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.
In very exciting news, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa are set to reunite this Friday on a new track called Potion, the first release from the Scottish DJ's long-awaited Funk Wav Bounces Vol.
2. It'll be the first time Calvin and Dua have jumped on the same track since the mighty One Kiss - the summer anthem that hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart in the UK, becoming Calvin's ninth (!) and Dua's second chart-topper in the UK respectively.
To celebrate the release of the track this Friday (May 27), Calvin uploaded a TikTok showing the behind-the-scenes of the making of the track, featuring a FaceTime cameo by Dua agreeing to collaborate again.
We also get a little taster of the track itself - a funk-inspired (obviously) post-disco number, where Dua recounts the potion for love; "Late night conversations, electric emotions / Sprinkled with a little bit of sex / and that’s a potion..." One Kiss was a mammoth hit for both Calvin and Dua - the psychedelic electro-pop track kept its lips locked at the top of the Official Singles Chart for a massive six weeks, and was officially crowned *the* biggest single of 2018.
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