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 recalls being 'ashamed' about taking medication for depression
msn.comKaty Perry has opened up about her experiences with depression as an artist, and what it felt like being prescribed medication for the first time.
Speaking with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, the singer recalled the relationship she used to have with her pain and her ability to create music, and how that relationship changed as she got older.“The older you get, the more real life gets and the harder it gets to hold onto the pain that helped you create.
No longer is that pain helping you create songs,” Perry said. “It's just tormenting your mind, at that point, especially in your 30s, when just life, things start to ache.
Your body starts to not function. Your metabolism goes south."'Lockdown is coming': GoT star James Cosmo records warning for.
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