Any amount of time without music from Lady Gaga is too long , but three years is basically torture. While the singer did record a jazz album with Tony Bennett and give acting a try during her hiatus, it's hard to believe her last solo album, Artpop , was back in 2013. A few weeks ago, normalcy resumed when she released her new single “ Perfect Illusion .” In between these projects, however, she did a lot of reflecting, revealing to The Mirror on Sunday that she took that break for her mental health. Once the 30-year-old's career really got going, she remembers, it couldn't be stopped.