Woman Gaga needs you to know that there’s extra to her work in Home of Gucci than her accent.

The “Born This Means” singer has shared that a number of work went into her latest transformation as Patrizia Reggiani for the brand new Ridley Scott movie—exterior of her voice. “If I am being sincere, I do really feel that it has been sensationalized that I labored on my accent for thus lengthy, and that I used to be in character for thus lengthy,” she advised the New York Occasions.

In preparation for the position, Gaga maintained the accent for a interval of 9 months. Not even breaking character to talk to her household and buddies.

“I feel it could have performed extra of a quantity on me had I not practiced it a lot,” she shared. “I’d be speaking like this with my mom, with buddies, in order that I, Stefani, may converse like this and it could be completely pure.