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
Witness (Katy Perry album) nine other nations. To accompany the album's release, the singer broadcast herself for four days on YouTube with a four-day live-stream titled . She also embarked on in support of it. Following the release of her fourth album "Prism" in 2013 and the end of the Prismatic World Tour in October 2015, Katy Perry told "The New York Times" in February 2016 that she was in the "research and development phase" of a new album. She decided to take a hiatus after the tour concluded to "give my mental health a break" before starting to write new songs the following