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.
‘We fall on the sword’: Luke Bryan defends Katy Perry’s role on ‘American Idol’
nypost.comduring an interview at the Country Music Association Festival on Monday. The “I Kissed a Girl” singer has been the subject of several social media rants and nasty comments about the judge’s provocative — and possibly “rude” — coaching methods“Katy Perry’s been dealing with stuff like that her whole career,” said Bryan. “We all get it … I mean we’re judging kids that people at home fall in love with … We’re not gonna bat 1,000 as judges.”“I think we get set up,” he continued. “As judges, you know, we kinda fall on the sword a lot of times.
And get set up to where people can get very vocal on socials and stuff.”According to the country singer, he believes that Perry, 38, Lionel Richie, 73, and himself do the best they can after when they sit down behind the “Idol” desk. “Katy gets picked on for going out and trying to have fun making a TV show,” roared the “Kick the Dust Up” singer. “You can’t be so safe in the moment that you’re so homogenized, you can’t ever go for a joke.
Or go for a fun moment.”“Sometimes, you just gotta say stuff,” he added.The fact that Perry does say something “makes me appreciate her even more,” Bryan added.The Post reached out to Bryan and Perry for comment.
Bryan is not the only person to have come out in defense of the show’s “Dark Horse.”Performer Oliver Steele, 25, defended Perry last month on Instagram by claiming the alleged teenage nightmare was “not a bully.”“Here is what I know about @katyperry,” said the musician.
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