Lady Gaga says 'kindness currency' is just as important as donations in fight against COVID-19
On Monday night, Jimmy Fallon's 'The Tonight Show: At Home Edition' had the ever-versatile singer, songwriter and actress Lady Gaga as a guest. While the COVID-19 pandemic has enforced a lockdown throughout the world, it's a special treat that these hosts are continuing to air our favorite shows from home.
The duo talked about the COVID-19 health crisis. Gaga also spoke about her future endeavors to raise funds with the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 18, 2020, with a music festival. "What's so true about times like now is that there's financial currency, but then there's kindness currency. They're both equally as important. There's a lot of people who are at home right now that are wondering how they can help . . . one of the ways that you can is to be kind. You being kind every day helps make it better for all the people that are scrambling at home or scrambling with their families," said the 'Poker Face' singer.
Gaga's next album, her sixth, is titled 'Chromatica' and while fans awaited the genius art, its release has been postponed due to the pandemic. The singer revealed this on Instagram saying, "I will announce a new 2020 release date soon. This is such a hectic and scary time for all of us, and while I believe art is one of the strongest things we have to provide joy and healing to each other during times like this, it just doesn't feel right to me to release this album with all that is going on during this global pandemic."
The singer, who has always been kind when it comes to helping others, encouraged people and said that donating money is not the only way that they can help. "This is a time of catastrophe, and in a time of catastrophe kindness is the most important thing. We must be compassionate to each other. Also, self-awareness, while you're being kind, and making sure that you know what you have and what you don't and that you take those moments to have gratitude," she continued during the show.
If you didn't catch the sweet interview, you can watch it here.