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 and Orlando Bloom got very cozy while attending a Bruce Springsteen concert over the weekend.The American Idol judge, 38, and the Carnival Row alum, 46, were spotted locking lips and snuggling during the Saturday, July 8, performance at the BST Hyde Park festival in London.The duo — who got engaged in 2019 after dating on and off for three years — also hung out with Chelsea Handler and Leslie Mann during the show.
In one photo, both Bloom and Mann, 51, leaned in close to Perry’s face while standing on either side of her.Handler, 48, for her part, shared an Instagram photo from the occasion, which Bloom reposted via his Instagram Story.
In the snap, the U.K. native stood with his arms around the comedian while Perry stood next to them smiling. Mann and her husband, Judd Apatow, were also present for the photo opportunity.Although Perry and Bloom still enjoy their nights out with friends, the pop star has been candid about how their 2-year-old daughter, Daisy, has shifted her priorities.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I think your definition of success coming up in your 20s is very material and ego driven, and all of that jazz,” Perry explained during a May 2022 appearance on the “Life Will Be the Death of Me With Chelsea Handler” podcast. “Then 30s hits and you care less, and there’s this inner confidence that starts to grow, maybe.
Then, with motherhood … my definition of success is just Daisy’s happiness. Her happiness really gives me that joy.”The “Never Really Over” songstress continued: “A lot of BS just falls away.
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