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 introducing her to the music market. A digital EP of the same name was also released that month. Madonna helped publicize the song by praising it on the "JohnJay & Rich" radio show in April 2008, stating "Ur So Gay" was her "favorite song" at the time. In March 2008, Perry made a cameo appearance as a club singer in the "Wildfire" episode "Life's Too Short" and appeared as herself during a photo shoot that June on "The Young and the Restless" for the show's magazine "Restless Style". Perry released her first single with Capitol, "I Kissed a Girl", on