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 says she was ‘fantasizing’ suicidal thoughts in depression battle three years before welcoming daughter Daisy
thesun.co.ukKATY Perry said she was "fantasizing" suicidal thoughts in her depression battle three years before welcoming her daughter Daisy.
The singer has always been very open about her depression, especially while she was pregnant. Katy appeared on CBS This Morning and spoke to Gail King about her emotional state and her body as she expected her daughter, Daisy Dove, at the time of the interview.
She told Gail: "I started writing these songs when I was in my darkest place. I was clinically depressed, I wasn't even having bouts of depression, it was like I could not get out bed." When Gail asked her why she was so depressed, the entertainer replied: "I think it was a combo of a lot of things.
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