Fame, that was never the ultimate goal of any of this," she added.
"It was always that I just really am genuinely a musician to my core, and a lot of people don't know that about me. I write every lyric, every melody, I'm in there with the producers, whipping them to make the new future of music.
"That is why I'm here. I'm not here to be a superstar. So yes, and no. There was never a day when I woke up and said, 'I'm a superstar', I'm still waiting for that to happen."
Watch the Lady GaGa interview with Google below:
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