Sound CheckCher reveals why her duet with Lady Gaga didn’t make ‘Closer to the Truth’
Cher will drop her new record “Closer to the Truth” later this year on Sept. 24, but unfortunately it won’t include her duet with Lady Gaga.
“I did a song with Gaga and I think it's brilliant and I thought her performance was great but she doesn't like it,” the 67-year-old artist told Mark Steines during “Cher's Livestream Backstage At ‘The Voice’” interview. “So, I’ll play it for friends."
Other artists who worked on “Closer to the Truth” include the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears (he appears on the track “Take It Like A Man”) and Pink, who wrote the tune “Lie To Me,” which was described as “a really sad song.”
Even though we won’t hear Mother Monster on Cher’s new record, there is still plenty to get excited about, as it sounds like the icon experimented and was a risk-taker this time around on her latest offering.
"I did a couple things on this album, ventured into places that I haven't gone and I really enjoyed that," Cher explained to Billboard. "I took some chances on this album and when it turned out to be good, I was pleased."
Another track that appears on “Closer to the Truth” is a tune about the Sept. 11 attacks. It’s not the first time Cher has released a song on the topic.
Asked by Steines what her favourite tune from her own catalogue is, the songstress revealed that it’s the 2002 hit “Song for the Lonely,” which was written as a tribute to 9/11 victims.
“I thought ‘Song for the Lonely’ was a great song [and] I thought it was going to be a hit song,” she said during her livestream interview. “I don’t ever listen to my albums [but] ‘Song for the Lonely,’ that’s one of my favourite songs. There’s a song on [‘Closer to the Truth’] about 9/11 called ‘Sirens’ … it’s a really beautiful song. ”
You can now pre-order “Closer to the Truth” by heading here and check out the album’s first single, “Woman’s World,” below.
