. >> plus on set with jeff rirey owens ♪ >> bradley cooper feeling the love from fans and photogs ats born" premiere in spain on friday. he also flew solo, without lady ga ga, for today's paris premiere. the hype is real for this movie and, as you'll see in this exclusive behind the scenes look, so is the music. ♪ >> bradley is a visionary. his performance in this film is out of this world and i loved singing singing with him as wel. his voice is beautiful. >> bradley's raw performance is seen in this footage. >> you playing guitar like a maniac. okay. >> i don't think of it as me. it's the character. >> he spent five weeks taking voice, guitar and piano lessons for six months straight. ♪ >> many of the songs were co written and produced by willie nelson's son, lucas nelson. >> on a scale of one to ten, how was bradley's playing on the guitar. >> on the guitar about a five or six. >> that's generous. >> i thought you were going to be nice and say a ten. >> his singing is about a ten for damn sure. you know, to do what he did is impressive by anybody's standards. >> i give him a 12 ou

. >> reporter: a former journalism professor, former white house photog, now turned artist. work on exhibit at the stephen kasher gallery. >> this one is simply stormy. >> stormy. i didn't think it needed more words than that. this in response to trump saying he had the largest crowd in history which, of course, was not true. >> these are photographs of obama's first 100 days. >> for the last eight years, your job was to be a fly on the wall and not comment. what makes you want to come out from behind the lens now? >> i have a voice now because of the position i held at the white house. i could not live with myself if i was not using my voice to speak out. >> reporter: the book's tag line is simply "a tale of two presidents." but souza also says it's a book with a message. >> if you're unhappy with the situation the way it is, you have to vote, you have to do your civic duty and vote in order to change the way things are. >> you know how they say there is an old donald trump tweet for everything that happens now? there seems to be always a pete souza picture for something th

. >>> check out bradley cooper feeling the love from fans and photogs at the "a star is born" premieresaturday. he flew solo without lady gaga for this week's paris premiere. >> they are having so many premieres of this movie. which is good because the movie is so amazing. the hype is real. what you'll see in this exclusive behind-the-scenes look, so is the connection and the music. ♪ >> bradley is a visionary. his performance in this film is out of this world. and i love singing with him as well. his voice is beautiful. ♪ >> bradley's raw and unbridled triple threat performance is seen on full display in this exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. >> you playing guitar like a maniac. okay. >> i really don't even think of it as me. it really is based on that character. >> in preparation for the role cooper spent five days a week taking voice, piano, and guitar lessons for six months straight. ♪ but the singing came easy for gaga, who talked to "e.t." for the first time in 2009. ♪ red one >> what's it like to all of a sudden look up and say i'm the hottest act in the world? ♪ oh >> i don'

. >> reporter: a former journalism professor, former white house photog now turned artist.>> stormy. i don't think it needed more words than that. this was in response to trump saying he had the largest crowd in history when, of course, that was not true. >> these are photographs from president obama's first 100 days. for the last eight years your job was to be a fly on the wall and not comment. what makes you want to come out from behind the lens now? >> i have a voice now because of the position i held at the white house and i could not live with myself if i was not using my voice to speak out. >> reporter: the book's tag line is simply "a tale of two presidents," but souza says it's also a book with a message. >> so if you're unhappy with the situation the way it is, then you have to vote, you have to do your civic duty and vote in order to change the way things are. >> he calls it a call to action. you know, they say a picture is worth a thousand words and he took nearly 2 million pictures during the obama years. clearly pete souza has a lot to say. >> he certainly does