Lady Gaga stole the show Sunday during the Academy Awards when she performed her Oscar-nominated song “Hold My Hand.”

Her message before her performance was as profound as the performance. The song was featured in “Top Gun: Maverick.”

She explained she recorded the song, which she called “deeply personal,” in her studio basement.

“I think we all need each other,” she said. “We need a lot of love to walk through this life. And we all need a hero sometimes. There’re heroes all around us in unassuming place, but you might find that you can be your own hero, even if you feel broken inside.”

Lady Gaga is the first artist to receive three nominations in the best original song category with “Holy My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Til It Happens to You” from “The Hunting Ground” in 2016, and “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” in 2019.

“Shallow” got Gaga her first Oscar win.

“Thank you so much to the Academy for nominating my song ‘Hold My Hand’ for an Oscar this year! Writing this song for the film ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ was a deep and powerful experience that I will never forget,” Gaga wrote on social media at the time of the nomination announcement. “So grateful for the magic of music and cinema.” Giving props to her co-writer Bloodpop, she signed off with, “I’m on set filming now big love to little monsters!”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.