Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide life, which occurred following her 2012 divorce from Russell Brand, and led her to write the song "By the Grace of God" in 2013. As Perry broke down emotionally, a member of her entourage suggested she end the session, but she declined. She also addressed her sexuality and the reasons why she went public with her feud with Taylor Swift. Perry, who was born Katheryn Hudson, talked about her pop star persona, saying "the fantasy of Katheryn went into Katy and made this bigger-than-life personality," and shared that her new very short haircut was because she "didn't want to look
Katy Perry it influenced pretty much all of my songwriting. All of the melody choices that I make are because of "Pet Sounds"." The singer also holds the Beatles' album "The Beatles" in high esteem, and described these two albums as "the only things I listened to for probably two years straight." Perry cites Alanis Morissette and her 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill" as a significant musical inspiration, and opted to work with Morissette's frequent collaborator Ballard as a result. Perry stated, ""Jagged Little Pill" was the most perfect female record ever made. There's a song for anyone on that record; I