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 Explains the ‘Sarcasm’ Intended in Her Over-the-Top ‘Woman’s World’ Video
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In an unusual follow-up commentary on a just-released video, Katy Perry dropped a brief clip on Instagram explaining that her new, seemingly female-empowering “Woman’s World” video, which landed to a largely negative reaction after its release Thursday night, was intended to be sarcastic, and suggests that her intent may become clearer in the weeks to come because, “It’s a whole different world we go to after this.” The clip was roundly slammed after it dropped, in part because of the revealing outfits in a pro-female video (and also in part because the song was co-produced and co-written by Dr.
Luke, the hitmaker who was accused of sexual misconduct by his former protégé Kesha; the case was settled with no conviction or admission of guilt on his part, but the association was still not a positive one).
The clip, which was shot on the set of the “We Can Do It!”-themed segment of the video, suggests that Perry anticipated the reaction it received.
A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry) It opens with Perry mugging comically and laying on some corny pro-female exhortations: “You can do it!
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