"My very, very, very dear friend Sonja died of cancer that day," she recalled of filming the scene. "We were supposed to shoot in, like, 30 minutes, and I left the set because her husband called me and I could hear her in the background and I just got in the car and drove. I missed her by 15 minutes and she died. I literally laid with her, with her husband, and their dog, and his son… When I came back, Bradley was so gentle with me and we got through it. I performed the song. He was like, 'You don’t have to do it again. It’s okay.' All I ever wanted to do was sing. I’ll never forget that day. It was really a special scene, and I’ll always remember that moment." Gaga, née Stefani Germanotta, is referring to former Haus of Gaga creative coordinator Sonja Durham, who died in May of last year