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 Gets Animated in Wild 'Daisies' Lyric Video: Watch
billboard.comIf you thought Katy Perry's trippy "Daisies" performance on last week's American Idol finale was wild, wait until you see the even more out-there clip it was based on.
Perry revealed on Monday night (May 25) that her green screen Idol romp was a live action version of an animation created by Vallee Duhamel studios.In the lyric vid, a faceless woman locks herself away in a pink house to avoid the sticks and stones of haters, only to find that the rules of gravity don't apply as she pushes the walls out and floats into the air in a storm of flower petals.Check out the animated video below and a behind-the-scenes look at the Idol performance.It’s been 1 week since my first TV performance of #Daisies and I know a lot of y’all have been curious.
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