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How Katy Perry Changed Sia's Life By Saying No Many Years Ago · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Katy Perry just admitted she actually turned
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Speaker 1: down the chance to sing on David Getta's global smash Titanium,
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Speaker 1: which he eventually released with Cia. But that's because Katie
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Speaker 1: had a pretty good reason to say no. Cia was
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Speaker 1: a fairly established singer at the time, having recorded with
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Speaker 1: zero seven, but was far from a household name, especially
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Speaker 1: outside of Australia. She and David wrote Titanium together and
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Speaker 1: cut the demo simply to show it to other bigger singers,
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Speaker 1: and in a conversation with David during a Tomorrow and
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Speaker 1: Virtual press conference, Katie explained what happened next. She says,
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Speaker 1: David sent the Titanium demo with Cia to me and
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Speaker 1: I remember specifically listening to it on a plane and thinking,
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Speaker 1: oh my god, this song is so good. And so
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Speaker 1: I wrote back an email saying you're crazy. I don't
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Speaker 1: need to be on this keeps thee on the record.
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Speaker 1: And there is the story of Titanium. Katie's latest Daisies,
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Speaker 1: is out now. That's direct from Holly would