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 has revealed she is battling ‘waves of depression’ in the midst of lockdown. The singer, who is expecting her first child with Orlando Bloom, took to Twitter to talk about her emotional state in the midst of the global health pandemic. ‘Sometimes I don’t know what’s worse trying to avoid the virus or the waves of depression that come with this new norm,’ the Tweeted.
The 35-year-old previously opened up to Vogue India about her mental health journey, explaining that her fiancé Orlando is like a sage who pulls out her ‘poison.’ ‘When we first met, he said we would pull the poison out of each other, and we really do,’ she said. ‘It’s exhausting, but we really hold each other accountable.’ Katy added that Orlando is the first
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