I feel persecuted, people want to destroy me: Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga claims that people get "a sense of pleasure" in taking her down.

The 27-year-old singer said that she feels persecuted by her detractors who find it 'entertaining' to try to destroy her, reported Digital Spy.

"Yeah, for sure I do. I certainly feel that at this time it's almost as if people are surprised they haven't already destroyed me.

"It gives them a sense of pleasure when they believe that they've destroyed me or taken me down. It's almost entertainment for people to poke fun at Lady Gaga, but at the very same time they have no idea the album I've made. In fact, people have no idea what it really took for me to get here. So it doesn't bother me, it's just an interesting observation of where we are as a society," she said.

Gaga has recently unveiled seven new songs from her forthcoming album ARTPOP.