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.
John Mayer Gives Dating Life Update After Getting Sober and More ‘Call Her Daddy’ Revelations
usmagazine.comStatus report! John Mayer opened up about how getting sober has changed his love life.“Dating is no longer a codified activity for me.
I don’t really date,” the “Waiting on the World to Change” musician, 45, said during the Wednesday, December 21, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I don’t think that I have to, to be quite honest.
I quit drinking like six years ago, so I don’t have the liquid courage. I just have dry courage.”The Berklee College of Music alum has had several high profile relationships over the years, dating A-listers including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.Despite having “a couple of nameplates on me, like ‘Lothario,’” Mayer told “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper that he wants to get married and “can’t wait” to argue about dry cleaning with his future wife.“Every relationship I’ve ever been in was devoted to the idea that this could go the distance,” the songwriter said. “My entire life, today included, if you told me that I could have a great two months with someone but it would end on the first day of the third month, I would not be interested.
I’ve always sought potential for a long-term relationship.”Although getting sober may have robbed the Dead & Company musician of his “liquid courage” on dates, it’s also taught him a valuable lesson about to how to navigate relationships.“You have to be honest.
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