Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Katy Perry admits nobody ‘could get her out of bed’ after hitting rock bottom with depression
thesun.co.ukKATY Perry had admitted nobody 'could get her out of bed' after hitting rock bottom with depression in 2017. The pregnant star said she's since learnt how to "compartmentalize" and that when she performs, she puts her "personal life away for two hours".
Katy - who suffered with the mental health condition during her Witness tour - told The Guardian: "Nothing, no opportunity, no person could inspire me to get out of bed. "My depression showed up in lethargy, in lack of interest.
Like, now I just don't care about anything. A-ny-thing. And don't look forward to anything." The singer spent a week at the Hoffman Institute which provides treatment for depression, anger and anxiety.
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