Lady Gaga Covers Harper's Bazaar, Talks Depression Following ARTPOP Release! ~ NEW VIDEO Ariana Grande

Lady Gaga graces the cover of the latest Harper's Bazaar issue. In a black sequence vest and brown eye make-up, the 27-year-old entertainer poses with a mouth opened expression on a chessboard background for the March cover.

Inside, Lady Gaga wears her heart on her sleeve as she opens up the depression she went through following the release of ARTPOP in November, the subsequent negative criticism, and her split with long-time manager Troy Carter.

I became very depressed at the end of 2013. I was exhausted fighting people off. I couldn’t even feel my own heartbeat. I was angry, cynical, and had this deep sadness like an anchor dragging everywhere I go. I just didn’t feel like fighting any more. I didn’t feel like standing up for myself one more time—to one more person who lied to me. But January 1, I woke up, started crying again, and I looked in the mirror and said, “I know you don’t want to fight. I know you think you can’t, but you’ve done this before. I know it hurts, but you won’t survive this depression.” I really felt like I was dying—my light completely out. I said to myself, “Whatever is left in there, even just one light molecule, you will find it and make it multiply. You have to for you. You have to for your music. You have to for your fans and your family.” Depression doesn’t take away your talents—it just makes them harder to find. But I always find it. I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that’s left. I’m lucky I found one little glimmer stored away.

Check out pics from her spread, photographed by famed photographer Terry Richardson below, and check out more from this issue over at HarpersBazaar.com!