Lady Gaga told the new issue of US Vogue magazine: “I like to feel a little irresponsible and act like I’m nineteen.

The ‘You and I’ hitmaker   who is dating ‘Vampire Diaries’ actor Taylor Kinney still lives her life as a “free spirit” and, despite the attention her fame attracts, she is still able to behave in an “irresponsible” manner because her friends are so protective.

Lady Gaga said “I’m a complete free spirit, so, even though you don’t see it, I still find time to have sex at night on the beach when no one’s around. Or roll into a bar and get f***ed up and dance with my top off. It’s just that no one ever sees that, because I have great real friends who never let me do it when I would get caught.”

Lady Gaga also admitted she hates “truth” and prefers to retreat into a fantasy world.

The 29-year-old musician – who arrived at the Grammy Awards in 2011 in an ‘egg’ and was depicted as a motorcycle on her ‘Born This Way’ album – said: “I hate the truth so much that I would prefer a giant dose of bulls**t any day.”

And the ‘Bad Romance’ hitmaker particularly feels like she fits in well in Japan, where the interview was conducted.

She said: “I think … it has to do with the obsession with fantasy. I think I sort of just fit right in over here.”