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 She Hit ‘Rock Bottom’ Two Years Ago During ‘Emotional’ Depression Battle
hollywoodlife.comKaty Perry, 35, has opened up about her battle with depression, and revealed she hit “rock bottom” in 2018.
The pregnant singer, who is expecting her first child with fiance Orlando Bloom, 43, reflected on using medication to treat her mental health issues. “It was like I sprained my brain and I needed crutches,” she told the Sunday Times. “I got very clinically depressed.
I had always been able to skirt the issue. I was on something that my psychologist at the time recommended. It changes the chemistry of your mind.
Sometimes people need a pharmaceutical crutch.” The “Roar” singer got very candid in the new interview, published August 2, and said her mental health worsened during her Witness tour amid the poor critical and commercial
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