Katy Perry Struggled With Depression While Working on New Album 'Smile'

justjared.com:

Katy Perry was talking all about her upcoming album, Smile, during her appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday (July 21).

The 35-year-old singer revealed that while she was battling depression while recording the album. “I’ve always had a playful thing about my music and I lost that… I had really lost my smile,” she recalled, speaking of the criticism about her previous album, Witness. Katy added, “You create art and you’re excited for it to be received by the world.

When it’s not received by the world, when it’s kind of like, ‘No, thank you,’ you think, ‘Oh shit, that doesn’t feel good.’” She admits that she was still struggling with depression and dark thoughts while working on Smile. “It was more than I had ever faced in my life.