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.
Mitski welcomed Chappell Roan to “the shittiest exclusive club in the world” and warned of fandom
nme.comChappell Roan to “the shittiest exclusive club in the world” and warned her of the downsides of her meteoric rise.In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the ‘Hot To Go’ singer urged fans to see her “as a random bitch on the street”, a comment she would later reiterate on TikTok while lambasting the “weird” and “creepy behaviour of some fans.“You can’t yell at a random bitch who’s on the sidewalk that you don’t know,” she continued. “It’s considered catcalling or harassment.” She went on to recall a series of alarming incidents with a stalker she met in Missouri, who turned up at her parents’ home and her hotel room. “Now I have to have security,” she said. “It’s so lame.”A post shared by ･ﾟ: *✧ Chappell Roan ✧*:･ﾟ (@chappellroan)After detailing similar issues brought on by her rapid rise, including fans getting hold of her flight information, she shared that a whole host of artists – including Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Hayley Williams, Katy Perry, MUNA, Miley Cyrus, Lorde, boygenius, Sabrina Carpenter and Mitski – have reached all out in support.In a snippet of a lengthy email sent by Mitski, the ‘Francis Forever’ singer wrote sympathetically to Roan: “I just wanted to humbly welcome you to the shittiest exclusive club in the world, the club where strangers think you belong to them and they find and harass your family members.”In 2022, Mitski said she felt “absolutely terrible” about returning to music, explaining at the time that the reason she stepped away wasn’t due to “physical exhaustion”, but a feeling of being overwhelmed by the “super-saturated” consumerism of the music industry.“It’s like, ‘Oh Jesus, here we go again,” she said.
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