Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s much-hyped performance of ‘Shallow’ at the Oscars was every bit as electric as fans had hoped.

Now Gaga has given an insight into how she and Cooper prepared to perform the Oscar-winning song.

In the press room at the Academy Awards, the 32-year-old singer commented on her performance, revealing the conversation she and theA Star Is Borndirector had before their final rehearsal.

Let’s rewatch the performance:

“He said, ‘One of the hardest things in life is to be brave enough to be yourself. I wish to everyone that is going to that celebration to feel a joy inside of them’,” the actress said, according to People.

“That’s actually what Bradley said to me yesterday, right before we did our last rehearsal for this performance of ‘Shallow’.

“He said, ‘Let’s just drop a little bit of joy.’ And I said, ‘Okay.’ And turns out, joy did a whole lot for me.”

As Gaga said, the pep talk worked, inspiring an impressive performance that definitely sparked joy in the audience.

But the pair may have donea little toogood a job at making viewers happy, with many taking their latest performance as proof they’re in love.

That Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper duet was pretty romantic not gonna lie…honestly they’d be perfect as a couple. #oscars

— Mack – #FlyEaglesFly (@MacAttack715) February 25, 2019

#Oscars #LadyGaga and #BradleyCooper singing like they were in the movie! So romantic!

— Ms. Linda (@llcb1111) February 25, 2019

That Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga duet at the Oscars, maybe the romantic in me but they actually looked in love for real.

— H (@helfkndoes) February 25, 2019

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are in love. NOTHING can change my mind #Oscars pic.twitter.com/huTXEwmz4q

— Mariaa (@mariiawhoo) February 25, 2019

But what perhaps those fans are losing sight of (and heck, we’re guilty of this too) is that Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper areactors. And it’s very possible (actually, very likely) that they are justactinglike they are in love.

Which is maybe where Cooper’s comments come from.

Perhaps he knows how much joy fantasising about a real-life romance between the two stars is bringing us, and he was telling Gaga to give us what we want.

In which case, thank you, Coops. We appreciate it.

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