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.
Woman’s World,” revealed online that she kept her hallmark smiley face and heart in her autograph even when signing her divorce papers from her ex Russell Brand.“I’ve always had a heart in my signature and a smiley face.
Even when I was depressed, I would still sign it with a smiley face,” she said in a clip from a livestream that has since been reposted by fans.“I signed my divorce papers with a smiley face and a heart and that’s just because this is my signature,” she continued in the video, during which she was signing copies of her forthcoming album “143.” “Not because of anything else really.”In the comments on TikTok, Perry’s fanbase praised the “Teenage Dream” singer “I can do it with a broken heart,” quipped one user who was quoting the Taylor Swift hit by the same name.“She finally got her smile back,” championed another.Queen energy tbh.
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