Katy Perry

Alexis Petridis tests sleep remixes of pop

‘Sleep-inducing’ is rarely a compliment, but Meditation app Calm hopes to have listeners nodding off with its hour-long remixes of hits by the likes of Ariana Grande and Katy Perry

Alexis Petridis

22, Mar, 2021 @3:39 PM

The ‘soulless corporation’ look – yes, it’s Amazon on the high street | Barbara Ellen

Till-free convenience is all very well until the bill eventually arrives at home

Barbara Ellen

06, Mar, 2021 @6:00 PM

Katy Perry found me my first friends – they were online, and in Brazil

Finding devotees on the other side of the world let me escape from school, though my misbegotten responsibility soon became too much like hard work

Pedro João Santos

22, Feb, 2021 @11:23 AM

The star-packed inauguration special: a dull yet competent plea for unity

The 90-minute, celeb-studded affair that capped Biden’s inauguration was a Zoom parade of good intentions and bland celebrity culture

Adrian Horton

21, Jan, 2021 @4:46 AM

Katy Perry: Smile review – tireless trouper loses momentum

The US pop queen flits between styles on a fifth album that lacks focus

Emily Mackay

30, Aug, 2020 @12:00 PM

Katy Perry: 'I've done a lot of falling flat on my face'

Nine months pregnant with an album due at the same time as the baby, the star once known for her unfiltered goofiness has evolved. She talks depression, cancel culture – and her return to pure pop

Laura Snapes

14, Aug, 2020 @9:00 AM

Food-waste firm bags Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry as investors

US startup Apeel Sciences raises further $250m to help tackle supply chain disruption

Rebecca Smithers

26, May, 2020 @1:00 PM

'Absolute double-whammy': Katy Perry brought hope to bushfire-hit region, then coronavirus struck

Cancelled concert series is emblematic of the way Covid-19 has thwarted recovery in devastated communities

Calla Wahlquist

18, Apr, 2020 @8:00 PM

A hit, a writ: why music is the food of plagiarism lawsuits

With Katy Perry and Led Zeppelin’s recent judgments reversing previous rulings, musicians don’t know which way to tread

Michael Hann

26, Mar, 2020 @7:00 AM

Katy Perry wins appeal in $2.8m plagiarism case

Judge rules against jury verdict in case over Dark Horse, which had previously been found in favour of rapper Marcus Gray

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

18, Mar, 2020 @10:52 AM

It's my life: the rise of the pop-star scripted documentary

From Lady Gaga to Justin Bieber, more and more stars are working with film-makers to shape the stories of their lives. But the best films catch them with their guard down

Simran Hans

13, Mar, 2020 @10:00 AM

Judge rules Kesha defamed Dr Luke by claiming he raped Katy Perry

Supreme court judge also orders Kesha to pay music producer $374,000 in late royalty fees