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.
Listen to Dua Lipa’s empowering new single ‘Training Season’
nme.comDua Lipa has released her new single ‘Training Season’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the second preview of the pop star’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled third album, following on from 2023’s ‘Houdini’.Speaking about ‘Training Season’, Lipa explained: “I had been on a string of bad dates, and the last one was the final straw.
The next morning I arrived to the studio to Caroline [Ailin (Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry)] and Tobias [Jesso Jr. (Harry Styles, King Princess, FKA Twigs)] asking me how it all went and I immediately declared ‘TRAINING SEASON IS OVER’, and like the best ‘day after’ debriefs with your mates, we had a lot of laughs and it all quickly came together from there.”She continued: “And while it is obviously about that feeling when you are just absolutely done telling people…men specifically in this case, how to date you right; it is also about my training season being over and me growing with every experience.“I have never felt more confident, clear or empowered.
And while it may be that training season is never over for any of us, you start to see the beauty in finding that person to experience it with.
You stop looking for the trainees and become more interested in having someone where you are and someone to grow with.”‘Training Season’ is accompanied by an official video directed by Vincent Haycock (Florence + The Machine, Sam Fender).
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