Katy Perry was ‘clinically depressed’ after Witness album didn’t do well

metro.co.uk:

Katy Perry has opened up about the dark time she suffered after her last album, 2017’s Witness performed badly. The singer, 35, revealed she was left clinically depressed after the release as she realised she had placed a lot of weight on getting validation for her music.

She told Channel Seven’s The Morning Show: ‘Coming out of Witness, which was my last album, I became very upset and clinically depressed. ‘I became very insecure and had to go on a journey, both emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically to understand why I relied so much on validation. ‘I had to realise that everything related to my career isn’t all of what life is, it’s just a part of who I am.’ Working through her issues helped Katy to create her new album – due out