Research On Artist

The artist I am looking at is Katy Perry I have chosen to look at some background information at Katy Perry because of the chosen we are using is sung by her. Her real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson she is 29 and she was born on 25th October in 1984. Katy Perry is an American pop singer.
Katy Perry has released 5 albums her album being called Katie Hudson which is her first ever album she released in 2001, Her second album one of the boys which was released in 2005, her next album called MTV unplugged by Katy Perry was released in 2009 and then

Katy Hudson known as Katy Perry was originally a gospel choir girl at the age of 15, she was reserved to listening to any other music than gospel singing because her parents didn't allow her to listen to any other of genre music. Not till she was much older she found her love for pop music when she asked her friends to lend her CD's of the pop genre.

In 2007 Katy Perry was signed up to recording contract with capitol records where she released her first song under the label called 'I kissed a girl' this song became very popular and her pop star career rocketed due to the release of this song.

Katy Perry hasn't only been in the music industry but also the film industry featuring in the films The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2 by acting as Smurfette but she has also starred in her very own film called Katy Perry: Part of Me.

The influential lyrics in the song roar was down the split of her ex Husband Russell Brand. After the divorce of Russell Brand Katy Perry concentrated on her music it is believed that the lyrics behind all the songs on her prism had effected her from her divorce from her ex husband. The album is believed to be a new beginning of Katy Perry a new page is turning with the release of her album later this year.

The main reason I have done some research for Katy Perry is because when she was younger she also go bullied herself. When she was younger she used to be bullied and made fun of her figure. 

Katy Perry is also for the anti bullying campaign as she put a letter up on instagram on bullying for her fans who were going through a hard time.

 she posted the message below on her instagram 

"That's right folks. Be proud of who you are. Recently, I've been getting a lot of comments and tweets from fans who are struggling with self harm or being a victim of bullying. Which brings tears to my eyes. I want you to be strong. There's only one you in this world, embrace it. And trust me, when you grow up and become successful those bullies will WISH they were friends with you and were nice to you. Karma will do payback to them, just watch. When they bully again, just laugh at their faces or simply say I don't care. If they see it bothers you, they'll continue. If they see that you don't care and that it doesn't bother you, they'll stop! Simple! Stand up for yourself. Make those bullies look stupid. If it gets bad, you can simply tell the authority at school. Another problem is a lot of kids these days who do self harm. It's horrible to me. Don't ruin your skin, I think your skin is beautiful. Putting scars on your wrists or anywhere else is just heartbreaking for me. Cutting yourself doesn't fix anything. Please, just stop. For me, for your family, for your friends, for you. I understand its hard, I've never been through it but I have talked to fans like you. Just be clean for today, and see if you can go up to a week maybe? You can slowly progress to stop. I love you!" 

She also put on her instagram after posting this a picture for the anti bullying campaign for Trevor campaign and this is why I think Katy Perry is a good person to base our music video around.