 Wanting to have a new style of music , Gaga made it clear she did not want her fans to like the song . She wanted to write a song that could define where she was with Born This Way and her life . In an interview with NME , Gaga explained that the main inspiration behind the song was singer Whitney Houston and also added : " This song is about me going back to New York . I wrote this about the courage it took for me to say ' I hate Hollywood , I just wanna live in Brooklyn and make music ' " . 
