Lady Gaga plans to ‘take a rest’

Lady Gaga says she’s planning to take a break from performing to reflect and heal. The pop star was in Toronto Friday to promote “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” a Netflix documentary that will launch on the streaming service on Sept. 22.

The film follows the musician — whose real name is Stefani Joanne Germanotta — in the period between the 2013 release of her album “Artpop” and last year’s “Joanne.” It reveals the physical toll of her energetic performances and her struggles with chronic pain. Earlier this week, Lady Gaga cancelled a concert at Montreal’s Bell Centre due to a respiratory infection and laryngitis, but able to perform in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre on Wednesday and Thursday.

“I’m going to take a rest, I don’t know how long,” she said at a Toronto International Film Festival press conference. “That doesn’t mean I won’t be creating, it doesn’t mean I don’t have some things up my sleeve that I’m not going to tell you today, but I’m looking forward to reflecting and slowing down for a moment and healing, because that’s important.”