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 and Orlando Bloom Team Up for Dystopian Short Film ‘Transmissions from the Future’ (Video)
thewrap.comvideo above.Set in 2055, “Transmissions from the Future” introduces a hopeless vision of America as an unknown enemy targets freedom fighters played by Perry and Bloom.
Before their impending demise, the pair transmit a message through a time-traveling machine that’s heard all around the U.S.
in 2021. While Perry warns the public that voter suppression and the failure to pass the For the People Act has led to America becoming an autocracy, Bloom urges viewers, “You are our only hope.
This future doesn’t have to be. You have the power to change it. Save democracy while you can.”The For the People Act aims to expand voter registration and voting access, as well as limit the influence of billionaires in politics.
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