Metallica’s Hetfield: I Have No Interest in Collaborating With Lady Gaga or Any Other Pop Star Again

It was a good fit, Gaga is amazing, but one time is enough, the frontman says.

James Hetfield was asked by La Tercera whether he’d collaborate with Lady Gaga or any other pop star again, to which he replied (via Blabbermouth):

“No. But even just talking with her, being around her, her energy was very, very exciting.

“She has lots of ideas, and she likes to push the boundaries like we do. So it was a good fit.”

Back in February, Lars Ulrich said to definitely expect more Metallica + Gaga collaborations, telling Rolling Stone: “We already started fast-forwarding to the next chapter when we can do more of this.

“It’s not one of those ’20 lawyers, strategists and managers trying to force two people from two different worlds to figure out how to spend four minutes together on a national telecast.’

“Of any of these undertakings, this is about as organic and authentic as there’s ever been one. We’re just getting started.”

Back to that interview with James, the frontman said about the whole Grammys show: “The actual show, live on TV, I was very angry, yes.

“All the rehearsals, everything was perfect; up to there, everything was working. But, you know, out of my control. Something happened… I don’t know what happened.

“But the silver lining is that Lady Gaga and me were singing closer, and [there] was a little more collaboration. She’s an amazing person – very talented.”

He continued: “When we were asked to play the Grammys, we said, ‘Of course,’ we said, ‘Yes.’ But they need you to collaborate with somebody; they want to make it interesting. So I’m glad she was available to do it. She has a lot of integrity as an artist, [and she’s] very creative.”

Asked whether he’d play the Grammy Awards again, James replied: “Sure. Why not? I will have two or three microphones right next to each other, yes. [Laughs]”