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.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
See Taylor Swift’s reaction to ex rival Katy Perry’s ‘kind and c–t’ comment at the 2024 VMAs
nypost.comPerry’s Video Vanguard Award performance of her greatest hits at the 2024 MTV VMAs on Wednesday night.Swift, 34, also had a viral reaction during Perry’s acceptance speech, where the “Roar” singer, 39, declared that the LGBTQ+ community has taught her “that you can be both kind and c–t.” Swift opened her mouth in shock at Perry’s comment, as seen in a video from the award show.
In another video taken from behind Swift, she could be seen turning to her collaborator Jack Antonoff, who was sitting next to her.
Swift smiled at Antonoff, 40, who pointed at the “Style” singer. She then nodded her head at Antonoff before turning her attention back toward Perry’s speech.Swift had the time of her life during Perry’s epic performance.
She danced along to Perry’s hit songs like “Teenage Dream” with her pal Suki Waterhouse. Of course, Swift and Perry have a checkered past that dates back to the release of Swift’s 2014 song “Bad Blood,” which fans have always believed is a dis track about Perry.In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, Swift didn’t name Perry, but said the song was about a fellow female pop star. “For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not,” Swift said. “She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, ‘Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?’”Swift then noted that the unnamed industry peer “basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour.
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